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Mar 16, 2020This effort is a bold step that shows no compromise on the horizon.
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Mar 12, 2020Chaos often ensues within oneself following heartbreak, and Maine captures that devastating chaos beautifully on Ricky Music, sometimes too accurately. It’s not always an easy listen, but it’s certainly a very relatable one.
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Mar 13, 2020With its genre-agnostic, all-the-influences approach, Ricky Music is somehow Porches’ most cohesive album so far.
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Mar 12, 2020Ricky Music shows a different side to Porches as an artist that we haven't seen before; it may be more produced and heavily Auto-Tuned, which takes away from his strong vocals, but it's refreshing to hear a new side to Porches.
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Mar 12, 2020Ricky Music's high-contrast, theatrical style plays out like a mini (24-minute) chamber-synth song cycle about infatuation, sex, and heartbreak -- with just enough balance between candidness and self-awareness to keep us rooting for the lead.
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Mar 19, 2020It’s too bad the rest of the record can’t match its ["Madonna"] energy. Still, even as a series of sketches and fragments, Ricky Music captures the essence of a breakup album.