Weekly Album: Week of 08/27 - 09/02 - Music Makes Me Think of You

This week I listened to Music Makes Me Think of You by Mad Planets. This album was brought to my attention by a friend of mine. This is such a pretty sounding album. I have such a soft spot for twee indie/alternative rock such as this album, and it certainly does not disappoint in being twee. The guitars are very jangly and sparkly, and the contrasting male and female vocalists sing amazingly. The songs on here are also produced wonderfully as well. It sounds quite polished but still has a bit of a lofi edge to the production, showing the band's independent roots and making the album not sound too sterile. I especially love how compressed the guitars get when they are distorted, amazing contrast to the very full and wide sounding clean guitar sound. My one issue with this album is that is a compilation, and the last 5 songs are from Mad Planets' first release. While the songs are not bad at all, far from it, they sound quite different to the rest of the songs production-wise on here and I feel that is makes the album a little too long when listening in one sitting. Once again, these are still good songs, they just sound less polished. Overall, this is a great album and I wish this band had some more music to listen to, for this is some good stuff. 8/10