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[I’m no music writer- I might not have the vocab to adequately express what I want to say here]
It took me way too long to listen to this album. I think it’s perfect. I’ve been an oM fan for a while, but I was always frustrated by the pacing and structure of some of their songs. For example, Lysergic Bliss is a great pop song, imo, then goes into the back section of seemingly unrelated acapella. Impressive on its own, but it‘s a skip every time for me… I could list a handful more where I feel the same way if you disagree with that one.
This album is made of self-contained songs filled with the catchy hooks and fun chord structures that make oM great. The melodies and harmonies are beautiful and they remind me of paul mccartney‘s songwriting- especially on Everything Disappears When You Come Around. It’s to-the-point: 35min total with a lot of the tracks in the 1:00-2:30 range. The songwriting is far less abstract than in other releases, which makes it easier to follow. It’s largely a happy album, great to walk around to. Now that the weather is starting to turn I think you should try it out or listen again.
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Rarely am I so captivated with such an odd album. Here's my review:
Like some Star Wars fans think you should watch the movies out of order for the best storytelling of the overarching canon, I have a proposal for you before you dig into this baddie.
Start at the title track "Supermarket Woman", Track 9. One condition to proceed past this song is that you have to like it. If you don't like Track 9, then just don't bother with the rest of the album and save yourself an hour.
Now for the rest of you that are onboard, go from Track 9.
Best put by a friend, "it sounds like they told ai to make an album that sounds like 1950s commercialism and island music had a baby". I'd go to add that this supposed AI was a fan of Wesley Willis, too.
From this dystopian lo-fi bop (bop used sparingly in my dictionary) to the top of the album is like the whiplash from a double-shot of whiskey directly into snorting a line of blow...if whiskey was a liminal space fever-dream and the cocaine were the Balearic Islands.
You might also find yourself in the downtempo post-post-punk boogie woogie you dreamt of DJing for your one (1) friend that would tolerate it and the four (4) other bystanders hanging out at the record shop at 2pm on a Friday.
After a Spanish influence brings us into the first two songs of the album, we pivot into a dance track at Track 3, "9 Moons" (a remix release was put out as well), and onward through a gentle, rhythmic and interesting ride down to the "Lambrusco Party" (Track 5).
My energy keeping consistent, yet meditative, "Six Am" (Track 6) is exactly how I want to wake up after a molly bender on a pale-sand beach. It would motivate anyone for a mushroom-spinach omelette after a night like that.
I sank into Tracks 7 & 8, understanding the definition of an album-cut here, desperately edging on the story arc of how-in-the-fuck we get back to Track 9 through this album's story. I need a snack.
Like a cold-handed caress after a slap to the face, Track 10 & 11 wind me back down.
"In a State" (Track 12); Thom Yorke as fuck. What can't Lemonade Market do?
The proverbial needle hits the proverbial run-out groove on this record and it has me longing with questions in the music's absence. Questions about who these three white figures on the album cover are, where the chairs in which they're sitting were photographed, and why on god's green earth they used that font along the bottom.
Album Rating: 10/10
Feb 14, 2024
Honestly, I hate picking favorites when it comes to music. But I'm literally listening to this one right now, and really, there's not a month I haven't heard this album in the last 20 years. And when I listen, it's always the whole thing. How perfect is this album? Just perfect. Is it for you? If you have any room in your heart for perfect pop structures, clean—yet oh so heartfelt—execution and that perfect mix of bitter and sweet. If you like jangly guitars, harmonies and the best qualities of 90s radio, please give it a shot.
Jan 10, 2025
all of the songs on this album fade into each other. 🤩 it’s what made me appreciate the art of the album when i was 15/16, and i still love to listen it in full from time to time, when the season is apt. you not only get great stand alone songs but also a thorough piece of art that helps curate the album’s feel. i love love love this album!!
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Great for summer
Drink half of the can
Fill to top with lemonade
Drink the rest
(they also make a pre-packaged shandy but i don’t like it that much. better to DIY)
Jan 25, 2024
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Ok Stephen Shaw of Boston property group LLC you think we’re gonna pay 18 months of backcharged water bills when you never even billed us for it? Lol i’m laughinggg. Read mass gen laws ch. 186 section 22(k) and get back to me on that 👍
Feb 22, 2024
Can’t hurt to reach out. imagine Bron talking about his favorite winessss
Pic is what it might look like if Bron was on here
Mar 21, 2024