Washed Out – Mister Mellow
Released June 30th, 2017
Ernest Greene’s new “visual album” Mister Mellow is a bit of a dud. With the exception of “Hard To Say Goodbye” the music is dull and does nothing for the video visuals, which in turn don’t quite say anything new about Washed Out either. The reverb drowned vocals coasting over music played on an early 90s sounding sampling keyboard wash by without notice. Visually Mister Mellow is filled with warm browns and yellows. In the multimedia set (claymation, collage, clips of guys smoking weed, etc.) there is a definitive lack of a true overarching narrative. The film portion plays more like a string of music videos, each with a different director and visual aesthetic, which makes it truly pointless as a “visual album”.
1.5 of 5 stars
