First Impressions: I'm Ok, You're Ok
A mystifying mind-fuck.
Written by Kimble // December 2025
This was... one of the most weirdest, abstract, confusing yet enticing albums I have ever heard.
Throughout this entire LP, it feels like you’re a machine that’s short-circuiting; gradually trying to create and shape a mind of its own. Instrumentally, there’s no true melody or rhythm, it’s more-so an abundance of electronic; glitchy sounds/effects with vocals scattered all over the place every now and then throughout the records duration.
It’s very mechanical, esoteric and eerie but somehow entertaining, it just, keeps you locked into the world it’s creating; it's fucking terrifying.
You're immersed, interlinked; you’re becoming one with… something.
This album plants a fictional world in my dome's imagination and I can’t help but want to know where each song will lead me to, it’s incredibly hard to explain, incredibly, because it’s one of those albums that makes you ask why a group of humans would make and or release this? Especially in circa 2005.
There’s also some rapping on like 3 tracks by an Aussie man who brings more character and personality into the record, I really enjoy his performances on tracks like "Mekezidek" with his kinda frail, quirky, Australian delivery here alongside the dude beatboxing with him. His voice also resembles something akin to a 2000s cartoon character to me weirdly enough. When I hear him rap or sing, it's like I'm hearing dialogue from classics like The PowerPuff Girls, RobotBoy, Invader Zim, Fosters Home, etc. It's most likely unintentional but it did make that element of the record more playful and fun to me despite the at times political lyrics.
Overall it’s a mind-fuck of a record due to it being unlike anything I’ve heard before, and that within itself, is heavily impressive!
What's the weirdest band you've ever heard?
What world does this LP sonically build for you?
And what do you think this band would have next if they made another album?
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JIXCO 2025-2026
