Igor is a deeply personal record about love, loss and all the other messy feelings that reside in the grey areas in between. Sonically it’s a brilliant pastiche of synth, soul, funk and hip hop. Basically the kind of music I was expecting when hearing about how great Kanye West is, who has a cameo on this very album. Tyler found a way to epitomize the spirit, sense of humour and style of the millennial generation, this music will only grow better with age like a time capsule for a certain period.
Man, I can see why pitchfork gave this such a high rating. Fetch the Bolt Cutters has a acoustic industrial feel with a constant sense of structure-less rythme that guide the tracks to wherever Fiona means for them to go. There’s a dark, personal but playful mood drenched all over the album that very much mirrors the shack wacky feelings during the initial lockdowns and mandates, which made it the perfect release for beginning of the covid-19 pandemic.
Totally the amalgamation of early REM jangle and later Feelies Velvets style jams. I can’t say there is anything mind blowing on this album, other than they’re just great tunes.
