| '24 may 10: | Native Son (2019) the second act's internal monologue reaches some degree of salience—blindness, sight, & vision—but the overall structure is meager; disconnected, lacking the chance for cohesive messaging |
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| '24 may 10: | Stretch 2 – Arca startling and pleasantly uncomfortable for its first leg, and reaches towards atmospheric mechanics by the end; a more well-built and constructed outing, while still feeling like it's testing the waters |
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| '24 may 10: | Stretch 1 – Arca while most of the runtime is filled (rather curtly at 19 min) with interesting, glitchy club experiments, the impact of it as an ep overall is rather minimal; as a stepping stone though, it's still intriguing |
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| '24 may 7: | Straight Outta Compton – N.W.A. almost stunningly flawed, & its age shows, but the raw rebelliousness of the opening two shots, along with the oddly (amazingly) uplifting 'express yourself' greatly downplays its missteps |
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| '24 may 7: | The Pilgrim, Their God and the King of My Decrepit Mountain – Tapir! 'grassy knoll' is a genuinely effective start to what could've been an interesting post-folk-rock experiment, but most of the rest fell flat, whether by way of storytelling or instrumental progressions |
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| '24 may 7: | Summertime '06 – Vince Staples has lowlights through broadly splintering its ideas, but both discs' starts & ends show off vince's outlooks above very well-groomed instrumentals—even if his visions are sometimes a bit blurry |
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