Album Rating: 4.5

@Steak on the right track. Silk and EB

Album Rating: 4.0

You know it's a great album when everyone seems to have different favorites, and no one is wrong.

Album Rating: 3.0

Summit and Secret back to back is hnnnnng

Album Rating: 4.5

Hard agree. I think Summit to t/t is the best run on the album easy

Album Rating: 5.0

The Summit may be my favorite

Album Rating: 5.0

are the complaints regarding autotune are ones that appear near the end of Summit for example? meh, it's pretty lame to complain about that, adds a different texture to the music, I love it.

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

Mh, I feel it in songs like Circle With Me in the chorus especially, for example. It very noticeable there.

It isn't lame to complain about that imo, because while it may still be great, it can't be awesome imo, because it gets neutered

But somehow people can find the most artificial and overproduced music (in general, not referring to SB) to be emotional. It really is totally subjective.

I think I would like it more, if it was more pronounced in some places and less in others, so it's like a stylistic choice, like Pain of Salvation did on their last album

Album Rating: 5.0

doesn't hinder anything at all in terms of enjoyment for me, she can most likely pull it off live with no autotune so I do not care

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

Yea, I have no doubts about that. I listened to a love version of Blessed be and it was cool. It was phone recording, so there was no post production at all.

But I mostly listen to studio albums, so I do care lol

Album Rating: 3.5

Like I feared, having listened to the singles ruined my first listen. It sounds like a compilation album.

Silk in the Strings slaps tho

Album Rating: 5.0

"are the complaints regarding autotune are ones that appear near the end of Summit for example? meh, it's pretty lame to complain about that, adds a different texture to the music, I love it."

I was referring to the robotic sort of vocoder section on Summit in this comment btw

Courtneys got great vocals and they're just being wasted on very boring generic djenty instrumentation

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

I guess it more "feels" like a compilation album? My guess is that feeling will fade away with more listens. But it must be awkward at first.



@Tundra: I have no problems with vocoder stuff! Mostly because it's clear that vocals are distorted and manipulated in a certain way.

Album Rating: 4.0

"are the complaints regarding autotune are ones that appear near the end of Summit for example? meh, it's pretty lame to complain about that, adds a different texture to the music, I love it."



No, that is just an effect. My earlier complaint was mostly about the pre-chorus/chorus of Sun Killer. I can just hear the pitch correction, and it's a little off putting. But that said, I'll get used to it. Oddly enough, might be my favorite track from the album.

Album Rating: 4.5

@gravity it felt like a compilation at first, but the flow really grabs you after repeat listens.

@jeetjeet hard disagree, bro. Mike does far more than "djenty instrumentation". far, far, far more.

"Mike does far more than "djenty instrumentation". far, far, far more."
Eh. There's some nice atmosphere going on in the softer songs but the heavy songs literally sound like a dime-a-dozen bands out there doing the same thing. Any other band could've made a song like Yellowjacket or Holy Roller or Silk in The Strings.

Album Rating: 3.0

The rollout for this definitely hindered the overall experience

Album Rating: 4.0

The rollout for this definitely hindered the overall experience



Agreed! 5 singles released months early? Still dig the album, but it doesn't feel "fresh".

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah I can say I was not a fan, pandemic or not ha

Album Rating: 4.5

@Jeet - I actually agree. I think this is very by the numbers, but she elevates it to make it enjoyable for me