Album title: Relaxer
Artist: Alt-J
Genre: Pop/Alt-Rock/Folk
Nationality: English
Release date: June 2
Position in Discography: Third
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Average RYM Score: 2.84
By god this is dreary. Makes me want to slit my wrists. Sorry, I won't be doing that. I only know the Animals' version of “House of the Rising Sun”, and I see it's a traditional folk song, but the version these guys do here bears no resemblance to the song I know. And yes, it's dreary as ****. Admittedly, the next song kicks some life into proceedings, but it's still terrible and there appear to be some dogs or wolves howling on the Supertramp-y “Deadcrush” - they almost sound better than the vocalist, to me. “Adeline” is the first song I actually kind of like, though it does go back to the slow, dreary, morose style of most of the album, but it does have something about it. Kind of almost shoegaze in a way, bit ambient too. Best so far, though that's not saying much at all. Yeah, sorry: too boring, even for me. And that's got to be damn boring, right?
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