Found this album review of equus asinus; what do you guys think? I kind of agree with it but didn’t think the album overall was that bad. Let’s hear what you got to say 🫠
i come with mud - unoriginal, lazy folky track
all my candles - emma’s vocals are nice but if you didn’t know it was her then it would just sound like any other generic, jazz female singer. There is a simplistic charm to the song but the lack of originality keeps it from being anything else besides ‘meh’.
Bethlehem - finally some of that trademark MIT bass playing! Nicely arranged and engineered, a small light that is desperately needed at this point.
Frost Bite - the guitar playing is nice, but what’s the point? It’s nothing that stands out and by this point Emma’s sleepy singing is becoming more and more of a snoozefest.
Heavenly Flow - more of an upbeat flow of Frost Bite. Despite the good engineering and arrangement the unoriginality and boring atmosphere of the record as a whole continues to plague.
The Landkeeper - how is this track any different from ‘all my candles’? Slight difference in arrangement, ok cool, but an unnecessary and pointless track overall.
Purple Box - cheeky and soothing and Emma does her thing but still nothing popping, but a nice break from the boring lethargic stream we were going from the previous three tracks.
Paul’s Theme - god, I feel like pulling my hair out by this point. This track is pretty much a rearrangement of frost bite, heavenly flow, and the landkeeper.
Girl - nothing to say because it’s literally just a continuation of the snoozefest only instead of emma’s vocals we got one of the dudes - even worse.
Burrow - same thing I had to say for Paul’s Theme
Unlike Anything - despite Emma’s genuine magic in her voice the track is exactly ‘all my candles’ only lazier.
I don’t like music - sadly the title of this track reflects MIT’s seemingly attitude towards this entire album.
Moon 2 - same old at this point
What Matters Most - this ending would’ve been nice if there would’ve been anytype of dynamic throughout this record. Instead we end on the same unoriginal laziness that we started with.
Ultimately this is very much an acquired taste type of album. Even diehard MIT fans might find this album to be a stretch. The real party is Equus Caballus.