album review | The Peach Pitch 2/7

Josh Bokor

Sep 245 min read

Album Review: Katy Perry - "143"

143 is not just a bad album. It's a catastrophic tragedy of the ages, where Katy Perry has dug herself such a deep hole that there's...

19 views0 comments

Josh Bokor

Sep 204 min read

Album Review: Ice Spice - "Y2K!"

Listening to Y2K! will instantly give you a sense of what Ice Spice does best, along with the unfortunately minuscule range that she...

5 views0 comments

Album Review: Cindy Lee - "Diamond Jubilee"

Josh Bokor

Sep 115 min read

Album Review: Cindy Lee - "Diamond Jubilee"

As a clear ode to indie rock, dream pop, and the pretty, sticky pop music to come out of the early days of FM radio, Patrick Flegel's...

8 views0 comments

Album Review: Foster the People - "Paradise State of Mind"

Josh Bokor

Sep 115 min read

Album Review: Foster the People - "Paradise State of Mind"

On their first new album in seven years, the duo's ideas may be overflowing but as a result it's flooding and claustrophobic, where...

7 views0 comments

Album Review: Kacey Musgraves - "Deeper Well"

Josh Bokor

Aug 154 min read

Album Review: Kacey Musgraves - "Deeper Well"

On Deeper Well , Kacey Musgraves seems to be turning a new leaf by embracing more traditional folk, psychedelia, and pop. This tip-toeing...

15 views0 comments

Album Review: DIIV - "Frog In Boiling Water"

Josh Bokor

Aug 73 min read

Album Review: DIIV - "Frog In Boiling Water"

On Frog In Boiling Water, DIIV seem to go into a deeper, darker, heavier pool of sound while embracing shoegaze in a way that's squirmy,...

8 views0 comments

Josh Bokor

Aug 73 min read

Album Review: Helado Negro - "PHASOR"

One of Roberto Carlos Lange's best albums to date, PHASOR is an excellent album that highlights what he does best: his beautiful vocal...

6 views0 comments

Album Review: Chastity Belt - "Live Laugh Love"

Josh Bokor

Jul 223 min read

Album Review: Chastity Belt - "Live Laugh Love"

Live Laugh Love has all the right things for those looking for another Chastity Belt album: memorable songwriting, hooky guitars, pretty...

8 views0 comments

Album Review: Kim Gordon - "The Collective"

Josh Bokor

Jul 123 min read

Album Review: Kim Gordon - "The Collective"

Kim Gordon's second solo effort continues to dive into the swirling dark abyss of her noisy endeavors by mixing distorted guitar noise...

3 views0 comments

Album Review: Justin Timberlake - "Everything I Thought It Was"

Josh Bokor

Jul 124 min read

Album Review: Justin Timberlake - "Everything I Thought It Was"

As disappointing and disapproving as Justin Timberlake's last output was, Everything I Thought It Was truly lives up to its title: its...

13 views0 comments

Album Review: Yard Act - "Where's My Utopia?"

Josh Bokor

May 166 min read

Album Review: Yard Act - "Where's My Utopia?"

Where's My Utopia? is wild chaos but it's a type of chaos you want to be fully embraced in. It is way more varied, textured, and vibrant...

2 views0 comments

Album Review: Faye Webster - "Underdressed at the Symphony"

Josh Bokor

May 154 min read

Album Review: Faye Webster - "Underdressed at the Symphony"

Faye Webster's fifth album Underdressed at the Symphony is ultimately underwhelming. Not only do many of the songs sound incomplete or...

5 views0 comments

Josh Bokor

Apr 263 min read

Album Review: Real Estate - "Daniel"

Real Estate sound as simple, stripped back, and straightforward as ever on Daniel. Like much of their music before, there's much beauty...

6 views0 comments

Album Review: Liam Gallagher & John Squire - "Liam Gallagher & John Squire"

Josh Bokor

Apr 264 min read

Album Review: Liam Gallagher & John Squire - "Liam Gallagher & John Squire"

It's a record that, yes, isn't at all a creative or experimental endeavor for the two UK rock legends but one that showcases their...

5 views0 comments

Josh Bokor

Apr 195 min read

Album Review: MGMT - "Loss of Life"

Titled Loss of Life, this is ironically MGMT's most optimistic, bright, and warm release in the band's entire career. The band...

7 views0 comments

Album Review: The Smile - "Wall of Eyes"

Josh Bokor

Mar 43 min read

Album Review: The Smile - "Wall of Eyes"

Wall of Eyes acts like a loose continuation of the experimentation The Smile played with previously, only delving further into the...

11 views0 comments

Album Review: M. Ward - "supernatural thing"

Josh Bokor

Nov 27, 20233 min read

Album Review: M. Ward - "supernatural thing"

Like most M. Ward albums, there's a great balance of lushious slow balladry and upbeat rockers with heavy nods to the radio and radio...

5 views0 comments

Album Review: Janelle Monáe - "The Age of Pleasure"

Josh Bokor

Oct 16, 20233 min read

Album Review: Janelle Monáe - "The Age of Pleasure"

The Age of Pleasure is celebratory, fun and breezy and rightfully so. The severe lack of grandiose detail, theatrics, and complexity that...

5 views0 comments

Album Review: Rose City Band - "Garden Party"

Josh Bokor

Oct 4, 20232 min read

Album Review: Rose City Band - "Garden Party"

Who's up for a Garden Party? Rose City Band certainly are and it's all pure bliss here. Thrill Jockey mainstays Rose City Band have been...

4 views0 comments

Album Review: Blur - "The Ballad of Darren"

Josh Bokor

Oct 4, 20232 min read

Album Review: Blur - "The Ballad of Darren"

The UK Brit Pop kings return with another comeback album eight years after their previous one. The Ballad of Darren certainly has its...

3 views0 comments