Going into the album I was unfamiliar with George Clanton’s work, but now having explored some of his albums I can highly recommend giving him a listen. Specifically his album Ooh Rap I Ya has a great selection of electronic music and synth pop.

Some songs on Fauxllennium I enjoyed, but sadly when I say “some” I really only mean some. There are two songs I really enjoy; those being “Summer 2000 Baby” and “Everything Blue.”

“Summer 2000 Baby” is a lot of fun and has a very fitting title. This track transports you back in time to a summer you had as a kid when you were staying out late, eating popsicles, swimming, and doing everything but preparing for the coming school year.

“Everything Blue” is perfect; probably one of my favorite songs ever. It sets a chill mood fit for driving late at night, sketching in your room with colorful lights strung around, or maybe doing homework if you want to take the responsible route. The production of this song is impeccable and shows the combined strength of TV Girl and George Clanton.

These two songs incredibly set scenes, allowing your mind to explore the worlds they respectively create; a feature of songs that I find to be particularly important.

Besides those two songs, I find the tracks “Fauxllennium” and “Butterflies” to be pretty enjoyable but nothing more than that. “Butterflies” features Jordana, an artist TV Girl previously worked with for their album Summer’s Over (which is also definitely worth a listen).

Outside of the songs I enjoyed from this album, I found the rest faded into the background; not standing out to me in any particular way. I wanted, and even expected, to absolutely love this album but as a whole project, it fell flat in ways that I can’t quite pinpoint myself. No, this album did not wow me but by no means is it bad. Each song has great production which is one of the defining elements for both TV Girl and George Clanton.

Give Fauxllennium a listen and let it take you into its world of summertime adventures and late-night unwindings.