SAINT PEPSI | new generation
Family Average: 5/7
Look below and see what the family had to say.
Oh vaporwave you a-e-s-t-h-e-t-i-c bitch. Gosh it is unfortunate that this genre also spawned a meme movement. While successful in spreading the tunes like wildfire it also made the genre a joke to all new listeners. Even still I appreciate what the music does. From the first iteration in 2010 by Chuck Person in EcoJams Vol 1. The genre has resonated with me. The lo-fi and melodic quality is infectious. It captures the same spark as other genres I follow like synth-pop, and bummer-bedroom pop. What mr. Pepsi does right is that they do not simply play into the expected tropes of the genre. Instead they work to continue to progress the concept. In this album wavy jazz tunes are injected along side the same distorted vocals, and snipped soundbites. At the time this innovation was legendary for the genre. It showed others playing within the vaporwave sphere that they could start taking on new forms. I don't know I might be drunk off my face (I am) but vaporwave is cool and this album is cool too!
4/7
WHAT A BUILD UP. Hello 70s Daft Punk (a.k.a. Future Funk). The minute I hit play my toes were tapping and I was envisioning myself wearing excellent glittered jumpsuit ensemble, jamming out in a Jetsons sort of environment. It’s nothing particularly new in the “vapor wave” world, but it still holds water today.
Saint Pepsi is a force of ambient noise meets new wave meets disco. The vocal experiments and arrangements throughout are flat out kooky but good. It’s chock full of interesting change ups and lulls that kept my interest piqued and my ears happy. All in all, it’s an interesting project -- the album itself feels a bit like an experiment...an exercise of sorts. Each track explores a different sort of technique and style under the vapor wave umbrella. Although it was released a few years ago, it definitely is an interesting piece working to push some buttons. Cheers to a “new generation” of weirdness and goodness and vapor-wavy wonders.
5/7
Wow, so many different ways to make my head feel. A blur of styles, sounds, and samples. What is a genre? I was anxious, then underwater, then dizzy, then soothed, but all the while onboard, I don’t think my head stopped moving at all during my listen.
5/7
Sabrina:
It feels like walking through a new city at dusk, when the street lights are about to come on, and everyone is anticipating the night but it hasn't come yet... a tease, like the beat in the song that comes and pulls away. the flow of this album is amazing, it goes from uptempo to... at&t is such a mix of sounds--old and new, blended together to make the sound of old telephones and a gentle hum. ooh and maximum big surprise. like the building of a cheesy horror movie, with strange vocals that sound smooth but liquidy, like honey dripping down plastic. this album is overall listenable if you're in the mood for weird, future psychedelic mashup music. and the last song-- you'll just have to listen-- sunny days. but it feels like a rainy day to me, or maybe just after a rainstorm when the clouds are beginning to clear. the guitar chords floating over lyricless repetition. i think this album could be a movie soundtrack-- i'd like to make that movie, with lots of colors and nostalgia and youth, like the sounds of new generation.
5/7