#2553 Cornelius - Mellow Waves

Cornelius's songs have gotten so smooth, so pretty, that you barely notice how weird they are, how packed with squalls of noise, offkilter offbeats, fizzling electronics. All things I like, and yet this left me a little cold. There's little true boldness, few memorable melodies, and obviously the mostly-Japanese lyrics make it a little harder for the non-speaker to connect to. It's an album that's better the close you listen to it, but that you might not find the need to 3.5/5