Music in all these sleepless nights9/14/2023 ![]() ![]() It felt like a yearly album, something she just did to get out of the way. We waited so long for this album, and I feel like she should’ve experimented more. “I think it’s very bland, it’s very formulaic,” said Austin Ra (‘23), a self-proclaimed ‘Real Swiftie.’ “I think she could’ve done more. “I thought it was kind of underwhelming,” Sam Zeiden (‘23) said, “It was too ‘pop-y’.” Unfortunately, not everyone shared a positive review of Midnights. “I think the more you listen to it, the better it gets,” Yuki Layman (‘25) said. “Taylor Swift is a Queen! I love “Lavender Haze”, but I’m gonna have to go with “Anti-Hero” for my favorite song.” “I loved it,” Natalia Mosaquites (‘26) said. I really liked “Anti-Hero”, and of course “Snow On The Beach,” but that’s mostly because I like Lana as an independent artist.” “Personally, I really liked the fact that it was an emotional roller coaster, but I think it’s up to each listener. ![]() “I liked it, I think it was a good mix between 1989, Red, and Reputation ,” Emily Thornton (‘25) said. The transformative album was released at midnight on October 21st, but thanks to the California time zone, Webb students were able to start listening at 9 p.m., leaving the dedicated Swifties with plenty of time to work.īefore we get into the reviews, let us see what Webbies have to say about the new album. “I think of Midnights as a complete concept album, with those 13 songs forming a full picture of the intensities of that mystifying, mad hour.” taylorswift wrote on Instagram. It is a concept album that reflects on the 13 nights where Taylor sleeplessly attempted to find herself. ![]() This album follows her re-recording of Red, where she regained ownership of her music after her music was sold without her consent. Taylor Swift’s announcement of her 10 th album, Midnights, announced August 28th, delighted fans all around the world. Released on October 21st, the Midnights album has dominated global charts, showing the American sweetheart’s continued success in today’s music industry, supported by longstanding fans and new supporters alike. “I will never be the same again,” said Lizzie on Taylor’s new Midnights album. A die-hard Swiftie, Lizzie is also wearing a sweatshirt of Taylor’s Folklore album. It is, in other words, about as good as a performance can be in this genre.Lizzie Hastings (‘25) poses next to a Taylor Swift 1989 album cover blanket hung up on her dormitory wall. The musical settings throughout Sleepless vary dramatically, from roadhouse country on the highway epic "Nothing but the Wheel" through Mexican romanticism on "Oh Marianne" and to raw blues with a Tom Waits edge on "Homework." In each of these, Wolf's voice, recorded bone dry and boosted high in the mix, flawlessly nails the feel on one track, the Stax-flavored ballad "A Lot of Good Ones Gone," his performance - reflective, understated, delicately phrased, and soulful - compares favorably to some of Van Morrison's best work. In fact, in his ability to slide from singing to a spoken word or two and back again, Wolf affirms his mastery of the Bob Dylan method for bringing a lyric to life. Bits of the jive caricature of his early years surface on Sleepless, especially when reunited with his old running buddies Keith Richards and Magic Dick on "Too Close Together," but most of the album documents much more skillful and sensitive approaches to interpretation. Geils Band, Peter Wolf builds on his legacy as a solo artist of remarkable distinction. With each step he takes past his years as frontman to the J. ![]()
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