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^truth....
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Album Rating: 3.5
I think it's time I check out the Susumu Hirasawa stuff that influenced PHOBOS. IDK why I haven't done so yet TBH.
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Album Rating: 4.5
@asdfp277: well yes, similar artists services like last.fm are more accurate the less experimental and genre-hopping an artist is, hence why I prefer asking other fans in such cases. Also, if I thought it tedious then I probably wouldn't spend time at this website.
Thanks for the recs 
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Album Rating: 2.5
yeah, sputnik's community approach facilitates that
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Album Rating: 4.3 | Sound Off
I know Toby stated he was mainly influenced by susumu for this but I’ve skipped through Siren a # of times, and his other albums a while ago, and this is still pretty different overall.
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Album Rating: 4.5
yeah I saw that, but it would appear it acted much more as an influence rather than a form of blueprint.
the world needs more proggy artsy synthwave.
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Album Rating: 4.3 | Sound Off
Agreed. Hoping that they stay in this direction for a follow-up
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Album Rating: 3.5
I really don't think you'd want another one of these. In any case, Toby only seems to go in the same direction twice with Kayo Dot albums, so I imagine a follow up would go in a different direction
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Album Rating: 2.5
there's no way he's gonna keep this style, but at least he keeps us on our toes
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he never goes in the same direction twice, only once
the end result that is this album was pure luck
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Album Rating: 3.5
I would argue he aims in the same territory twice
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Album Rating: 2.5
which albums? this ain't similar to coffins
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Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off
^agreed, i just struggle to find similarities between the individual albums... he seems to do unforeseen musical directions with every release
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Album Rating: 3.5
I feel like all the albums could be paired up with the subsequent one being an elaboration of some aspect of the one before it
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Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off
hmmm, interesting thoughts, but for instance there is no saxophone in this, 80s synths, or post punk drums
plastic: you have electronic polyrhythms that stutter and glitch, no sax, 90s style synths, and themes of hyper-reality
however, it is called PHOBOS, so i think you may be right to relate this to coffins at the very least... it seems they are two stories (almost sounds.like different cultures) occupying the same world or a similar one
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Album Rating: 3.5
"hmmm, interesting thoughts, but for instance there is no saxophone in this, 80s synths, or post punk drums"
see I would think of this as specifically an elaboration on the spacey aspect the synths bought to Coffins (as well as the weird story telling)
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Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off
but the synth palette on plastic and coffins are so different. i think the layering on plastic is insane and claustrophobic, while the layering on coffins is very smooth and sensual
try jamming em side by side, i understand where you're coming from tho
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Album Rating: 4.3 | Sound Off
Very interesting discussion here. I’m somewhere in the middle; there are some similarities between this and Coffins that aren’t really there in any other Kayo Dot, but the approaches and styles of both are so different, as Animals said.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Agree with Talons here. Both albums occupy a similar sonic palette, but this one feels a little bit more spacey and alienating.
Coffins has moments that are much closer to traditional songwriting, whereas phobos is just wild. I prefer phobos but both albums are absolutely brilliant.
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Damn this band always sound like this?? I'm liking this shit
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