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GhandhiLion
December 16th 2019


17677 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

4/4.5 yeah

theBoneyKing
December 16th 2019


24673 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Oh man, "Funhouse" is what I want every slowcore song to be, the tension in that buildup toward the middle is incredible.

Dylan620
December 16th 2019


5909 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Interesting, that's probably my least favorite of this album's epics, though it's still excellent of course.

Digging: Deathspell Omega - Paracletus

theBoneyKing
December 16th 2019


24673 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I can get that, it is maybe the most objectionable/out of place piece here (that or "Mother" I guess) but when I'm in the mood that sort of crushing epic is perfect.

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
December 22nd 2019


62343 Comments

Album Rating: 4.3

Oh damn, so this is even better than I remembered

theBoneyKing
January 15th 2020


24673 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Fires burn in autumn skies...



Such a beautiful closing line, "Brown Eyes" is low key one of the best songs here, a perfect way to end this album.

theBoneyKing
January 19th 2020


24673 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

The flow of the first several tracks is perfect too, becoming one of my favorite album opening runs.



I know tomorrow you will be

Somewhere in London, living with someone

You've got some kind of family there to turn to

And that's more than I could ever give you...


budgie
January 19th 2020


38237 Comments


good bump

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
January 19th 2020


62343 Comments

Album Rating: 4.3

Good bump great opening run [2] [2] Those first four are sublime

Icebloom
January 19th 2020


862 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

The epics here are 50/50; Funhouse and Mother are my least favourite songs, Katy Song and Strawberry Hill are the best (not just this album, but of all Red House Painters material)

theBoneyKing
January 19th 2020


24673 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Hm, I love all the epics, I’d rank them Katy (duh) > Funhouse (love how doomy this is) > Strawberry (gorgeous but Mark’s vocal melodies annoy me a tad here) > Mother (still really really great but yeah it maybe goes on a tad too long)

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
January 19th 2020


62343 Comments

Album Rating: 4.3

Strawberry has that classic Mark thing when the lyrics make me want to cringe hard but the overall execution ends up feeling meaningful af regardless

Icebloom
January 19th 2020


862 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Ah nooo Strawberry's lyrics are beautiful, hit me hard for some reason



Also Marks delivery is amazing

theBoneyKing
January 19th 2020


24673 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I'm more with Johnny there too, Strawberry has some of the weaker lyrics here.

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
January 19th 2020


62343 Comments

Album Rating: 4.3

We know who you are

I read your palm while you were sleeping

And I read though your diary

And the secrets you've been keeping

We're already aware of

this bit is lovely and pulls it together for me

theBoneyKing
January 19th 2020


24673 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Oh yeah that bit is great and Strawberry's lyrics are still great, just not one of my faves.

Like I'm only nitpicking, it's an amazing song nonetheless, just not quite a perfect one. The vocal delivery grows on me more with every listen too, check back in a couple months and I'll prob love it.

GhandhiLion
January 19th 2020


17677 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

those are the lyrics? dam

theBoneyKing
January 19th 2020


24673 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Of the four Koz albums I've heard so far I rank: Ghosts > RHPI > DCH > Benji, though the top 3 are all already near 5s for me.

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
January 19th 2020


62343 Comments

Album Rating: 4.3

Definitely need to check Ghosts and it's been a hot minute since the couple of spins I gave DCH a while back

Icebloom
January 19th 2020


862 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Eh I don't know, I think the lyrics work because they really capture the the anxiety of a kid (I always thought it was from the perspective of a child at least) But maybe that's also what might set people off.



And yeah the part you noted is beautiful, feels like the emotional highlight, also because of the guitar that erupts shortly in the line after it ("and now for dinner and maybe tomorrow", at the "dinner")



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