The Tillian Men
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Album Rating: 4.0
Tides of Tillian.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Never heard this band before but I'm desperate for new music so I'm listening now.
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I really don't get the thing with reviews and personal history angles.
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Album Rating: 3.5
>I really don't get the thing with reviews and personal history angles.
I'd rather read something like this than an uninspired and tired review of the music only. Admittedly, this review went a bit too far in the personal realm but when done tastefully (check out some Chan, SowingSeason, Knott etc reviews), they can leave you feeling something.
Obviously, for the reader who is not concerned, the review would come off as overly subjective and not informative but can't please everyone, huh
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Album Rating: 3.6 | Sound Off
There's always a balancing act and, admittedly, it's less history than current experience for me right now. I will, of course, keep an eye out for improvement since this kind of review isn't the kind of thing I do every day, but when it's the only thing you can think about in relation to the music, I guess sometimes that personal aspect comes up.
If it were an emotion I felt really had nothing to do with the music or the sort of connection I didn't feel anyone else could relate to, I probably wouldn't have included it, though, tbh.
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Album Rating: 3.0
honestly (and no offense to you atomic you know you ma boi), these personal angles that are so popular with the reviews on this site seem to work for people who are more interested in the reviewer than the music. This site is a bro-centric organization so it's not surprising but some of these reviews you can't tell what kind of music it was if you've never heard of the band beforehand and then like what's the point of reviewing if people are just stroking their own emotional rod through the whole thing
#twopennies
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Well, Calc, I'd say an ideal personal review still sheds light on the overall sound of the record. I'd argue Thom did a good job of loosely describing the album's sound- which, with such reviews, is all I think is necessary.
Also, there are many cases where I consider the reviewer more than the reviewer. Some of you dudes I can always trust with recs, whereas other people and I have less in common musically. The rod-stroking bit leaves me confused, so I'll just say if a reviewer I follow is emotionally impacted by an album, that'll reel me in far more than any objective summary of a release.
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Where I consider the reviewer more than the respective review*
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Album Rating: 3.5
oh shit we can embed bandcamp in reviews now?
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Album Rating: 3.5
only if you're special
try and see if you're special
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Album Rating: 3.5
i think i know the answer to that
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Album Rating: 3.5
edit: double post
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only if u got the Staff infection
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Album Rating: 3.5
so jelly of those avatar abilities though
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My favorite reviews are the personal ones
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Really enjoyed one EP by these guys previously, the downtempo nature of this release seems like it might be my thing.
Cool that you can embed streams.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Good review. Probably better than mine =p
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Album Rating: 4.0
Will this be seeing a physical release any time soon?
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Album Rating: 3.0
@omaha
I think atomic pulls it off well here my opinions aren't saying anything about this particular review, I just meant in general. I guess I'm just of the persuasion that people who write reviews so steeped in subjectivity and personal emotions (again this review didn't do that) are writing reviews for their own sake (rod stroking) rather than for garnering interest for the artist which is fine or whatever it just bothers me personally, and this site loves it.
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