EUSEXUA by FKA Twigs quick thoughts and review!

    look, i've never gone into a FKA Twigs album before this but i've experienced her music in some forms, whether it be a single or as a feature. her textures in production and vocal signatures are stand-outs in anything.

    the first track is now my introduction into her worlds and the very dreamy, plucky trance chords with thundering kicks sweep the listener into an experience like no other. it might be my favorite on the whole. lovely, cloudy, but subtly dark.

    next few tracks are fine but the production to me just sounds like basic throwbacks to the minimal techno genres they're inspired by. however, Twigs really shines with really beautiful choruses, glitchy and fun verses, and even a groovy ending on "Perfect Stranger". "Drums of Death" is pretty much another highlight of rumbling drums with bouncy and spiky vocals.

    the themes of sexuality, love, and relationships with people also hit extreme in tracks "Sticky", "Keep It, Hold It", and "Striptease". Twig's ability to show more emotion than the one's presented each line makes everything feel grand and miles long. pairing these with their instrumentals also makes the songs' touch hot and close, which is such an oddly comfortable experience.

    "Childlike Things" sounds so out of place. the beat stands out like a butchered thumb with how loud and disorienting it becomes and north west's contribution is... fine? but the track as a whole could've been left on a b-sides or something akin to either that or a cutting room floor.

    the last two tracks emphasize the main theme but there's not much for me to really write other than they sound great for the album they're apart of. it doesn't detract from how lush and wonderful they are. "Wanderlust" is at least something a little different in that it seems to pull from contemporary R&B more than any other song on the project. like this is the finale after an one and cathartic long night stand. sitting in bed as the sun rises with no one around but texts incoming of another possible day to experience.

    this record is pretty, dark, hot, and lovely as a first time listener. as this doesn't blow me away, i hope delving back into her catalog could!

87/110

An Example of My Rating System (?/110)

    so my rating system is a little complex so i thought to just explain it with some albums or singles that usually pop up as examples for my two metrics: quality and replay.

    my whole score is tallied up to 110 in total. my favorite album of a year could be a total of 110, but not guaranteed as any album that floored me could even be just a 100.

    quality and replay each have a score of up to 10 that are reflected in the tens and ones place:

tens being quality

|    ones being replay value

| |

\/\/

79 -- EXAMPLE SCORE OF "Get Off The Internet" by Eliminate

    however, the only exception is no album can have a 10 for replay value if the album's quality is below a 10. that's my only rule and its only there bc it kinda fucks up the rating system if for example, a quality is 8 and replay is 10, bc i dont want anyone to get the impression of a 90 that way.

    with that out of the way, here's some examples of the extremes and regular scores i do for album or song rankings!

To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar (2015)

    Epitome of a 110 example. every song bangs, kendrick's entire career has led up to this point, and has impacted culture in such a way that i dont think the world would be the same without it. not every song on this album is a 110/110, but this whole album feels incomplete without playing every song in a row.

110/110

TOTAL XANARCHY - Lil Xan (2018)

    do you remember this guy?  do you remember this album? there is nothing of value of this project and the world would be better without it. all songs probably qualify for a 0/110. i havent even thought about lil xan since this album exited my ears. didnt he overdose on hot cheetos or something

0/110    

Angelic 2 the Core - Corey Feldman (2016)

    theres something so hilarious about an album so bad, it becomes floating in the rotation so often. yea you know what, i will listen to that terrible dubstep track with snoop dogg on it again.

9/110

A Crow Looked at Me - Mount Eerie (2017)

on the opposite of being so good and replayable, this album is my first example of something so impactful that i could not listen to it again. every song hits so hard and impactfully that wanting to go back and listen sounds like a pilgrimage i could never endure again. never think an album with a high quality rating yet low replay value is bad!!!

101/110

La Cucaracha - Ween (2007)

    for more examples of drastic and different ratings, here's a couple of ween albums.

La Cucaracha is mostly everyone's least favorite ween listen, but it doesnt stop me from listening to something like "Your Party" and "Woman and Man" again and again.

67/110

Pure Guava - Ween (1992)

    pure guava on the other hand is a fun listen, but i rarely want to hear "Reggaejunkiejew" or "Flies On My Dick" or god willing "Mourning Glory" even though its become a giant guilty pleasure.

73/110

Perplex - Julie Ragbeer

    julie ragbeer is another good example of terrible music i will listen to again because every now and again i think about "mary whiton calkiiinss..."

38/110

An empty bliss beyond this world - The Caretaker (2011)

    another instance of something captivating but trying to get back into any one of these songs can either be a chore, emotionally draining, or skippable. its a very important album and something to behold but revisiting could take years.

83/110

and that's some examples of how i score! expect some reposting from my AlbumoftheYear reviews that became real long and thanks for checking out the blog!

-tyler