Sean Sharp's Diary

Presley certainly has a knack for writing these fun synth-pop tracks. I recently got into "Cult" & "Apartment" and absolutely loved the production, vocals, and melodies, so I decided to give his most recent EP a spin. Quickly, I am finding that when Presley finds something that works, he is able to…

Feels like she's right on the brink of a great album. The first half of this has several tracks that are great on almost every level. "all i get" has to be the absolute stand out track with a perfect melody and the vocal mixing is just different enough from the rest of the project to really speak fo…

Found Tommy Newport a few years back but finally decided to listen to a project of his and am I glad I did. Even though this is towards the beginning of his career as a solo artist, there are some unique fun ideas on here. Some are neat and others are a bit too out there. Mainly some of the vocal me…

Just more of the same from The Chainsmokers. It's neat to see them do a full collab EP, but there isn't enough Oaks in this. It's essentially a Chainsmokers EP with her featuring on every track. "Echo", while good, really just feels like a rehash of "The Fall" off of the deluxe version of "So Far So…

A maximalist album where Oliver goes BIG in the name of love and hate. This feels like he's constantly trying to hit a home run with every swing. A lot of the lyrics are questionable towards the latter half, and many of the songs don't have anything that gripping. The opener "My Only Friend", "Joyri…

I was shown "Pajamas" and you never could have told me this was one of the girls from K-Pop Demon Hunters. Disc 1 is definitely stronger than disc 2, but I don't think either is really that good. Disc 1 just happened to have the two tracks I did enjoy. A lot of the production across the whole thing…

Pretty simple all things considered. It really sticks to the meat and potatoes of Indie Rock, but I don't think they really bring anything all that incredibly different. Feels pretty standard for the genre. My friend loves their music, and typically, I find his recommendations pretty high quality, b…

Really cool. I'm a fan of this overly moody, crazy vocal style. Some of the songs excel at capturing a very specific sound. Sometimes his vocal inflections are a bit grating, and one song in particular ended with it sounding like two songs were playing at once, which I was not a fan of. It took me a…

Roosevelt has seemed to tighten the bootstraps on his work over time. I recently listened to his debut and this feels like a more refined and intentional version of that album. It does what it sets out to do well with several good tracks, including one of my favorites of the year, "Strangers". The i…

I've never been able to get into KAYTRANADA's music the way others have. This album isn't really much different, there are certainly some interesting songs and moments of production but a good amount also just feels like his inspirations with extra polish. Channel Tres does make 2 good appearances o…

Awesome. Zeds Dead just know how to do anything they set out to do. A lot of their singles are pretty flashy and meant for an audience I am not part of, but when they decide to work on an album, they consistently put together much more atmospheric experiences. It's hard to really give a lot on conte…

John Summit seems like a nice guy, but what really drew me to this album was his comments about how EDM is currently all the same. Like most, I thought this was a moment where it didn't seem he could see past his own nose because he is also one of the leading contributors to that problem. Then I tho…

Not too much to write home about. Despite being blessed by god himself with perfect pitch and a voice built for hits, Charlie's lack of ambition kills a lot of love I could have for his work. His inability to create a lane for himself is quite sad, considering how versatile he could be. I could be w…

There will always be a lot of distaste for Alan Walker's style, considering it is literally the same exact thing it was a decade ago. I'm a bit in disbelief that he has been able to make only this style of music for so long. Like, surely he is getting bored doing this. Regardless, just more of the s…

The production here is off the charts. For someone who was constantly deemed ahead of the curve with pop in the late 2010's, this album seemed to finally be when the popularity caught up with the style. Oddly enough, I think several songs on here work more as reloaded versions of 2010's EDM pop. "3…

James has a knack for making some of the most unique soundscapes possible. Specifically the first half of this thing contains some great sound design while keeping it minimalist at least at the start of each track. Perhaps it's something specific with James voice but it's so haunting that is works p…