Dodo's Album Reviews

  Hello everyone, welcome back to my blog. Today, I will be reviewing Joy Division's second and last album, Closer. Released 2 months after frontman, Ian Curtis committed suicide, we see a bit more of a different sound compared to Unknown Pleasures . We open on Atrocity Exhibition, the song, not the album. Anyway, it's pretty good, but I find the vocals rather annoying and the percussion doesn't sound very powerful. Isolation has better sounding vocals, but the percussion on here still sounds pretty bad. The song, in general, sounds rather goofy. Passover finally brings us some substance. Ominous guitars and vocals, powerful drumming and thicc basslines. Colony is in the same vein, but this sounding a bit brighter. A Means To An End is rather forgettable, in my opinion. It doesn't really stand out in anyway. Heart And Soul, on the other hand, brings us something new. Reverb drenched... everything, gentle synth pads, heavy basslines and some very nice percussion. Twenty ...

  Hello everyone, welcome back to my blog. Today, I will be reviewing the Godfather of the genre that I love so much, post punk. The Godfather album, the legend among us post punkists, Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures. The debut record of English post punk act, Joy Division, was at the same, their second to last release, due to the untimely passing of the band's frontman, Ian Curtis. But let's not think about these unfortunate events, you have come to this blog to read an album review. Let's see how this record sounds... The first song on the album is Disorder, which gives a perfect taste this album is. Sharp drums, thicc basslines and echoey guitars. The vocals are also very spacious, the production in general is very lucious and spacey. An amazing opening to this album. Day Of The Lords contrasts with the previous song, as this track is much slower, heavier and ominous. The vocals are also full of growns and more monotone. The guitar is also very low pitched, and soun...