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| 3.9 excellent | praise jimmy EMERITUS | October 19th 16 |
if you're coming into this expecting something like the 0 and 0% albums, it's safe to say this
sounds quite different. the ethereal vibe that's always been present still looms over Aoba's
music, but the field recordings that permeate her material are nearly absent, with the exception
of a short piano instrumental. very, very good record.
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| 3.9 excellent | Erwann S. EMERITUS | January 13th 22 |
Of course it's absolutely lovely. Pristine, dreamy guitar strummings that already sound familiar after roughly 0.8 seconds compose the bulk of this short and focused record. It just goes straight to the heart. In terms of beautiful restraint, this is top fucking notch.
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| 4.0 excellent | Bedex | October 2nd 20 |
Quite clearly my second Ichiko favourite after the debut (don't @me johnny). Unlike 0 this one is less adventurous and compositionally daring, but more focused and coherent - which is helped by the much shorter length. I say it is less daring but there are still some fresh elements added to the sound. 1 sees Ichiko use more fx than ever before, bringing her close to the aesthetics of other bedexcore artists (liz harris), after the pretty but straightforward 2 the second half of 3 sees added textures which on top of her voice on the verge of breaking turns the track into the first jam on the record, or the superb broken instrumental piano jam on 9, which offers a nice breath of fresh air between the fun jam 8 and the superbly done and pretty reprise on 10, which with 11 are also jams to wrap up a latter third of the record that is pretty much flawless. There is a dip in quality with 6 feeling a bit naive and less compelling, and with the first half of 7, but from the midtrack onwards the utter prettiness that was also displayed on 4 and 5 comes right back. This is a simpler record than 0, but certainly not ta simplistic one, and as a record it works a lot better in my humble, ill-informed opinion. 4.0
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| 0.0 | Black Daimon | March 8th 17 |
If only the full album held up to the standard of the first three tracks, this would be an undoubtable 5/5, but unfortunately, after the first three tracks, the album falls off. The extremely subtle atmospheric touches fall off, the connectivity, gone. Instead the rest of the album becomes a string of pleasant but ultimately forgettable tracks that don't have nearly the same impact or emotional resonance that the brilliance of the songwriting displayed early on shows.
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| 4.0 excellent | qt | August 16th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | bSmith | November 13th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | hamid95 | February 14th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Pangea | November 15th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | Gleam | August 3rd 22 |
| 3.5 great | Emo | February 18th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Lassie | December 8th 20 |
| 3.5 great | remi | November 7th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Prole | September 10th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | JS19 | February 5th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Codah | January 14th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Alexxx | November 22nd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Elynna | November 9th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | tyler | October 13th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | bmelt | January 1st 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | almonds | August 27th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | niaL | April 21st 17 |
| 3.0 good | adr | January 12th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | heyadam | December 12th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Jade | November 5th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lanas | October 23rd 16 |
| 3.5 great | Runeii | October 22nd 16 |
| 3.5 great | EGON | October 20th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | Brabiz | October 20th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Snide | October 20th 16 |
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