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| 0.0 | Chuggy | March 9th 18 |
A fun album full of 80's sounding synth and an endless obsession with Miami Vice era instrumentation.
The star of the show here is the liberal usage of saxophone, something that I admit to being a sucker for.
Were it not for the slick usage of the sax the album would sound like many, many others also doing this sound.
I do enjoy the vocals scattered throughout, despite their lack of range and punch.
There is a future for The Midnight providing the boundaries of the admittedly limiting genre can continue to be pushed.
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| 2.5 average | Panzerchrist | November 25th 17 |
There are so many other acts doing a superior version of this synth driven pop sound and I'd highly recommend you listen to any of them first. Tim McEwan, the producer for most of this material manages to emulate his primary influences relatively well, but that's essentially where it ends. He fails at really elevating his work above fandom most of the time. Worse, Tyler Lyle, the vocalist behind this project doesn't get the emphasis he really needs to shine on most of the tracks presented here because the tracks just don't build the way they should. Which is strange, because most of the tracks are way too long. There are neat moments throughout, but not entire songs. Rarely do I feel engaged for more than a short period, and those durations are usually just the smooth ass sax solos, or a neat idea that never gets elaborated on.
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| 2.5 average | Blaidd | May 14th 24 |
| 3.5 great | manosg EMERITUS | May 12th 24 |
| 3.5 great | MT76 | July 26th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | ACVPV | October 22nd 22 |
| 4.5 superb | DANcore | September 29th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | arealboy | September 12th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Hansol | February 27th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | steviet | February 25th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | woxdy | July 27th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Adam | July 25th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rice303 | June 29th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | krakan | March 14th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kal12012 | September 27th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | robkoi | November 9th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | aiioli | October 24th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Laen | October 18th 17 |
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