The Gay Nineties
Liberal Guilt
(Fontana North)
2/5
The worst thing an album can do for its audience is not offer anything artistically different or honest. Liberal Guilt sounds tired before it even starts; I found myself wanting it to end by the first song.
I’m sick of the same “indie-pop” band hitting the scene with a bland record because it’s profitable. Liberal Guilt is not a record that aims to be different or raw; instead, it shoots for a washed-out, modern sound that kids wearing flower crowns and Imagine Dragons patches will praise.
This album’s not all bad; the production is very good and the drumming is phenomenal. Liberal Guilt holds some pretty strong ideas sometimes, but it doesn’t explore them very deeply.
No new ideas come through on this album; it sounds artificial and forced. This is possibly what The Gay Nineties were going for because of how popular this particular sound is right now.
Again, I’m tired of all of these different bands cutting the same album. Try this disc out if you prefer your music safe; otherwise, skip it.