Trollheart

Meh, it's a living...
Yeah, I'll let that one slide, sure...
They're closed for albums, open for tracks. Also, reviewed it already and hated it. Sorry.

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Justthefacts

Anyone who doesn't appreciate Elliott Smith, D'Angelo, and Sun Kil Moon in that order must be assassinated

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grindy

I'll never sleep again.

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A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.

Frownland

Sun Kil Moon's lyrics are really their only selling point imo.

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Justthefacts

Same with Dylan

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Josef K

D'Angelo is great, Elliott Smith is fine but boring, and Sun Kil Moon has done really good stuff but Benji kinda sucks. How am I doing?

Frownland

Pretty much, I like Sun Kil Moon's lyrics better though.

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Justthefacts

You had me at D'Angelo is great

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Trollheart

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Title: A Thing Called Divine Fits
Artiste: Divine Fits
Genre: Indie Rock
Familiarity: Zero

1. My love is real: Feel like I'm listening to a cross between Depeche Mode and The Cars here. Very new-wave feel to it. Not mad to be honest.
2. Flaggin' a ride: Meh, again it's a bit lightweight. Sort of soulless. Not feeling it.
3. What gets you alone: Bit more upbeat, finally. Has some balls. Does that guy sound like yer man out of Sparks, or is it just me?
4. Would that not be nice: Answer, no. It's okay but nothing special. Bit boring to be honest.
5. The Salton sea: This one's not bad. Kind of a hypnotic synth. Interesting.
6. Baby get worse:A track called “Baby get worse” on an album that definitely needs to get a lot better is not very encouraging, but we'll see. Meh, it's all right I suppose.
7. Civilian stripes: Okay so now we're going for a Springsteen Nebraska acoustic vibe. This works better to be fair. Like the vocal harmonies and the piano is lovely. Yeah, like this.
8. For your heart: This is the longest track, so what can they do with it? Oh, we're back to new-wave eighties synth I see. Hmm. Not sure how much of this qualifies as rock, never mind indie rock. Very much more in the new wave camp for me. It's a decent enough song though.
9. Shivers: Oh yeah, this one is great. Like the almost raw guitar feel of it, much better than some of the new wave stuff I've heard on this up to now, with a few exceptions.
10. Like ice cream: This too. More rock, less synth please.
11. Neopolitans: Is this dedicated to our favourite member who tries so hard to be funny? Think I like it anyway. Yeah, I do.

End result: Started off badly, but after the first few tracks I began to warm to it a little more. Still not an album I'd be getting back to any time soon, but it didn't turn out to be the disaster I had been anticipating.

So, Love or Hate? It'll have to be a Love.

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