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| 4.2 excellent | Hugh G. Puddles STAFF | September 8th 23 |
"music for really annoying, whiny people who think Nietzsche is profound"
Vylet Pony
Can Opener?s Notebook: Fish Whisperer
Losers will hate this
4.5
03.03.22
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| 4.5 superb | Gene Gol-Jonsson CONTRIBUTOR | September 11th 23 |
The band strolled in to a world of perfected screech-punk, kicked out the residents, and made their nest by the electrical wiring. Absolute mad lads.
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| 0.0 | Aspenshadow | September 7th 23 |
music for really annoying, whiny people who think Nietzsche is profound
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| 5.0 classic | North0House2 | August 23rd 23 |
Oh my god. This mixes everything I love about bands like Swans, GY!BE, and Daughters but still remains unlike anything else I've heard. Excellent in every way.
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| 4.5 superb | FurtherDown | September 26th 23 |
okay what the hell is this, I didn't expect to be kind part 2
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| 3.5 great | lz41 | September 19th 23 |
You ever woken up feeling really tired so you get a coffee but it doesn't work so now you're not only tired you're also anxious and you need to shit that's what this album is like.
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| 3.5 great | Erwann S. STAFF | September 11th 23 |
Sprawling dissorock shizzle whose excessism sometimes leads the band nowhere - thankfully these self-indulgent moments don't happen *that* often (mostly on the phat 24 minutes tracks), and the record is surprisingly digestible for its 90mins duration.
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| 0.0 | Panzerchrist | September 6th 23 |
their vocalist sounds like Jerry Seinfeld doing free form poetry but the instrumentals really slap in that good wonky way that quality post-hardcore typically does
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| 4.5 superb | ajcollins15 | September 5th 23 |
It?s hard to put into words the sonic on-slot one experiences while listening to this sophomore record from Spain. Whether it be the bombastic and noisy no wave passages on the opening track and ?We Think So Ill Of You?. Or maybe it?s the post-rock and experimental nature of the various ten-minute tracks. Or even the barn-burning noise and drone passages that are laced throughout the two 24+ minute tracks. ?The Lamb Of Effigy? is an experimental masterclass of how to use various shades of rock music and minimalism to create a bombastic and sometimes challenging listening experience, that only bands like Swans have been able to put forward. However, that is my one criticism of this record. The amount of Swan's praise going on from the band's massive discography is pretty potent. Whether it be the band's noisy rock outfits early on in their career or their experimental post-rock stuff from their 2010s area, there is a lot of Swans influence. This is perfectly fine and this is an exceptional album, but it can be distracting at times.
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| 4.5 superb | hesperus | September 1st 23 |
earns a place alongside The Seer and Shaking the Habitual in the canon of "holy shit my fucking brain is on fire" albums
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| 5.0 classic | spanndrew58 | September 1st 23 |
If sumac played rock n roll, I think it?d sound like this.
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| 2.0 poor | Pon EMERITUS | March 26th 24 |
| 3.8 excellent | A.R.O. STAFF | March 17th 24 |
| 2.5 average | Jots EMERITUS | February 19th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Veldin | February 9th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lacking | February 6th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | TwigTW | January 17th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | Risodo | January 8th 24 |
| 2.5 average | anode | January 4th 24 |
| 2.5 average | UrukHai | December 30th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Faraudo | December 8th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | iGuter | December 6th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | botb | December 3rd 23 |
| 4.5 superb | hamid95 | November 19th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Verdr | November 8th 23 |
| 3.5 great | em17ah | November 6th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | BeeRyan | October 16th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Respawn | October 6th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | Wzzzard | October 1st 23 |
| 1.0 awful | BADNEW | September 27th 23 |
| 3.0 good | tellah | September 26th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Nine | September 21st 23 |
| 4.5 superb | FunJan | September 19th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Arctick | September 16th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Rmazer | September 14th 23 |
| 3.0 good | jmh886 | September 13th 23 |
| 1.0 awful | quetzal | September 11th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Harff7 | September 9th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Mser94 | September 8th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Lvxfra | September 8th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | vannaie | September 7th 23 |
| 1.5 very poor | jtswope | September 6th 23 |
| 1.0 awful | Brinner | September 6th 23 |
| 3.0 good | jesper STAFF | September 6th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ben STAFF | September 5th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Ryus | September 5th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | snakesc | September 5th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Kruppe | September 5th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | JS19 | September 5th 23 |
| 1.5 very poor | mikep87 | September 4th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Henry | September 4th 23 |
| 3.5 great | dafjam | September 4th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | K3nsei69 | September 4th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Deebo05 | September 4th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | mallen- | September 3rd 23 |
| 2.5 average | Scoot | September 2nd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | jhop | September 2nd 23 |
| 2.0 poor | foxxxy | September 1st 23 |
| 3.5 great | bmelt CONTRIBUTOR | September 1st 23 |
| 3.5 great | doofy | September 1st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | karlulol | September 1st 23 |
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