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| 4.5 superb | i want to mort. | July 18th 17 |
title track is probably my least favorite coc song (sorry guys!) but this gets a 4.5 because it's still great and as the curtains dim is like 10/5
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| 4.5 superb | Alabaster Jones | July 25th 17 |
No band that combined the raw intensity of screamo, the beauty and melancholy of post-rock, and the explosiveness of both genres was ever as good or will ever be as good as City Of Caterpillar were. Driving Spain Up A Wall contains two songs made around the same time as the bands' self-title debut, with the title-track in particular being the first studio recording the band has done in fifteen years. "As The Curtains Dim; (Little White Lie)" was recorded in-studio fifteen years ago, and as immaculate as their self-titled debut is, this track could've fit on there seamlessly. Needless to say, it's absolutely incredible. The studio version of "Driving Spain Up A Wall" is also incredible, but it's noticeably a bit less urgent and passionate than the live recordings available before this. That's understandable given that the group is now a bunch of thirty-somethings who probably don't feel the same way they did a decade and a half ago, but still. That this music still holds weight even now is a testament to how amazing it really is, and why there likely won't be a band quite like City Of Caterpillar ever again.
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| 4.0 excellent | Brady Hayes | July 23rd 17 |
Holy fuk they are back.
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| 4.1 excellent | Erwann S. STAFF | October 5th 22 |
The title track is a crystal-clear representation of what made this band so fucking great - one of the best build-up sciences in the whole game, the capacity of creating anthemic choruses out of anxious thoughts, and technical talent being matched by songwriting prowess. And with the second tune, they also show they lost nothing of the more abrasive side of their skramz. Epic band remains epic.
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| 4.0 excellent | Bedex | May 3rd 20 |
Track 1 has a superb intro and explodes much more softly than I expected but is still great, whilst track 2 brings the skramz back a little more albeit still softer than their older records and is quite fantastic. Both jams I'd say. They still have a fantastic LP2 in them by the looks of it, if that ever comes. 4.1
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| 4.0 excellent | Have you tried jamming Helcaraxe? CONTRIBUTOR | August 4th 17 |
This is a fantastic album. More restrained and composed instrumentally although the vocals dont pack the punch they once did. Understandable considering they are a bunch of adults now.
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| 0.0 | bmelt CONTRIBUTOR | July 24th 17 |
oh fuq this is real
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| 3.0 good | StarlessCore | July 23rd 17 |
2 clean killed some of the edge but good rerecording
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| 4.0 excellent | nbats | October 20th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | vakuola | December 29th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Oobaloo | December 7th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sam C. | July 13th 22 |
| 3.5 great | El Olam | December 14th 21 |
| 3.5 great | xlev | September 10th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Roidv | July 5th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Prole | April 26th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | bSmith | February 24th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | lopzterX | December 26th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dama | June 14th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Adamn | May 8th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | crab | January 29th 19 |
| 3.5 great | ffs | September 3rd 18 |
| 3.5 great | Wolfe | March 9th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Veldin | February 12th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Fear | January 1st 18 |
| 4.5 superb | pumi | December 27th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Essence | December 18th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Ulshad | December 6th 17 |
| 2.5 average | adr | December 2nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Feels | November 14th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dan H. EMERITUS | September 11th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | tyler | September 6th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Hawks | September 6th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Hyndez | August 31st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | akimbo | August 24th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | ckssr1 | August 16th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Ben STAFF | August 9th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | analc | August 2nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ecotone | July 27th 17 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | July 25th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Risodo | July 25th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Trebor. EMERITUS | July 25th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | rc239 | July 24th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ouphe | July 24th 17 |
| 3.5 great | wg98 | July 19th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Jekub | July 19th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | NickyP | July 19th 17 |
| 3.5 great | anat CONTRIBUTOR | July 16th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | elch21 | July 16th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Emo | July 16th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Tom Read CONTRIBUTOR | July 15th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Prancer | July 14th 17 |
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