Toby Driver They Are the Shield
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Cimnele
October 2nd 2018


2527 Comments


nah I think this is gorgeous all the way through
my fave thing this guy's been on in general is Dowsing Anemone and this has a similar feel in some ways, 'xcept it's more structure-y and less sparse

AnimalsAsSummit
October 2nd 2018


6198 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

yes yes YES

Wildhoney
October 3rd 2018


469 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I think we're all just excited to see Toby doing well and succeeding :] his music means a lot to many people here, including me

AnimalsAsSummit
October 4th 2018


6198 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

brand loyalty? you can shove that bs, lmao. this is just brilliant music. simple. apparently you don't realize i gave madonnawhore a 2.5 and never touched it after a single listen

J() Alexander
October 4th 2018


7914 Comments


The only artist that deserves my "brand loyalty" is Bach tbh.

J() Alexander
October 7th 2018


7914 Comments


Finally reached a conclusion and decided a rating for this one. And that conclusion is... Not Hubardo, 4/5.

J() Alexander
October 7th 2018


7914 Comments


First and last pieces are 4.5 or 5.0 material though. I'll just have to wait some time to finally listen to the ultimate Driver masterpiece.

Veldin
October 7th 2018


5874 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Not Hubardo/5 is pretty much how I rate most albums

J() Alexander
October 7th 2018


7914 Comments


That's very powerful.

AcmeApathyAmok
October 9th 2018


784 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I like Hubardo and all, but first installment always wins at the end of the day for me...so it's a "Not Choirs Of The Eye/5" for me.

naughtcturnal
October 9th 2018


2807 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

choirs is untouchable

AcmeApathyAmok
October 10th 2018


784 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I think anyone who likes Toby's work would say Choirs is a pantheon tier album in his discography. Ultimately, my top 5 KD would be Choirs, Coffins, Hubardo, Dowsing, and PHOBOS. This album for me give or take would fall somewhere between Coffins and Hubardo.

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
October 10th 2018


21027 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Top 10 Toby albums are Bath>Choirs>Part the Second>Body Map>Dowsing>Hubardo>this/Coffins (not sure which is better yet)>PHoBoS=My Fruit Psychobells

Trophycase
October 10th 2018


1931 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

WTF? Psychobells last?!?! It's got Blight of River Systems and Undine and Underwater Flowers

J() Alexander
October 10th 2018


7914 Comments


2.5 what the h*ck

Trophycase
October 10th 2018


1931 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

yeah I didn't get this record. I'll probably give it a few more spins though. Songs just seem to meander and I can't make sense of their structure. It's like they never end and they are never going anywhere. It has some nice moments though.

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
October 11th 2018


21027 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Those are just my top 10, Psychobells is excellent and like 8.5/10 imo. The production is the biggest issue, which I understand b/c they were still in college when they recorded it I'm pretty sure.

DarkHorizontal
October 16th 2018


173 Comments


He played Scaffold of Digital Snow and Smoke-Scented Mycelium last night. Was rad.

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
October 17th 2018


21027 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

I'm hoping to catch the show in Boston on Sunday.

J() Alexander
October 17th 2018


7914 Comments


I wasn't able to go see him when he came around here, God damn it. I'm still sad about it.



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