Lucy Dacus - Home Video ALBUM REVIEW

-
Well, this review was supposed to come out Thursday, but the VHS tape got stuck and scrambled. That’s probably not how you’d describe a VHS tape not working, so let’s just say it broke.


Ah, yes. boygenius. The indie-rock supergroup that introduced me to one of my favorite singer-songwriters at the moment, Phoebe Bridgers. That group also includes fellow indie rocker Julien Baker and the artist we’re talking about today, Lucy Dacus. With this new wave of albums like Bridgers’s sublime Punisher and Baker’s eye-widening Little Oblivions, it was only a matter of time before we got Dacus’s next solo effort. Right here, we have Home Video, a brand new album that comes with a very hypnotic cover. Like most singer-songwriter albums, I avoided all the singles from this because I simply like the experience. How does this sound? Let’s find out.

I think the main thing about this album that sticks out amongst the rest of her projects is that it’s much more personal. Instruments like strings, percussions, pianos, keyboards, and synths are used simply, but to great effect. However, the best part of this album is Dacus’s writing. It’s intimate and powerful and has so much detail. There’s so much imagery just from the lyrics alone, it’s pretty stunning. So much of this reminds me of Bruce Springsteen it isn’t even funny, and since Springsteen is one of my favorite artists ever, that really means something to me.

Yet another short review, I know, but Lucy Dacus is an artist that you definitely have to listen to fully understand the emotional weight of. Home Video is her most personal, intimate, and eye-opening album yet. Her vocals are pristine across this album, the production is stellar across the album, and her writing is some of the best of the year. Just listen to it, please.


8/10


Listen here

YouTube Music




Home Video is a Matador release.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Lil Yachty - Let’s Start Here. ALBUM REVIEW

-
Image
I gotta keep holding to my promises about reviewing. I always love it when an artist takes a risk with their material. Whether or not it works out, I usually admire the risk and appreciate the fact that any artist can do something out of their comfort zone. Either way, the artist in question today is Lil Yachty, a rapper that has basically become a joke the longer his career’s gone on. However, going into a new genre out of left field isn’t totally new to rap. Childish Gambino jumping into the world of neo-soul with Awaken, My Love! , along with later projects from Mac Miller and Tyler, the Creator having more jazz influences, have proven that turning to a new genre for new ideas has worked out pretty well. Yachty, however, has turned to psychedelic rock in the vein of Tame Impala for this new album, Let’s Start Here. to mark the new chapter of his career. Let’s get into it. Having stuck around with Yachty during the rough patches, I can easily say that Let’s Start Here. is his best ...
Read more

Kendrick Lamar - GNX ALBUM REVIEW

-
Image
Woah, a new review? After this long? Yeah, sure. Why not? I got some plans in the works to keep this active in some form, and I’ll show off some more details in the post after this! What timing for an album to end up bringing this little site back, even if it’s just for a little bit of time. The last post on here was last June, and a lot has happened in my life since then, whether it’s in music or my personal life. Arguably, the biggest moment in music of the year was the beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, which exploded just before this summer with “Like That,” a song off of the first of two Future and Metro Boomin’ albums from this year, WE DON’T TRUST YOU . I don’t need to go into just how massive this beef was (and in still is in some ways), but if you need one major takeaway, I’ll say this: One of the biggest hits of the year, regardless of genre, essentially boiled down to Kendrick calling Drake a pedophile for four-and-a-half minutes. “Not Like Us,” a song where one of the m...
Read more

Porter Robinson - Nurture ALBUM REVIEW

-
Image
I wanna just lay in a field of grass, but I’m allergic to pollen :( I’ve always had a very strange relationship with electronic music. The bad music I’ve heard in the genre has been some of the worst music I’ve ever heard, and the good stuff is some of the greatest music I’ve ever heard. For some context, we have artists like The Chainsmokers on one end, and Daft Punk on the other. There are some subgenres in here too that work. Electropop is one of them, being an obvious fusion of pop and electronic music. In the little community of the AOTY website, the users there have been hyped as hell for this Porter Robinson album, Nurture . It’s apparently his first in seven years, and I’ve only heard one single from it, titled “Musician.” While it wasn’t the best electropop song I’ve heard, it’s certainly an interesting sound that I think can work pretty well. So, with how anticipated it is in the AOTY community, I figured I should take a listen and see what all the fuss is about. Let’s get in...
Read more