Happy Wednesday, GNA! This is GNA Music Madness where we do reviews, interviews, and overall music news!
Music News
In music news this week, Taylor Swift’s entire new album charted on the Hot 100! Happy for you Swifties. Sadly, I couldn’t find very much other news today. However… in some big GNA news…
GNA Musicians of the Month
We’d like to give a massive congratulations to GNA’s Musicians of the Month: Keeth Beck and Kaylee Miranda! They’ve received certificates for their outstanding performance in their respective ensembles.
Album Reviews
Before we showcase the albums and reviews, our review process is as follows;
- We listen to the albums days before we write the article.
- Afterward, we rate each song out of 10.
- We add these ratings, divide the rating by the number of tracks, and take that final number as the album rating!
We rank a new pop album, a new rap album, and (usually) a new jazz album each week! Today’s reviews are from April 29th, 2024.
Pop Album
Name: The Great Whenever
Artist: Mars Mignon
Genre: Country/Pop
Release Date: April 26th, 2024
Favorite Track: Hopscotch
Total Rating: 7.1/10
This album was decent, not bad at all in my eyes (or ears), but I wasn’t too fond of one or two songs. My favorite, however, was released back in September! I still recommend people listen to the full album, as none of these songs are misses whatsoever. I’d personally recommend this album to anyone who enjoys story-like albums, as this tells a story if you listen to it without your own perspective.
Jazz Album
Name: Bloom
Artist: Bill Laurance, The Untold Orchestra
Genre: Orchestral Jazz
Release Date: April 26th, 2024
Favorite Track: Shots
Rating: 7.7/10
Winning the Music Madness Album of the Week title, “Bloom” is an album full of relaxing yet cinematic jazz music. This entry is our lowest winner yet, but I do still believe it deserves this title, winning over the other albums by over half of a point. I would personally recommend this album to anyone who needs inspiration for writing enticing music.
Rap Album
Name: The Coldest
Artist: Skilla Baby
Genre: Rap/Hip-Hop
Release Date: April 26th, 2024
Favorite Track: Richie
Rating: 6.1/10
Like last week, this album didn’t heavily stick out to me, but it is definitely an improvement from last week’s. I actually enjoyed some of the songs, and “Richie” was one of my favorite tracks this week. I apologize for the shorter segment this week, but this album was very mundane in my opinion. There aren’t very many people I would personally recommend this album to.
Music Madness Artist of the Week
BoyWithUke (Charley Yang)
Most Popular Song: Toxic
Oldest Solo Song: Fairies
Newest Solo Song: Migraine
Newest Feature on a Song: n/a
My Personal Favorite Song: Rockstar
Thank you for reading this morning’s GNA Music Madness! We’ll see you next week!