Yeah, it's been over a year since this album was released, but I like to be fashionably late, alright?! I'm kidding. This has been giving me serious anxiety all year considering this is my FAVORITE ALBUM OF 2017. FOR REAL. AND I HAVEN'T REVIEWED IT YET. Well, anxious Past Liah, today is your lucky day, because I'm finally reviewing Landmark. On to the review! Sun VeinsFun audio! Nice editing! I don't have much to say about this one, but it is a very beautiful song and a nice way to open an album. Way It GoesThis is one of my favorite tracks on the album, and it holds the nostalgic mood that most of this album has. This song makes me think of summer nights in South Carolina when I was in middle school. VinesThis upbeat but mellow song is another one of the stellar, nostalgic tracks on this album. I can't really rank the songs on this album considering each of them have their own amazing qualities, but this is another one of my favorites! I also love the audio mixing and just the general sound of this track. EpitaphTo be 100% fair, I'm not the biggest fan of the vocal mixing on this one, but it's still a wonderful song for the most part. It doesn't take away from the rest of the songs on the album at all! Simple SeasonThis sweet, melodic track has a strong ‘amber evening at a rural block party’ feeling to it. I really love this entire album because the songs are all about parties you haven’t missed out on. I don’t know if that’s something only I can relate to, but you’ll have to listen for yourself to see if you understand the vibe or not! TuesdayThese songs feel so suburban and can be relatable to absolutely anyone who has ever been in a rural-suburban town where you know absolutely everyone and have watched your elementary school friends spiral into vape addiction. BUT HEY, this album really illustrates how it feels. Anyway, Tuesday is another sweet and slightly nostalgic track with instrumental melodies that follow the vocals. Western KidsI really enjoy the comparisons drawn between the kids of different parts of the United States, except I can’t get over the fact that the Northeast gets EXACTLY ONE LINE. We do more than dig at works of art, alright? We have an actual work ethic and take things seriously! Stop surfing and skating and get an office job. I’m kidding. I kind of wish I lived on the west coast, but I’m perfectly happy living my east coast life. East coast... Hm. I’m thinking of a rhyme. I’ll get back to you on that. PoemsSEA SOAKED SKIES AND DASHING LADS WITH CARS. That's all I'm going to say. I love this song. I love the lyrical allusions and the overall tone of the song. It reminds me of some pretentious art students I know in my life. Or at least I see them on Instagram sometimes. MonsoonAlthough this is a slow, somber track, it can still be jammed to if you take it seriously enough. It’s a very beautiful track centered on overwhelming emotions. I especially enjoy how the piano follows the vocals throughout the track. VacationThis is definitely one of my favorite tracks on the album. I love the themes of taking a vacation from your thoughts. I honestly feel like I’m on vacation just listening to this one! This song has a sort of orange-y color in my head. (I’m a very visual person, if you couldn’t tell. I’ll touch on that in my Nostalgia Album article, if I ever get to it.) BoyishThis energetic, passionate track is another one of my favorites on the album. The lyrics and instrumentals lead me to visualize a sunny field whenever I listen to it. If I could choose one track from this album that I could listen to forever, it would be this one. It’s that sort of song that can be listened to for hours on end and not feel tired or overplayed. InterludeThis is dramatic. I feel like I’m in the big reveal of the world outside in an apocalypse movie. I’m not really sure why there’s an interlude one song from the end, though. Or why I have my phone on shuffle and Franz Ferdinand’s The Universe Expanded played after this. I kind of like that, though... playlist idea? ButtercupThis is another one of my favorite tracks, and an awkward way to close the album, but still a great one. I really like how insistent the lyrics are and how it almost feels like Hippo Campus are trying to convince Buttercup of something. It’s a stellar track. ConclusionI’m going to be real with you: for a while, I wasn’t going to finish this review. It’s a draft from last December, my review format has changed so I’m not reviewing absolutely every track, and honestly, I had no plans of ever coming back to this album. But somehow, Hippo Campus brought me back, like they always do. Landmark is a fantastic album and is definitely one of my favorites of all time. Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you soon!
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About The AuthorLiah is a high school senior who plays guitar and loves the color yellow. She doesn't post much, but when she does, it's awesome. We promise.
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