Clattermouuuth’s Music of The Week: Why I Hate Singles 

By Andrew Kohler

Welcome back to Clattermouuuth’s Music of the Week.

This week, I don’t have an album to recommend. Rather, I wanted to talk about something that has really bothered me recently: singles. This year, an album that I’ve been super excited about is the new Quadeca project, Vanisher, Horizon Scraper. Quadeca’s last two albums were awesome, and I am expecting this one to be better than both of them.

The issue is that, so far, there have been three singles and two interludes which have already been released on either streaming or on social media, and I feel like it’s just too much, and it kinda ruined my anticipation for the album. I was excited to see what else Quadeca had to offer and now I feel like I’ve already seen what else Quadeca has to offer — a lot — and I’m just waiting for a couple more songs on the album which will be great but it’s unfortunate that I already know what I’m in for.

I’ve noticed this issue quite a bit recently. Another album that came out this year, which I was super excited for, was “Magic, Alive!” By Mckinley Dixon, and it was a great album; I thought about recommending it this week instead of writing this rant. The problem is that Dixon released four singles before the album was released, and there were a total of eleven songs on the album. When the album was released, I felt like I basically already knew the album.

Singles really ruin the first listen of an album. An album that I had a great time listening to this year was “Blush” by Kevin Abstract. Honestly, I think “Magic, Alive!” was a better album, but the thing about “Blush” was that there was only one single, “Geezer,” which sounded nothing like the rest of the album, so I had no clue what to expect for the rest of the album.

Perhaps albums will always be rolled out with tons of singles before them, and perhaps I should just stop listening to the singles if I am anticipating an album, but I want to feel like I got the artist’s full vision. So please, artists, stop releasing so many unnecessary singles.