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| 3.5 great | Bedex | June 27th 22 |
In some ways, perhaps some of their best output, but in other ways it is also their worst. 1 is a fun intro track with lotsa words, and 2 has a super cool intro for the actual start of the album with an extra dancey track with not so bad tuba. That energy abruptly goes away and we get 3, yet another fun SoK track where the tuba breaks it all for me. The track again feels awkwardly cut short. Thankfully 4 marks the start of an upside with interesting vox in the intro that unfold into soft rap, making for the first track that actually evolves at multiple stages rather than just ending. 5 is dancy, the tuba works well, the flutey bits are cool, honestly 4-5 could be some of my fav SoK material. 6 starts super nice with smooth, almost bossa nova feeling jazz, before the tuba pops in and ruins the chill. It does morph into a nice track, but basically as ever as SoK the more audible the tuba is the less I like. 7 has a supe dancy and weird intro that I love... then tuba. The sax solo is veyr fun tho and the track is really dancey. 8 is pretty alright jazz, and the transitions up to this stage got better. 8 does go really weird in its last quarter, in a way I might enjoy in a vacuum but that's certainly out of place here. 9 has a very cool blizzardesque intro slowly morphing into jazz, but then it kinda loses itself midway, partly saved by the sax, partly hurt by the tuba still. 10 is fun, but has too many tuba-focused moments, and 11 concludes like 1 on a track taht is mostly words. It works for its puprose. 3.55
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| 3.5 great | Gene Gol-Jonsson CONTRIBUTOR | September 21st 21 |
In many respects to the album's detriment, the experience is often carried and/or salvaged by its concept and chemistry between the band and their featured guests. Otherwise one can often find themselves lost in the mostly samey song-writing and far from distinct musical choices.
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| 3.1 good | Erwann S. STAFF | May 17th 21 |
Solid all over, but nevertheless flawed. It's overall more dancey than previous material, but it makes direct comparisons between tracks inevitable. The middle of the album does suffer from less-than-engaging cuts, and, overall, the features do not provide the same punch as in Your Queen is a Reptile.
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| 3.0 good | Oobaloo | September 28th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Oatus | May 18th 22 |
| 3.5 great | doofy | December 7th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | gilly | August 7th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | oDjento | June 18th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | chwe | May 24th 21 |
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