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Sep 18, 2019While ERYS occasionally drags over its seventeen17 tracks, it's an immersive experience that finds Jaden at his most vulnerable, processing his messy young adult feelings into a relatable and sonically exciting way.
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Jul 17, 2019Masquerading as a complement to SYRE, ERYS is a near replica of Jaden's previous effort, whose similarities run too close to repetition to make a true impact. The four-song arc that introduces the album (the "PINK" to SYRE'S "BLUE") doesn't quite hold the same ingenuity the second time around.
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Jul 17, 2019On the surface, it’s an overwhelmingly average album, and if you were to strip away all the unnecessary intermissions and segue ways, it’d probably venture into plus territory. As it is, however, it’s a futuristic skyscraper of an album that lacks the foundation to keep from collapsing, and the more you buy into his staggering concept, the more likely you are to come away disappointed.
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Jul 17, 2019Beyond a few other fleeting moments of experimentalism on ERYS—the second half of “K,” when the buzzing of an electric razor slowly morphs into a heaving trap beat, or “Fire Dept,” a decent ode to the fast and distorted energy of SoCal punk—it’s mostly a slog, the sound of an artist with a blurry vision and too many resources at his disposal.
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Jul 17, 2019At best, it’s dreamily creative; at worst, overwrought.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 30 out of 45
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Mixed: 7 out of 45
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Negative: 8 out of 45
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Aug 1, 2019Why is he making music? This guy blatantly rips-off any big rapper to do pretty terrible music with their ideas. I just hope he stops doing music.
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Sep 21, 2021
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Jul 24, 2021