3.9/10
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Boredom is the main thing I feel here. Some parts are beautiful, some parts are catchy, but mostly it's incredibly relaxing and melancholy to an extreme fault. I can't possibly see myself wanting to come back to this album more than a couple times.
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Thing is, this album is missing counterbalancing elements. There's no tension, no dynamics, very little to no catchy melodies, and not nearly enough emotion. It just sounds like a group of people in a studio trying to make a beautiful record, being so careful not to ruin anything that they completely forgot to make inspired, original music. The vocals reflect this as you can almost hear them straining for perfection and trying to sound perfect as opposed to just singing out of emotion.
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The closest the album reaches the point of being successful is in the opener, "Southern Point," where some minor tones and slight tension grab my ears. "Two Weeks" is a poor attempt at doo-wop and extremely bland for what it's trying to accomplish. The rest of the album just drowns in its own pool of careful and meticulous mediocrity.
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In a way, it's actually kind of refreshing, because it reassures me that the good music that's out there truly is inspired and maybe it isn't possible to "manufacture" a great album after all. Because that's exactly how this album sounds to me, manufactured perfection. And as such, it's not even close to being perfect.
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