Lav's Music Corner

5.  Over  - Chvrches I've declared Chvrches back in the past just for them to turn around and drop another incredibly forgettable album so I'm certainly not gearing up to make that mistake again. What I will say for this song is that it has the infectious energy and hard-hitting synthetic beats of the band's best work. But the youthful energy is traded out for this more somber emotional response met with a more measured performance.  Listen 4.  Done (Let's Get It)  - Yaeji This is probably the one song this week that I wanted to like a lot more than I do. I like the sound of the song quite a bit and Yaeji as usual does quite a good job at making it functionally dancy while also finding a way to infuse her personality and a consistent message throughout. My main problem with the song is just the hook, which doesn't feel nearly as sticky as I was hoping for as a genuine climax to the song. Listen 3.  Nadja  - Unknown Mortal Orchestra Compared to the last...

There's a hundred million trillion albums that came out this year that I want to review and there's no way I'll have time to cover all of them. Coming off a slow week I'll jump on the opportunity to cover a few of the more talked about indie pop, pop rock, synth pop, parallel records that don't really have a ton to do with each other. But hey whatever checks the box right.  Screen Violence  - Chvrches Like many people I was incredibly impressed with Chvrches 2013 debut The Bones Of What You Believe  which delivered catchy synth pop but with a distinctly loud edge edge that made for high impact tracks throughout. Since then I've been less and less impressed with each Chvrches release culminating with their third album in 2018, Love Is Dead  and a truly obnoxious Marshmello collaboration Here With Me  a year later. I was pretty hesitant going into Screen Violence  given that I thought the singles were a pretty mixed bag. With that being said I did thing that ...