Let's All Laugh at Pitchfork

[guestT]

oof

The album kicks open the door with a run of cuts that play fast and loose with rhythm and melody, featuring miniature breakdowns and guitar-riff emissions so thick they might violate EPA standards.

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[VinylGuy]

What a dork

[verb_to_trust]

Really confusing considering the current state of the EPA.

[bodysnatcher]

i remember being 22 and thinking i sounded profound

[E.H. Ruddock]

oof

The album kicks open the door with a run of cuts that play fast and loose with rhythm and melody, featuring miniature breakdowns and guitar-riff emissions so thick they might violate EPA standards.

was this a great van fleet review

[Kevin Davis]

Pitchfork and Jamily collide:
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/br ... -broadway/

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[Mickey]

Ah yes the age-old wisdom of 24-year olds:

Frankie Cosmos
Close it Quietly
On her fourth studio album, Greta Kline gamely stares down her middle twenties, that messy period where one’s early projections about the future tend to start unraveling.

Pitchfork sucks but I think it's increasingly common to have a mid-20s breakdown given the state of the economy post-2008.

[washing machine]

Ah yes the age-old wisdom of 24-year olds:

Frankie Cosmos
Close it Quietly
On her fourth studio album, Greta Kline gamely stares down her middle twenties, that messy period where one’s early projections about the future tend to start unraveling.

Pitchfork sucks but I think it's increasingly common to have a mid-20s breakdown given the state of the economy post-2008.

A mid-20s breakdown among pitchfork's average readership? Absolutely.

[Jorge]

Ah yes the age-old wisdom of 24-year olds:

Frankie Cosmos
Close it Quietly
On her fourth studio album, Greta Kline gamely stares down her middle twenties, that messy period where one’s early projections about the future tend to start unraveling.

Pitchfork sucks but I think it's increasingly common to have a mid-20s breakdown given the state of the economy post-2008.

But also like,

that messy period where one’s early projections about the future tend to start unraveling

this doesn't really suggest a "breakdown" or even "wisdom" like Trag sarcastically suggests. More the beginnings of a reassessment of who you are, and who you think you'll turn out to be, which absolutely rings true in my experience.

I think Sasha Geffen is a very good music writer. She was with Consequence of Sound for a long time. I remember her review of Vulnicura being particularly illuminating.

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[VinylGuy]

Man, those are just..awful.

[bodysnatcher]

So more than their first album?

Lightning Bug
October Song

The gorgeous and hypnotic second Lightning Bug album focuses more than ever on songwriter Audrey Kang's hushed voice and simple, soulful lyrics.

[Mickey]

Ah yes the age-old wisdom of 24-year olds:

Frankie Cosmos
Close it Quietly
On her fourth studio album, Greta Kline gamely stares down her middle twenties, that messy period where one’s early projections about the future tend to start unraveling.

Pitchfork sucks but I think it's increasingly common to have a mid-20s breakdown given the state of the economy post-2008.

But also like,

that messy period where one’s early projections about the future tend to start unraveling

this doesn't really suggest a "breakdown" or even "wisdom" like Trag sarcastically suggests. More the beginnings of a reassessment of who you are, and who you think you'll turn out to be, which absolutely rings true in my experience.

Absolutely. And though I don't think this can be totally generalized (the age-range mostly likely corresponds to being a few years out of college), it's certainly more common than just "Pitchfork readers"

[tragabigzanda]

[washing machine]

Was the Wikipedia blackout of 2012 as important a cultural moment as the New York City blackout of '77?

[Higgs]

Wat

Rex Orange County
Pony

The 21-year-old songwriter’s latest album is irritating enough to activate the mildest allergy to sincerity.

I'm not a fan, but these guys are one of my (16 year old) daughter's favourite bands.

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