Oneirology Review

Right then. I have given this album a fair few listens now and feel I can make a decent judgement on it. When I first heard it, truth be told, I was utterly disappointed. My expectations were probably too high, being a massive fan of their past work, so I decided to listen a few more times. With further listens, I found that the album wasnt as bad as I had first thought, but I still dont like it that much. I'm a fan of Kno's production, but on this effort, a lot of the tracks sound a bit confused, like they're trying to take too many different directions. Also, they appear to have attempted to make some tracks more commercially appealing. "Dreams" sounds more like a Drake track than a Cunninlynguists track, and the chorus on "Stars Shine Brightest" is ridiculously gay. I also found that although this album is lyrically good, something about the flows and production didn't really gel on certain tracks. That being said, I did really like "Get Ignorant", the message in it is very true. The tracks that Tonedeff appears on, on any Cunninlynguists album, seem to be very good, and "Enemies With Benefits" is no exception. But the few good tracks here are not enough to carry this album.
Perhaps its just me, as other internet mandem apparently really like it. But it wasnt for me.

 Tracklist:
01. Predormitum (Prologue)
02. Darkness (Dream On) f. Anna Wise of Sonnymoon
03. Phantasmata
04. Hard As They Come (Act I) f. Freddie Gibbs
05. Murder (Act II) f. Big Krit
06. My Habit (I Haven’t Changed)
07. Get Ignorant
08. Shattered Dreams
09. Stars Shine Brightest (In The Darkest Of Night) f. Rick Warren
10. So As Not To Wake You (Interlude)
11. Enemies With Benefits f. Tonedeff
12. Looking Back f. Anna Wise of Sonnymoon
13. Dreams f. Tunji & B.J. The Chicago Kid
14. Hypnopomp (Epilogue) f. Bianca Spriggs
15. Embers

Best tracks: Get Ignorant, So As Not To Wake You (Interlude), Enemies With Benefits
Worst tracks: Stars Shine Brightest, Dreams

Rating:

3 Brocolli out of 7