Album Rating: 4.5
Ectogenesis is
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Album Rating: 4.0
Oh yea Ectogenesis blew me away. That middle section...
Now I feel like including it in the best! Oh well, I'll just leave this here.
That track is definitely among AaL at their slickest, and one of their best uses of the thumping rhythms.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Ectogenesis and Apeirophobia are my personal faves at the moment but I'm really reluctant to split the album up into individual tracks...
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Album Rating: 4.5
Yeah Ectogenesis is fantastic.
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Album Rating: 3.5
Im looking forward to this. A lil animals as leaders should suit me well rn
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Album Rating: 3.0
I'm pretty disappointed with this. Musicianship is superb and the songs are really well crafted. For me, I just really loved the blend of sounds and production they got with The Joy of Motion. I just prefer heavier and jammy/groovy AAL to super percussive and proggy AAL. This album is really cool and clearly an evolution of their sound, but for me, it's just not my preferred "style" of AAL. Maybe they'll find a better happy medium with their next one because the production of this album has left all the heavy behind. I literally tuned out for portions of this album each time I've listened. It's so technical that it's just not as fun. I don't know...time will tell I guess where this ends up ranking for me.
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Album Rating: 4.5
After the first couple of listens to the singles I felt a little alienated and like I wasn't getting it, so I totally get your feelings on it, but it was the most satisfying click when the album made sense for me...
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You're definitely on your way to becoming a Contrib
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Album Rating: 4.5
I can but hope, I'm super happy looking back on my work this time last year and knowing how comparatively garbage it is - objectively - but I know I can get better and really want to.
Just feeling a bit of a purple patch.
Back to the album, I really wouldn't lose sleep if we never got a properly heavy AaL record again, but if 'Earth Departure'/'Tooth And Claw' style slamming came back on album five, I'd be pretty happy...
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Album Rating: 4.0
matt garstka for the win off the bat.
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Album Rating: 4.0
who is better at their instrument, Matt or Tosin?
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Album Rating: 4.5
who is better at their instrument, Matt or Tosin?
I couldn't even begin to answer that, I'm just fucking stoked that them playing together is a regular deal.
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Album Rating: 3.5
incomparable
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what's the verdict on this record's ratio of 'good' to 'technically impressive'
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Album Rating: 4.5
what's the verdict on this record's ratio of 'good' to 'technically impressive'
Honestly I think the answer to that is why I enjoy this so much, because it doesn't feel as standoffish as their previous albums, it resonates harder than that. So pretty good ratio IMO.
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Album Rating: 3.5
Eh, I'm not digging this one that much unfortunately. Brain Dance is incredible though.
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Album Rating: 3.5
yea that's my favourite track here
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Album Rating: 3.5
wasnt impressed on first listen, both the debut and joy of motion are way more immediate
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" what's the verdict on this record's ratio of 'good' to 'technically impressive' "
I admire the band's musicianship as the performances from all the members are great, but the songs don't jam for me like they do on JoM or s/t. So, it leans more toward technically impressive.
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Album Rating: 4.0
AaL fans should check out Mammoth's album that was recently released.
It's super fun and self aware and feels like there is plenty of humor in the incredibly impressive playing.
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