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Sowing
Moderator
September 12th 2020


44509 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I was thoroughly disappointed by the first half of this (minus "Neptune"), but then the second half was very pretty (Especially "Assassins"...omg). Need to spin this a few more times; could be as low as a 2.5 or as high as a 4 lol.

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Divaman
September 12th 2020


16120 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Sounded pretty good on first listen.

Sowing
Moderator
September 12th 2020


44509 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Preliminary 3.5 after a second listen. It's got a very strong 2nd half and the first half sounded better this time. Still nothing mind-blowing though aside from Neptune and Assassins; I probably prefer King's Mouth.

insomniac15
Staff Reviewer
September 12th 2020


6247 Comments

Album Rating: 3.8

Brother Eye and Mother I've Taken LSD are my favorites at this point.

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Sowing
Moderator
September 12th 2020


44509 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Neptune and Assassins for me but the two you mentioned are also great.

AcidCaravan
September 12th 2020


504 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Slightly better than recent past disasters, but definitely not a return to their best form. There are some nice little tunes though. Last thing I really enjoyed from these guys was "Embryonic", which had its flaws too but I really liked it back then. Oh, and the 50 minute version of "7 Skies H3" was great too.

Kompys2000
September 12th 2020


9483 Comments


"It's basically an album of "Vein of Stars" type songs"

the only one of the singles that was anywhere near as good as Vein of Stars was Flowers of Neptune 6 :/ I like that song a lot tho so I guess there's still hope I'll get something out of this.

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
September 13th 2020


62343 Comments

Album Rating: 2.3

Yeah, agreed with Kompys + cited comment. Vein of Stars was pretty special, but it was doubly so for how it stood out on Mystics. Felt like a showstopper, not sure and album's worth of that vibe was ever going to make as huge an impact

iambandersnatch
September 14th 2020


1935 Comments


"Preliminary 3.5 after a second listen. It's got a very strong 2nd half and the first half sounded better this time. Still nothing mind-blowing though aside from Neptune and Assassins; I probably prefer King's Mouth."

interesting, I had the opposite reaction (enjoyed first half a little bit more than 2nd) although that could have been that I was losing interest/focus so the 2nd half sounded worse than it was

Some of the lyrics were a little cringe when I was paying attention to them, like the song directed at the mother from the dead son because he got killed in an altercation w/ the police or something like that, maybe I have it a little wrong but just seemed like a really low-hanging fruit/popularity grab to make a song like that in 2020

kkamphaus
September 14th 2020


17 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

FANTASTIC stuff, this is! I'm one of those guys who gets his mind blown sober...can't get enough of this LP.

Keeps growing on me listen after listen and forces me to start it again when finished....addiction anyone?

calcifer112
September 16th 2020


23 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Yep i'm absolutely hooked.

Frippertronics
Emeritus
September 17th 2020


19569 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

think i'm done with this group

there's only so many Yoshimi retreads and "Wayne being a tryhard" I can overlook

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Divaman
September 17th 2020


16120 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

It's OK, but I miss the unicorns and magic kingdoms.

ChaoticVortex
September 17th 2020


1616 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Yep this rules hard.

y87arrow
September 17th 2020


717 Comments


So far I only have The Terror and I love it. Nice and imaginative electronic sounds.
If I check out their most well-known and praised albums I hope they're not too pop-like. I wonder where to start?

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Cormano
September 17th 2020


4255 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

they are, maybe try Embryonic and perhaps the Miley Cyrus one

Kompys2000
September 17th 2020


9483 Comments


Check Embryonic and 7 Skies H3, personally I would stay far far away from the Miley collab

zoso33
September 17th 2020


620 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I highly recommend Transmissions From Satellite Heart if you're looking a for a good melding of pop/grunge and psychedelic

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Kompys2000
September 17th 2020


9483 Comments


Transmissions rules but it's also like the opposite of The Terror lol

mryrtmrnfoxxxy
September 17th 2020


16699 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

yea go with priest driven ambulance



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