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Originally posted by supaspaz
Courtney is not feeling like the #2 album of the year for me.
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I don't know, definitely not the second best album but it feels very comforting yet haunting at the same time. There's like this antithesis between a lot of the songs and sometimes within the songs themselves. Between songs I think that it is down to the wide variety of different genres of indie rock that have obviously influenced her (the title maybe helps accentuate this, usually a train of thought follows along a route or a journey that explores different avenues from a single concept?).
In terms of within songs themselves I think that a lot of the time it either stems from the quite whimsical, monotone voice of Courtney clashing with the quite sombre overtones of materialism that is (quite heavy handindly) dealt with in the lyrics or her voice clashing with the more heavy instrumentation; it seems a lot of the time in the songs that seem to channel a more punk rock vibe her voice doesn't sit right in the mix, whether that intentional I don't know but it certainly makes it slightly more jarring to listen to.
I kind of like it, it does what it does well. Despite that it's nothing different nor particularly innovative and tends to deals with its themes with a very heavy hand.