Genre: Sad guy with an acoustic guitar.
Where would I have heard of it: It's Beck.
Anything of note: I know little or nothing about Beck. I like his singles I guess, and he's on Futurama a fair amount. That's about it. Apparently this album was a departure? I dunno. I never feel right talking about albums like this without career context that I just don't have. You have to start on a career somewhere I guess.
Is it good: Yeah I guess. Its fucking boring though. There are no hooks for most of the album. it is beautiful, but not super interesting. It is good music for a rainy day when you are reading or for trying to go to sleep. These are important times and we need music for them. This is that album. It took me a long time to get to that point, where I was ok with not all music being brilliantly interesting all the time. But this album kind of sets me back a bit. I dunno. people think Beck is so awesome and this is really nice, just boring. Not even like Belle and Sebastian boring, that I can deal with because they have hooks and a rhythm section. Songs on this album just happen and you maybe don't notice. There's some really nice music here. Meh.
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