Duga sent me:
Asobi Seksu - Hush
I came into this with high hopes given the glowing praise Duga gave it earlier. Listening to it, one tends to zone out and let it wash over you. This experience was nice and quite soothing.
However, when I listened to Hush, the third record from female shoegaze artist Asobi Seksu (who's totally hot by the way), again, I noticed significant flaws. While Seksu's voice is calm and suited to the style of music, the songs themselves fall flat, coming across as uninspired. Shoegaze by rote.
There are redeeming factors of course, such as the pieces that rely less on ambient noise and more on Seksu's voice and lyrics, which are great at times. Thanks for the album though, it provoked me to download Citrus, which I much prefer.
5/10