Kicking My Feet & Screaming
Ruel · Pop / R&B
“Uni Kicking My Feet & Screaming deb atading, ammo butun albomdagi eng baland tovush xavf bo'lishi kerak bo'lgan joydagi sukunatdir.”
Ruel, uchinchi albomingni Kicking My Feet & Screaming deb atading, bu Kicking My Feet'ning davomi, ya'ni hozirgi vaqtda sening buyuk badiiy bayonoting tracklist bilan jihozlangan injiqlikdir. O'nta qo'shiq munosabatlarning to'liq yoyini, yuksalish va pasayishlarni, sevib qolish va sevgidan chiqishni qamrab oladi, o'spirinlik chog'ingdan beri seni ko'tarib kelayotgan o'sha baxmal ovozda taqdim etiladi. Ovoz haqiqiy. Vizyon esa moodboard. Kredittlarni Julian Bunetta, John Ryan, Kenny Beats va Dan Wilson bilan to'ldirding, hamma uchun xitlar yozgan turdagi xona, va aynan shu muammo. Qo'shiq yozish xonasi shunchalik mukofotlangan bo'lsa-yu, natija hamon shunchalik silliq va shunchalik xavfsiz eshitilsa, aslida nima senikiligini so'rash adolatdan. Doimo va'da qilib turgan hissiy halolliging yoqimli yog'duga qadar silliqlangan holda yetib keladi, yorlig'ida shunchaki his-tuyg'ular deb yozilgan shamning ovozdagi ekvivalenti. Bularning ichida ajoyib albom yashiringan, chunki iste'dod shubha ostida emas, faqat jasorat yetishmaydi. Munosabatlarning tublarini ko'rsatishda davom etasan, ammo musiqaning hech qachon past jaranglashiga yo'l qo'ymaysan. Ajralish tartibsizdir. Bu esa benuqson. Bu ikkisi shunchalik uzoq bo'lmasligi kerak.
Ruel yetuklikni o'ynashni to'xtatib, shunchaki kuylaganida, iste'dod inkor etib bo'lmas darajada, o'sha ovoz hatto telefon kitobini ham sotardi, va bu qo'shiqlardan bir nechtasi haqiqiy og'riq bilan o'rniga tushadi. Ajoyib albom uchun xom ashyo aynan o'sha yerda, hammaning ko'z o'ngida yotibdi.
A sequel album with nothing new to say
“Kicking My Feet & Screaming is explicitly framed as a follow up to Kicking My Feet, recycling the title and the same concept of cataloguing a relationship's highs and lows.”
The fix Earn the sequel. If you are revisiting the same emotional territory, show what you learned the second time around, do not just re shoot the same feeling in slightly nicer light.
Co written into a corner
“The credits feature an all star cast including Julian Bunetta, John Ryan, Kenny Beats, M-Phazes and Dan Wilson across just ten tracks.”
The fix Strip one song down to just you and a single collaborator and let it be a little ugly. The polish is currently hiding the person underneath it.
Comfortable where it should be brave
“The album is pitched as an authentic exploration of emotional highs and lows, yet the production stays uniformly smooth and radio safe from front to back.”
The fix Let the lows actually sound low. A breakup record that never once sounds uncomfortable is a breakup record nobody quite believes.
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