Teen Gothic

So with their two most recent releases Rosetta Stone used AI for cover art. This is obviously lazy and leaves a bad taste in my mouth, but wouldn’t normally deter me from listening to the songs, especially since Rosetta Stone is one of my favorites. But here’s the thing: the more I listen to their cover of Children of the Grave or the new track Under the Weather the music itself sounds kind of off too. Obviously it’s digital drums and synths so it’s already “artificial sounding” but there’s something else. Am I just paranoid or could it be that they’re using AI for the music too? If there’s anyone with better senses for these things or some kind of insight what do you think?

I pre-ordered Twin Tribes's Pendulum in the pink and black color, and it came in looking purple and cloudy, and the edges were blunt and sharp with strings of vinyl coming off. Most of my records are smooth and tapered at the ends. Did anyone else have this issue? I'm hesitant to buy another Twin Tribes record in the future because in the past I had a record come in with the sleeve torn and grease stains on the record itself. Am I an outlier?

Like I can barely process a lot of song lyrics, and it takes a lot of time for me to even understand the song, so I usually listen to one song from a bunch of artists (personal favorite rn Beyond The Grave by Detoxi). My only issue is that it kinda makes me feel like a fraud, even though I listen to a variety of Goth bands, I can't say I have a favorite and I can't pull up someones whole music career.

Idk I guess I just have imposter syndrome, plus it's hard to speak to others about goth music when most people don't do this.

Edit: Probably should've made my title liking one specific song from multiple bands but, y'know, shit happens.