Foxy Shazam - The Church of Rock and Roll

So I'm going to be shortening reviews and putting albums up more often.
We'll start here, at Foxy Shazam's The Church of Rock and Roll.
Foxy have released three solid albums in the past, and as time has gone on, they've become less "Foxy Shazam" and more "Freddy Mercury". 2010's self titled LP, "Foxy Shazam" managed that perfect blend of Queen copy pasta, and it's own "secret sauce" sort of flavor. Tracks like "Killin' It" and "The Only Way to My Heart" gave, lyrically, a modern Freddy attitude, and by composition they were catchy, and fun. Some tracks were even more Queen than others.
Here, however, on Church, Foxy have forgotten their unique taste and have gone straight for the bottom of the barrel. I wouldn't be surprised if Eric Sean Nally traded in his freckles for an overbite, and knowing that makes me really depressed, because honestly expected something so much more from a group that aspired to be the best band in the world.
The opener, a title track with "Welcome" tacked onto the front (think Plastic Beach) is the catchiest, and most unique The Church of Rock and Roll actually gets - and it's only two minutes long. Many of the other songs - "I Like It", and "The Temple" - also take a few numbers out of Jimmy Page's book.
If you're a fan of Foxy, you'll either be disappointed or content. If you're a fan of Queen or Zeppelin - or any of the oldies, really - you'll either be offended or nostalgic.
Tier: 4 [Can't Feel]
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goreshit - gnb

goreshit is a UK-based electronic music maker, most renown for his large output of lolicore in it's hay days. Lolicore isn't all he makes, however - not by a long shot. goreshit's discography is a pepper party, a rainbow of electronic colors - though most of those colors are in the same spectrum, of sorts: breakbeat, speedcore, kawaii uguu~~~, and that sort.
However, with the last few LP releases, he's started to turn a bit to the side, and as time goes on, the music has become less kawaii and more uguu~~~...<3. In fact, of the work I've heard, goreshit's newest release, gnb, is my favorite thus far. Sure, some of his earlier work is less predictable, and definitely more unique, but none of them are quite as satisfying in their pure consistency, and catchy-ness.
The album opens with nature samples hidden behind a dreamy synth and the start of an opening sample - which most of the songs have - all mixed together in a sort of way that might make you think that this album does in fact match it's cover. "fine night", so it's called, is a strong opener, not only in it's catchy vocal loop, but also in the instrumental pieces, as you might expect from such an expert musician. The beats on the opening song are only a taste of what's to come in the following four tracks - a talented mix of technical and aesthetically pleasing sounds.
Every track is about twice as fast as it rightfully needs to be, but the last two, "hold my hand" and "unnatural" take a slower sounding turn - they trade in high pitched noises for softer ones, and though they're not much longer (or shorter) than the previous tracks, they take a bit longer to shell out vocal samples, or in the final track's case, real catches. These two closing tracks are songs that progress though, and just as much as this album does as a whole being, they show progressive and independent thinking from Mr. goreshit, who is stepping out of the box he's prior confined himself to, and for the better.
goreshit's gnb is, for me at least, the first honestly good - or more like, satisfying - release of the year, and I'll be sure to remember that come December.
Tier: 2 [Playlist]
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