by
Glaive
- Record Label: Interscope
- Release Date: Jul 14, 2023
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Jul 17, 2023He’s deftly left himself room to manoeuvre, but at this rate, there’s a hyperpop throne with his name on it.
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Jul 14, 2023While the emotions are big, the choruses are even bigger: ‘the good the bad the olga’ begs for a cathartic moshpit, while ‘pardee urgent care’ is a definitive phone-torches-in-the-air moment.
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Jul 14, 2023The Timothée Chalamet-sampling ‘As If’ sees him defiant and refusing to change. With nods to homophobia and fentanyl addiction, it’s a modern take on bratty emo and the rest of Glaive’s debut album is just as complex.
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Jul 18, 2023At its best, i care so much that i dont care at all captures the ecstatic, uncomfortable intensity of the joy and turmoil of being young. And if it ever feels awkward or fumbling, well, that’s an essential part of being a teenager too.
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Jul 14, 2023While glaive clearly still has the chops to record something great, his debut falls short of the creativity that marked his meteoric rise to fame.
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Jul 14, 2023Initially lumped into the hyperpop scene by the likes of Billboard and Vice, Glaive has moved in a more emo direction, but the album struggles to retain the intimacy of his earlier releases as it delivers a more palatable sound.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 4
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Mixed: 1 out of 4
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Jul 15, 2023
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Jul 14, 2023what an amazing album, I cried listening to this album, the glaive did a great job