Tim Hecker No Highs
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Gyromania
April 14th 2023


37134 Comments


harmony and ravedeath are easily his best albums

NOTINTHEFACE
April 14th 2023


2142 Comments


the shade thrown on konoyo/anoyo here is inexcusable. Halfway into this and it definitely feels heavily influenced by those works vs his older stuff, almost like a percussion-less, smoothed over version of them. I dig it.

Kompys2000
Emeritus
April 14th 2023


9467 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Were percussion and lack of smoothness not uhhhh kind of those albums' defining features

NOTINTHEFACE
April 14th 2023


2142 Comments


Nah, they had a specific songwriting style and means of attaining catharsis that I feel this album shares, just without those trappings attached to it. Also all of the non-percussive clanky-ness as you call it is pretty similar vs something like Virgins to my senses: those buzzy synths and warbly drones. Idk it sounds similar to me except this time it's BIG SAD in the melodies and the structures.

Anxiety is one of the better Tim Hecker songs after my first listen. Great stuff here.

Ryus
April 14th 2023


36975 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

aint no shade, his earlier stuff is just untouchable. will definitely be giving them a relisten though

Kompys2000
Emeritus
April 14th 2023


9467 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Funny you mention catharsis, Ive always though that was sorta the key to why I dig virgins but not much of the stuff after (barring this ig??? Damn). I miss that aggression, it makes the crazy artdissonance n whatnot make sense to my brain in a way that anoyo doesn't really at all



Agreed anxiety is awesome though my fave rn is def monotony, I think whatever place this does ultimately find in my heart will owe a lot to that'n

ConcubinaryCode
April 15th 2023


7605 Comments


Very cool summary

FurtherDown
April 15th 2023


398 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Saw him live yesterday and holy shit, go see him if you can.

theBoneyKing
April 16th 2023


24444 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Weirdly think “Total Garbage” may be my fave here, that one is quite haunting.

Hyperion1001
Emeritus
April 16th 2023


26064 Comments


probably my fav of his since ravedeath

Gyromania
April 16th 2023


37134 Comments


Ooh that big hype. Ravedeath has always been my favourite

Ryus
April 16th 2023


36975 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

this is comfortably in his top tier of stuff, yeah

deathschool
April 16th 2023


28658 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

This is amazing for sure. But like with any Hecker, I’m gonna have to listen to it a lot to decide how it stacks up to his other stuff. Not complaining though. I basically never get tired of any of his albums.

BaselineOOO
April 17th 2023


2555 Comments


Wow, is this all? Either dude lost all his talent or he's just fooling around. I won't pretend to enjoy this like the rest of his fanbase cause I'm not loyal, I'm realistic. After listening to this I have to cleanse my ears, it was muddy and way too easy of a listening session, so I'll go listen to his 3rd best album, Ultramarin, to stimulate my brain with actual ambient genius.

"harmony and ravedeath are easily his best albums"
Haunt Me and Radio Amor*

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
April 17th 2023


27502 Comments


I like Harmony best, then prob Haunt over Konoyo. Definitely liked this a lot too. And I really like that Ultramarin album too, though it’s been forever

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
April 17th 2023


27502 Comments


Yeah listening to ultramarin again and loving it

BaselineOOO
April 17th 2023


2555 Comments


Uff, Ultramarin is so underrated. I'd kill for another Tim Hecker techno release.

Demon of the Fall
April 17th 2023


33935 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

This one is definitely to my liking, pretty nice vibes

Cygnatti
April 17th 2023


36037 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Bit late on the winter release, no?

Kompys2000
Emeritus
April 18th 2023


9467 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

mmm yeah bet this will hit different in winter



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