is it good?

Album is good but is even less accessible than Hairless Toys was imo. A lot of this is really interesting, but it has so many weird key changes and melody shifts (though cool) so you kind of have to be in a mood to listen to it and some of the ideas just don't work.

Hairless Toys found a better balance of crazy **** and still having coherent melody and purpose. The good portions of this are really good though.. Romantic Comedy and it's amazing repeated synth arpeggio, Ten Miles High and it's build up to the great second half and Thoughts Wasted being one build that later fades into like nothing. The bad stuff here I don't know if I'd call bad necessarily but some of it just makes no sense and seems kind of try hard (Mastermind and it's lyrics and robotic verses).

This is probably her worst album but it's still good especially if you liked Hairless Toys. I don't think I want her to work with Eddie again for whatever she does next though

Ruby Blue>>>Overpowered>Hairless Toys>=Take Her Up To Monto

I gave this several listens today, and I think what best describes the album is "intriguing". It's certainly much less accessible than Hairless Toys, none of the songs have conventional structures, and most of them actually sound like several songs in one.

One listen definitely isn't enough to absorb it all, and while it's a challenging record, it's all the more rewarding. For some strange reason, Nervous Sleep is one of my personal faves, the title perfectly encapsulates everything that's going on in it - it's basicaly structureless, with various themes and ideas popping up throughout. Someone on PopJustice said it's like a "darker version of House of Glass" and that's really the best way to describe it.

The instrumental break in the middle of Thoughts Wasted is also one of the best moments of the album. Lip Service is the most poppy sounding, so peope looking for "bops" might want to check out that one. The only "dud" is Sitting and Counting imo, which sounds like Whatever pt. 2, just less interesting.

I'm not sure yet if it tops HT, but it's definitely one amazing album. Well done, Róisín!

^^ You both pretty much summed up my thoughts on the album. I think this is technically my least favorite album, and that Hairless Toys kinda did the "oddball but still melodic" thing much better, but it makes sense why since this is kinda Overpowered's weird sister while HT is Ruby Blue's adult sister (which I still think is her best album).

Not to say that the bad parts of the album are bad but yeah. Sitting and Counting is really pointless and while I LOVE Mastermind's instrumental I'm not big on Ro's delivery.

I still think Ten Miles High & Romantic Comedy are highlights, and then I also LOVE Lip Service (it's like Through Time/Unputdownable to me I think) and there's a lot I love about Thoughts Wasted (her scatting, the instrumental in every part of the song, the changes, everything really). I like Pretty Gardens too quite a bit.

Overall I'm definitely happy she released these songs, but I can already tell that for me it won't be higher in my listing than Ruby Blue and probably not Hairless Toys either... and probably not Overpowered either lol

Well I actually really like this. But I like everything she does so.

The first half is really good but then it starts to drag. Roisin whyyyy????

Finding it really hard to like this one

Loving this on first listen. There are times where her delivery falls flat but a lot of it is very pristine and beautiful. I even like cuts like 'Whatever'.

meh
maybe i just have to listen to it more

I like most of it, but the last two tracks are just awful.

Tracks 1 - 7 are brilliant. The booklet is hilarious, too.

This album is def a grower, I love it now. "Ten Miles High" still remains the main bop.

Now that the lyrics are out and I read them while listening, the album hits so much harder and has grown on me massively. The only song I'm not feeling totally for some reason is Pretty Gardens, but even that one has its moments.

I even love Sitting and Counting now. I mean, the lyrics are just.....
Ugh the feels