there was an alternate reality where this triggered something in my ears or my head or my heart and I started to hear it like fans hear it, I think. That’s just not this reality. There were a couple moments where I could see it going either way pretty hard on whether I liked it a lot or just don’t really care for it, and those moments all passed without fanfare and without spark. I liked it less and less as I listened. Not a ton less, by no means would I say I dislike it, or that I ever disliked it. I’d never be upset by it, if it were playing in someone else’s car I wouldn’t be at all compelled to try to get them to change it. I just don’t care for it at all. I’m not sure why, on the surface it seems like the type of thing I’d like just fine. But I don’t, I’m pretty disinterested by it. That kind of sentiment is a good fit for the D range. I don’t dislike it, but I do pretty decidedly not like it. I’m not adding many songs to my main playlist (which I usually try to make fairly easy to do, that’s not a terribly high bar), and I’m not really feeling like I wish I were, which is a pretty big sign.
Part of it is definitely that I don’t like his voice. It’s only very mildly bothersome— enough that if I really liked the rest of everything else, I think I’d get over it pretty quick, but when I don’t have a reason to get over it, it’s the straw, y’know? I did like the one album they released most recently, under the Oaeen name (and that’s useful to clarify, for those interested this entry includes Oaeen because it’s literally the same band, just an issue with rights to the name sodagreen). I didn’t love the album, it wasn’t enough to really make me readjust my already forming perception of them by too much, but it was pretty alright, it’s a good album.
But, that’s the exception. The rule is, I’m not particularly interested or engaged and there aren’t many songs, ideas, pieces, or even just general vibes that make me want to be. No hard feelings at all, I feel no opposition or disdain or anything to sodagreen, but I’m giving a D+. I just don’t like it very much.
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