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Those Great Whites, They Have Big Teeth




The new Lorde album, Melodrama, was released yesterday and there is no review on The Useless Critic.  What has the Internet come to?  

I have been waiting for this album for a long time.  Pure Heroine was my favorite Pop album since Body Talk.  I have heard a lot of these songs already on YouTube, so the album is kind of half familiar.  Almost all of them I disliked upon first listen and immediately dug after a second listen.  You could describe me as hesitantly optimistic going into my first listen.

First Impressions:
- Does anyone think it's weird this has a parental advisory on it?  I like the cover, but with that sticker it's a little too
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- Green Light is the best song.
- Homemade Dynamite is a good two steppin' song and will probably be a single.
- Loveless deserves to be a full, proper track
- I wish the fast/slow song ratio was a little bit higher here.

These songs spread through your head like vines.  What are you waiting for?


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  1. Britt KempJune 17, 2017 at 4:36 PM

    Boy I'm glad you reviewed this and not me. Excited to listen later!

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  2. AWJune 17, 2017 at 10:20 PM

    Just noticed I totally butchered it with typos. I am certain you would have written a better piece. I am not terribly impressed with what I've written, but I did want to start the conversation!

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