CHAZZJAZZ

Grapes Upon the Vine

Item: Grapes Upon the Vine
Rating: 7.3
Author: CHAZZJAZZ

TV Girl (2023)

7.3/ 10

“The ‘sample happy’ group turns to Christ ”

“Grapes Upon the Vine is basically a complete 180 of what TV Girl covers. And I respect that heavily. The album is still sample heavily (what I love about TV Girl.) but with a gospel twist to it. With tracks like ‘Shame’ and ‘I’ll Be faithful.’ with a straight up Chorus’s in the track. Their lyrical writing is at their best here in my opinion. Especially with the subject matter being quite different here. They can still deliver that feeling, just with different ingredients added and removed to the mix. I like to think this album is like the healthier version of their other albums. It’s good. But you’d rather eat the cookies from the cookie jar (Who Really Cares, French Exit and Death of a Party Girl.) The flaws of this album is that the songs can get pretty bland. With some samples being pretty repetitive which is surprising. That one part of Higher ground for example is god awful to get through as its sample is just done so bad. Otherwise. It’s good, but not their best. But they proved that they can change up their style. This totally could’ve been done way worse. But this album shows that they’ll be able to develop and grow as a band.”