Sean Sharp's Diary

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 second to get into it, but once I was in... I was in. I had forgotten how much I loved the song "See Myself" until it played here. Really happy with his and it's the kind of album where I can listen again and find more new fun things every time.

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 context in words since the album is pretty minimal in terms of vocal work. In all honesty, I think the vocalists they did get to work on this aren't the best. This works great as a long, moody EDM piece.

This album is the standard for a debut album. It's not perfect and features plenty of flaws and parts that could be cut but overall it has several unique enough songs with engaging melodies. The whole thing is glued together with a pretty tight musical instrument array. There isn't a ton of variety of the instruments, let alone the mixing. This is something that can be improved going forward. This could have benefited as well from being a 30-minute album instead of 40. While these issues are pretty standard for growing artists, they are often detrimental to an album's success. In Aidan's case, the highs are frequent enough that it balances out these mistakes quite well. To start, there are more than enough solid songs on here. "are you curious?", "ricochet", "my funeral", "dance around it", "when i die", "bloodtype". All of these make the disc well worth the listen. Several of these songs I've highlighted are the breaks from the momentum he seems to get stuck on so it really capitalizes on the mood change. The instrumentals aren't revolutionary but are solid in their own right and do what they need to on each track. I see this as a great path for him to springboard into some crazier ideas and production because otherwise this will become a bit dull and I don't want to see him stagnate.

The variety on here felt pretty abundant to me. Still honed in on a certain genre but none of the tracks sounded that similar. I ended up liking this a lot more than I was anticipating but I've liked Keem's stuff in the past. I think it is missing a really stand out track but maybe I need to give the ones I do like a bit more time to age on me. Keem's vocal style is almost off-putting given how his delivery is lackadaisical at times but that's part of the charm. Makes sense that he is related to Kendrick because they have similar mannerisms in how they "perform" on a song. Not afraid of doing something a little bit wacky or goofy but is done tastefully where it's not portrayed as cringe. Very let down by "Good Flirts". Was hoping the main Kendrick feature on here would just be him talking about butts. It's a bit funny but not a ton of reliability. Given the vibe of the song, not exactly a party banger. A lot of the other songs on here are freakishly good.