Album Rating: 3.5
Animal Joy was a really pleasant album with a thunderous presence about it; I loved that record a great deal. This one is the opposite but equally pleasant-- really quiet, serene, but super lush instrumentation-- don't confuse serene for boring because if you strap on some nice headphones there's a lot to hear and it's executed really well.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Exactly; Animal Joy was pretty immediate, and I liked it (not quite as much as you), but this one just seems so much more atmospherically rich than anything they've done in a long time. I'd also very highly recommend Rook if you haven't heard it -- that one was always my longtime favorite Shearwater. In fact, this new album is really the first one to challenge its top status for me.
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he do be reviewing more albums. glad you were able to cleanse your palate after the 3OH!3 ratings
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Album Rating: 4.5
Maybe that's the only reason this sounded good in the first place ;-)
Listen to 3OH!3, 5 everything in your path for a week
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great review! need to check this, this sounds right up my alley
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Great review, Sowing. This sounds right up alley. That said, anything that you like I've found that I tend to like a lot as well.
Haven't listened to Shearwater before, oddly enough, although I liked his collaboration with Emily Cross (I think that's her name?) in Loma.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Thanks both of you. SublimeSound, this is very much a grower and I think it does better in certain settings (i.e. night, isolation) than it does casual ones, but if you like Shearwater then perhaps give either Rook or The Golden Archipelago a listen as well -- they both seem to be the most universally appreciated of all the band's works. This one I could foresee toppling both of the aforementioned as my top Shearwater album, but that's just me personally.
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Album Rating: 3.7
enjoyed a couple of songs on this but have already forgotten everything about it :[
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Album Rating: 4.5
Give it more time JonathanoftheWell. I swear of all the things that I claim need a chance to grow and be experienced in the right setting, this one really does. I was pretty lukewarm on it my first spin, liked it my second, loved it my third. Now it's all I'm listening to.
Every day a new song has emerged to floor me. Today it's Aqaba.
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Album Rating: 3.7
i will consume it all over again everything will be okay
third and fifth trax were i think the bestest hm
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Album Rating: 4.5
Three days ago I might have been able to agree or disagree with that but now I have no clue. They all play such a cool and uniquely integral role in how the album unfolds. Sometimes I get carried away with hoping an album catches on here, but I sort of like that this is a bit off the radar. Somehow makes it more special to me.
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Album Rating: 4.0
This definitely reminds me of Noonday Dream as well. They both seem inspired by Talk Talk & John Martyn. Also the string work here is really nice.
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Glad you reviewed this Sow, had to be you. The album is a beauty. Not my favorite of them but a very interesting approach. It sounds like his other project (Loma) has bled into this band finally.
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Album Rating: 4.0
All I know is I love his vocals and now I will have to check this
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Album Rating: 3.7
fell asleep to this last night and it was nice
there is q a strong atmosphere here and i think i'm starting to feel it. Xenarthran into Laguna Seca is probably the highlight still hm
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Album Rating: 4.0
don't know these guys but I'm really finding this quite captivating
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Album Rating: 4.5
Yeah this is pretty unlike the usual stuff I review, much more subtle and atmospheric for certain, but I'm glad it's interesting to some of ya'll. I keep tumbling deeper down the rabbit hole with it, I'm sure it'll be one of my top albums this year.
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I saw these guys @ a fest in 2008, it was good.
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Album Rating: 4.5
This album live would be interesting. It's such an unhurried but rich and layered album; I could see it doing well in small venues as something of a spiritual experience but it doesn't have the uptempo moments to pack a stadium.
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Album Rating: 4.2
Oh yeah, two listens in, this is tight. One of my favorites of the year!
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