Author Archives: Pod

Arctic Monkeys in tier list about half the albums I absolutely love, half are great but not in love category yet, most recent album not sure about yet, overall solid really good

The Libertines in tier list first album (of Libertines) is pretty good, other two are very meh, DPT is solid, CB is fine, overall alright but harder than I like RELISTEN1: I cannot believe I ever described The Libertines as “harder than I like”. If that doesn’t demonstrate how far I’ve come from when IContinue reading “40: The Libertines (B-→B+)”

The Beatles in tier list super consistently mediocre with a bunch of great songs (very) spread out through their albums

Weezer in tier list 3 fantastic albums, a couple okay albums, and whole bunch of kinda trashy, aggressively mediocre- those 3 albums are so good and the others are so… not, I can’t justify putting Weezer any higher or lower. I think Weezer defines the border between B+ and A

Surfaces in tier list super consistent, gets repetitive and dull pretty quick, a couple songs I like but mostly feels so so samey EDIT: consistency feels less and less accurate than repetitive, very much samey EDIT: even the couple songs I like now just feel samey to me, I only have tolerance to listen toContinue reading “37: Surfaces (A-→B+→C→D-)”

AJR in tier list not super my jam, but pretty good and they’ve improved with each album. personal all the time, which wears, and it’s always pretty anxious, which wears. mostly I get frustrated with them because basic songwriting is clearly good, but they always add in stuff that feels more to me like effectsContinue reading “36: AJR (A→B)”

Alex Cameron in tier list really good songs and songwriting, vulgar and on topics that I’m not sure how to fit in to my listening, or if I want to  EDIT1: upon my overhaul he fits better in the C-tier. Lots of stuff I want to like about him, but not enough that I actuallyContinue reading “35: Alex Cameron (B-→C-→D-)”

Blossoms in tier list pretty good, don’t like when the instruments and vocals take simultaneous melody, which is often, 3rd album is excellent RELISTEN1: 4th album is pretty good, better than 1 and 2, not as good as 3. that puts it pretty firmly in A- territory I think)

Sam Fender in tier list like him a lot, super consistent with great songs, just all around solid RELISTEN1: just keeps growing on me, songs lyrics albums vibes, I’m a fan

Phoebe Bridgers in tier list this is the kind of thing where as I listen I can tell that it’s definitely somebody’s jam, it’s just very much not mine