Oliver Tree- Love You Madly Hate You Badly (review)

Published by Mason Oldridge, 24 April 2026

Oliver Tree maintains his hip-hop sound, albeit this time things get a lot heavier, on his fourth album.

My Only Friend opens the record with acoustic guitar, while I Need You turns punk-like towards the end with disc scratching and screamo vocals. Glow On is more upbeat and features whistling, whereas Hey Shorty contains heavy distorted bass placed over a trap beat. Fuck The Whole World includes a sick guitar riff before Superhero earns its role as lead single. Crazy arrives out of leftfield with its glitchy electronic sounds, as does Someone Else set to a truly epic dance beat, and Flowers contrasts happy music with violent lyrics. However, Joyride has to be the highlight. This high-energy single adopts a drum and bass backing with rap verses.

Tree utilises and builds upon his unique sound. There may not be a whole lot of variations between tracks but there is not one bad song across the tracklist which, given the album contains a lengthy 17 tracks, is no mean feat.

As sole producer, Tree demonstrates an undeniable talent on this album that you can rock out to.

7/10