Adjy The Idyll Opus (I-VI)
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Project
July 12th 2021


5832 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

me last week - "this sounds amazing but I mostly listen to music while doing work these days and idk if I'll have the attention"



me now, with the lyrics pdf open and 'A note on the text' open in another tab to help me decipher this beautiful riddle of an opener' - "we're just gonna not do any work today are we"

Aspenshadow
July 12th 2021


376 Comments


Getting really frustrated with this. I realize it's not too much about the music itself and listening to the lyrics is important, but I wish it was more about the music. The music itself gets stale pretty fast.

dedex
Staff Reviewer
July 12th 2021


12788 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

^ kinda my feeling but not as harsh

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
July 12th 2021


60513 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Dedex jam the Wrens with me

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
July 12th 2021


47646 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

music good imo I like when the drums go clackity clack

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
July 12th 2021


60513 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Shup jangling jack

dedex
Staff Reviewer
July 12th 2021


12788 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

is that also sadboi stuff Johnny?

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
July 12th 2021


60513 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Ummm yes v much so lol but it's the good stuff and periodically bangs so

Sowing
Moderator
July 12th 2021


43955 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

music good imo I like when the drums go clackity clack [2]



This took a long time to win me over (by my standards), but I just can't resist me a passionately delivered love story in the form of a multi-suite magnum opus



Like in history I think my track record with this sort of thing is like 70% classic rating

Chambered79
July 12th 2021


1032 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

this is a whole steaming pile of no.

Lasssie
July 12th 2021


1620 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Now that i think of it the opening track gives me The Postal Service vibes af and im lovin the shit outta it

Aspenshadow
July 12th 2021


376 Comments


Didn't mean to be harsh. Like, I'll keep trying with this but I need a break from it until I can follow along with the lyrics on Genius or something. Really want to like this but I just don't right now despite loving Prelude.

dedex
Staff Reviewer
July 12th 2021


12788 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

"Didn't mean to be harsh."

Ha, sorry for my poor choice of words; you weren't particularly harsh, I just basically think the same as you - ie: it's more about the lyrics than the music, and I'm not the client for that kinda stuff - but I do appreciate the music.

Project
July 12th 2021


5832 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

shut up nerds this is beautiful

Project
July 12th 2021


5832 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

in all honesty this is EXACTLY the sort of saccharine overwrought hyperliterate Sowing/Rowan-core that is everything I've ever wanted, the sort of hyperbolic nonsense that should crumble under its own weight but instead stands up because of its sheer beauty and magnificent execution



i'll probably 5 this in time but for now it's instantly my AOTY. I have not been moved by music like this in years and if that makes me a sentimental old fart I don't care

Sowing
Moderator
July 12th 2021


43955 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

preach, Project

Rowan's final couple lines summarize how I feel about music appreciation in general: "Whatever happens in the future, The Idyll Opus always will have been the most important thing to me for this one, shining, vivid moment in time. What is that if not what we all need music for?"

It also echoes with some of the same sentiments from my Lord Huron review. If something knocks you on your ass because of how awesome it is, don't be afraid to write a hyperbolic, gushing 5/5 review of it with a big goofy grin the whole time. Because to me, that evasive feeling - when some feels written just for you - is sort of why I listen to music in the first place.

nol
July 12th 2021


12087 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

"this is EXACTLY the sort of saccharine overwrought hyperliterate Sowing/Rowan-core that is everything I've ever wanted."

vult
July 12th 2021


2336 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

wowow this has some serious Dear Hunter and Marianas Trench vibes. very nice.

Project
July 12th 2021


5832 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Dear Hunter's melodrama and concept album-ness

mewithoutYou's ability to blend literate, metaphor-dense lyrics with grounded, clear imagery

Mae's wide-eyed earnestness

Sowing
Moderator
July 12th 2021


43955 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

The Mae earnestness is a nice observation

I knew I got this feeling from an album before and it was probably The Everglow



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