Critique of Shape Shift with Me: FR Reviews

FR Reviews, rather than being a video of the reviewer’s face, was a slideshow with a voiceover. This one felt a bit more personal than the other reviews, as with less than 100 views it was clear he wasn’t trying to share news with a large audience. It felt a lot more personal, an aspect only helped by the dog pictures popping up when he was describing his excitement over the album before Shape Shift with Me, Transgender Dysphoria Blues. That was clearly his favorite album of the two, stating that it had helped the band “come to life.” This review went against the opinions of others, not only because he preferred the earlier album, but because he felt Norse Truth was a strong track specifically because of the wordiness that turned other people off. He also points out that it has the same hints of folk and country that the band has always had (along with a message popping up about how people shouldn’t freak out that he had brought up “the C word”). I feel that the smaller audience helped him to be more honest in his review and express relatively “unpopular” opinions on the album. This review particularly helped drive home the point that there isn’t a wrong answer when analyzing media as long as you can support it. The cat pictures didn’t hurt, either.