The Great Divide

perfect soundtrack of an absolutely gut wrenching country movie where it ends with bringing flowers to their grave as the rain hits the mc’s umbrella, bonus points if there’s a chair rocking on their wooden porch scene as the lights go off (porch light hahahahha) but yup such an amazing album, the lyricism here is so potent and one of the best releases of the year i feel :)

First of all, Headed North and Paid Time Off are two of the worst things that I’ve ever had the displeasure of listening to. Moving on. Do I like noah kahan because he’s good… or because everyone else likes him? Do I like noah kahan because he’s good… or because all his songs are really catchy? Questions I was consistently asking myself while listening. I think I’m landing on… the vibe is really cinematic which lulls me into liking the music and honestly I find it difficult to hear what he’s saying so I kind of just vibe until the chorus hits. Credit where it’s due though! I definitely do really like a lot of songs on this album (and while I can’t pinpoint if it’s because they’re objectively good or if it’s because they’ve been all over my Instagram… I still do like it either way). I especially love All Them Horses (ughhh), Haircut, Dashboard, Porch light, and American Cars. I have to say… I simultaneously get and don’t get the orbiter hype. I think it is cute and good but also at the same time…. How many millions of times have we compared isolation to aliens/the moon/outer space etc. It just feels like a cute song stuck with a used concept. But that’s the most successful song on the album sooo maybe I’m wrong (jk I never think I’m wrong haha). Overall, very cinematic folky-pop vibe that i definitely mess with BUT don’t necessarily connect with? None of the songs emotionally devastate (or make me intensely feel any emotion except maybe movie-feeling thrill) excluding All Them Horses. That song is amazing. Overall, I see the appeal. I think I’m being tricked into thinking he’s a lot deeper than he is though.

would have been an instant KO if i'd listened to this in my hometown at age 13

noah understands that sad is its own genre and has a song for all of my moods. ripped my heart out of my chest and gently placed it back in.

this album was like a hug then being stabbed over and over again until i died, and then noah personally brought me back to life, then killed me again. thank you noah kahan.

started the album off on the most depressing note ever so there’s that

OMG ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE

no notes, noah kahan managed to portray both deep gut wrenching sadness and hope at the same time, i think that’s beautiful.

i don’t know what i was expecting but this was better than i’d ever imagined