SMILE! :D

by

Porter Robinson

I enjoyed this a lot more after a Switched on Pop episode with him. Not my thing, but enjoyed sticking it on. Seems like a cool authentic guy.

there's a weird kind of disappointment when an album comes out and it turns out the singles were definitely the best tracks on it. which is stupid, because the singles here are almost the entire A-side of the album, and it's not like the b-side is bad, it's in fact really good.

is there really no happiness? and year of the cup are the only non-single tracks which, for me, reach the level of the singles. i was really excited for mona lisa before listening because i adore frost children and wanted to hear porter put his 3OH!3 on but it turns out that it kind of sounds like neither of their music and instead sound like someone put… More

The more I listen to this I think I like it less and less.

• "Russian Roulette" hits me extremely hard. Staying alive is hard, but the idea of giving everything up is even harder. We must go on!

• "Mona Lisa" is quickly rocketing up my list of Best Porter Robinson songs. The crescendo at the end is fantastic.

• The singles are definitely the high points of the album, but overall I'm quite positive on this release.

Thanks, Porter!