Imaginal Disk

by Magdalena Bay

genuinely baffled by the positive reception this has received. my tiktok fyp is full of people declaring this the greatest album they've ever heard. what i can say positive about this album is that it is not ineptly put together. this is clearly the work of competent musicians in service of the blandest, most mid vision in existence. every aspect of this is sonically repulsive to me. even in the occasional moments when i appreciate the craft of the songwriting and production, it's all ruined by mica's awful indie girl baby voice. i can't fathom why so many people are acting like this is a unique or new sound -- it feels like all indie pop has sounded like this for over a decade. i saw a tiktok comment re: this album that said "it's giving glass animals" and i agree but they meant it as a compliment and i mean it as an insult.