Mestis   Eikasia
3.7
great
Release Date: 2018
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3.5 greatBlud Vidal | April 15th 20

Javier Reyes crafts a beautiful, jazzy work here to exercise some of his non-AAL energy. It's a shame that any of his projects will be compared to his work in AAL, but the contrast between the work serves to highlight Reyes' songwriting and compositional prowess.

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3.5 greatNine | September 10th 18

Fantastic stuff here. "Ever Wonder" and "Azul" are my favorites and I think this is a good improvement from Polysemy. In comparison to the last record, there's a lot more diversity in this record and each of the songs pretty much has their own identity to them. Also, the last track (Plato) was certainly a curveball. Was not expecting that ending at all.

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3.5 greatBedex | March 26th 21

Mestis refines its personal touch and strays resolutely away from its AAL roots by offering something far more relaxed, cleaner, but still groovy and with a more prominent latin twist. This is particularly obvious on tracks like 2, the jammy 4 which got me to check Mestis in the first place, and the oh so relaxed 6. Whilst I appreciate its latin guitar tinges, 1 does have a sort of shreddy-for-nothing aspect to it, and 3 is kind of halfway stylistically between that and 2. 5 is a bit more electronic but transitions quite well. 7 however doesn't work so well. I don't mind weirdcore but on something so otherwise clean and pristine, it feels weird to add 6-7min of some weird distorted vocals and weird sounds, especially when nothing comes after it. This odd album closure drops it a point if not two, to maybe a sort of 3.55

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5.0 classicBro has djent in his pie | January 10th 21

A stunning work from Javier Reyez of AAL, still quite progressive but a lot more accessible than AAL. Great use of dynamics keeps the work engaging, extremely catchy melodies throughout. Technical and at the same time relaxed, a perfect balance of two ideals, could definitely do without the final track Plato, but it adds a bit of ambience to the end of the record, I suppose.

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3.5 greatEXSCHISM | December 7th 23
4.5 superbJeanfreddy Gutierrez | November 3rd 23
3.5 greatchalkecheese | April 19th 23
5.0 classicbranyards | April 28th 22
4.0 excellentprimosounds | February 16th 22
3.5 greatCygnusX1 | February 4th 22
4.0 excellentOobaloo | March 14th 21
4.5 superbwowyouresohxc | August 1st 20
2.5 averageJ.C. van Beekum | May 24th 20
4.5 superbdigs795 | December 31st 19
4.0 excellentUzumaki | September 22nd 19
3.0 goodDolving999 | July 19th 19
3.0 goodDetritivore | June 17th 19
3.0 goodnormanc | June 16th 19
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3.5 greatWolfe | November 9th 18
4.0 excellentsnakesc | November 5th 18
3.5 greatARDCWE | November 2nd 18
3.5 greatMitch S. | October 22nd 18
3.5 greatZombieParty | October 2nd 18
2.5 averageAnimalsAsSummit | September 28th 18
3.5 greataudiosmurf | September 26th 18
3.5 greatjmh886 | September 21st 18
3.5 greatDave S. M. | September 19th 18
4.0 excellentianjulian | September 15th 18
4.0 excellentgilly | September 14th 18
4.0 excellentJakeElPerro | September 13th 18
3.5 greatNBA | September 11th 18
3.5 greatMetalSoliloquy | September 10th 18
3.0 goodExhaleTheLight | September 8th 18
3.0 goodDmax28 | September 7th 18
4.0 excellentDaveTrane | September 7th 18

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