battles are a math rock band
doof forgot to jam melody five

Album Rating: 3.5

Didn't expect the hateboner for this here, is it because rym likes it?

yes and rym doesn't like prolapse

they do like prolapse. Way more than sput

that's true ok 5ing this

Album Rating: 3.5

This is a bad album for background listening - headphones now, is good



If you hate the vocals just be pleased they aren’t Mars Volta style, just imagine that

Album Rating: 2.0

‘battles are a math rock band‘



Yes. Why tho?



These guys are pretty mundane, rhythmically speaking. Battles have those chops for days.

Album Rating: 3.5

Biggest critique is Hogwash is a little too Bungle for me

Album Rating: 3.5

Listen to a random sample of ‘Mirrored’ and a ‘non slow song’ section of this - not too dissimilar, something tonally in there too



‘Discipline’ is the most obvious album comparison though, to the point I expect Adrian Belew’s voice to come in

Album Rating: 2.0

That’s probably why it’s the best track here. Other bands doing Bungle things are often my preferred Bungles.

Album Rating: 2.0

Yeah it’s really hard to like this when Discipline exists, agreed.

Album Rating: 4.0

“‘Discipline’ is the most obvious album comparison though, to the point I expect Adrian Belew’s voice to come in”



More albums need an eccentric twink to show up and scream gibberish over the music

Album Rating: 3.5

Think you’re stretching a little bit ok, ‘Discipline’ is hardly perfect and this is pretty decent



Album had a good list of influences - as did the debut, and now they’re different ones

Album Rating: 4.0

Discipline is the wrong comparison, it sounds more in line with Larks’ Tounges in Aspic. There were definitely moments where one of the singers was trying to do a John Wetton impression

Album Rating: 2.0

yea i see John Wetton on the slower sections

Album Rating: 3.5

Just wait for fantano giving this a 10.



Also I agree with Ascending Forth being one of the weakiest songs here, I expected better for a closing track, but I don't hate it.

Album Rating: 4.0

You know I get hating on the hype Black Country New Roads or Squid gets, but c’mon this way more deserving of the hype than either of those two bands.



RYM are wrong about a lot but they’re right about this

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah I don't really get the hype with those other bands tbh, for me they are between meh/ok/don't really care

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

Discipline rules and yeah that's deff the KC album this is closest to

Album Rating: 5.0

Don't really get the KC comparisons tbh when it has more in line with Henry Cow/Univers Zero