Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

just finished third listen, still absolutely astonished in every sense of the word lol

Album Rating: 4.5

The bass on this. My god. This is possibly my favorite bass tone of all time. Still digesting the album, but it is definitely mind-bending.

This is a great album that people are exaggerating praise for because it's Glassjaw. The Deftones comparison is prrtty understandable. Like lucid ssid, it's koi no with a post-hardcore take

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

i honestly don’t see the koi comparisons at all but ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Album Rating: 2.0

¯_(ツ)_/¯



My second listen reaction.

Album Rating: 4.0

I don't listen to Deftones, so... am I supposed to not enjoy this?

Album Rating: 4.0

Just jam Deftones s/t. I put it on right after this yesterday.

Album Rating: 4.0

Jamming now, but I sadly won't be able to finish in this sitting. So far, bangs hard.

Album Rating: 4.0

Two songs in, btw. I have half an hour to jam.

Is this really Billy Rymer....?

Album Rating: 2.5

Bass and drums are set way too high in the mix. It muddies the fuck out of it. This band’s bread and better has always been off-kilter, discordant guitars juxtaposed with Daryl’s great cleans and harshes. The riffs are great, but buried below the low-end, and Daryl’s vox are compressed to all motherfuck. It’s a bit like how Geoff Rickly’s vocals were engineered on No Devolucion, but the more punishing nature of Glassjaw’s sound doesn’t lend credence to that style of production like that records whatever~wave influences did.



For the umpteenth time, overproduction is the number one killer of post-hardcore albums. We have a prime example here. It’s ironic as one of the most egregious examples of this is the first letlive. LP, and for similar reasons. Terrible mixing of the drums especially.

sad, the drums are really bad

Album Rating: 5.0

Disappointed in you Ghost, after you're achievement in the Trivium thread to instantly let us all down like this...

Album Rating: 2.0

Gotta keep it real.

Album Rating: 5.0

'Bass and drums are set way too high in the mix. It muddies the fuck out of it.'



No you're just too used to the bass being buried in the mix, the mix is fantastic, if you want an example of too much lower end muddying the mix go listen to Parkway Drive - Deep Blue.

Album Rating: 5.0

'Gotta keep it real.'



At least you're honest I can dig that. You still need to jam this more though.

Album Rating: 2.0

I've given it two full listens and the vox still bug me and the instruments are still a busy mess. Trust me, it's not moving up in my estimation so I'm gonna put a fork in it.

Album Rating: 5.0

Agreed. This runs circles around the new St. Vincent tbh.

Album Rating: 4.0

I don't think Daryl is that buried. I keep seeing people saying that, but it doesn't feel like that to me at all. He's definitely not mixed to the max like their debut LP, but I think his vocals are the right volume- especially with everything else going on.

Album Rating: 5.0

Production is perfect on this. Just the right amount of cacophony. The bass is really served well being so high in the mix.