Just as an interesting album cover can inspire (my) interest in a particular record, appalling covers can motivate me to stay away. That’s what has happened here. At this point in time, I have absolutely no reason for not listening to Underneath the Pine before now. It got a ton of hype and I definitely heard quite a lot about it when it was released back in February. It had to be the cover that kept me away.
But, I mean, look at it! Is it really too hard to understand why I decided to not subject myself to that record? It’s just gross. And probably a metaphor for something that’s going way over my head. I don’t know. Truth is, I don’t like it.
Fortunately, it’s not one of those instances where I feel really dumb for not listening to a record for some ridiculous reason. Nope, I could have passed on this album, and I would have been fine. Underneath the Pine is a chillwave record, and, like I wrote a few days ago, falls into the usual chillwave habit of dragging on for way too long.
Underneath the Pine is by no means bad. It’s just a tad boring. I found everything that is wrong with chillwave in this record (keep in mind, this is a genre that I consider myself a fan of). This essentially means that songs last too long, and turn into really repetitive ear sores.
I really don’t think this is my hatred of the album cover shining through. I would have found this album just as boring had it been given some normal artwork; I just would have gotten around to it a bit sooner.
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