Album Rating: 2.5

That's kinda not the point...Kayo have only really been metal for 3 albums anyway (Choirs, Gamma, Hubardo)



And what da ya know, they're kind of boring without the heavy parts. Without the heavy parts, they're just another experimental prog/ jazz band that sounds like every other experimental prog/ jazz band. At least the heavy parts of their songs bring some sort of "song-writing" aspect to their whole sound.

i was only interested in this because of the blade runner comparisons and it does give me that vangelis vibe so i'm happy

they're just another experimental prog/ jazz band that sounds like every other experimental prog/ jazz band.

Album Rating: 4.0

And what da ya know, they're kind of boring without the heavy parts. Without the heavy parts, they're just another experimental prog/ jazz band that sounds like every other experimental prog/ jazz band. At least the heavy parts of their songs bring some sort of "song-writing" aspect to their whole sound.



Couldn't really disagree more - Coyote, the bookends of Gamma Knife, the gorgeous songs on Dowsing and Blue Lambency don't suffer without heaviness at all. If Kayo relied on it for all (/most of) their stuff, they would lose a lot of what makes them unique. The fact that they utilise different kinds of songwriting alone sets them ahead of the curve, and I fail to see how reinventing themselves completely between albums results in them sounding like every other experimental prog/jazz band (a category so diverse that it would be virtually impossible to sound like all of them at once).

honestly the best songs of hubardo are the chillest songs on the album too

Album Rating: 4.0

My faves were Crown-in-the-Much, Zlida and And He Built Him a Boat, but that album is so damn consistent that any almost song could be a 'best song'

Album Rating: 2.5

honestly the best songs of hubardo are the chillest songs on the album too



I retract my statement because I agree with this hard. Sorry if I was generalizing a bit with my last statement.



Here's a more accurate opinion of mine. I find the missing heaviness totally takes away from the awesome contrasting nature of this band. Listen to how "The Second Operation" ends and the next song rips into "Floodgate" on Hubardo. Tell me that doesn't hit you like a freight train? I also feel this way because I'm so in love with Hubardo that the rest of their discog without the heavier elements just kind of lulls me into a coma. Toby Driver strikes me more as a musician who should showcase this contrasting sound more and more with each release. The heavier moments bring the songs together more for the albums sake.



Makes sense?

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

lol ive never heard a kayo dot album that sounds remotely similar to other experimental music; listen to dowsing or BLD. personally, i truly don't wish for driver to focus on adding heavy elements just for the sake of it sounding balanced somehow. its also subject to taste, toby creates music for himself foremost, so this is why each album contains its own atmosphere. he's not concerned with making metal, or prog/jazz; these characteristics are just perceptions of what his music sounds close to. i could never describe the genre of coyote or dowsing to someone, i'd just have to show them.

Album Rating: 4.0

I've never heard an album that sounds sonically identical to this, Kayo Dot and most of Driver's other projects have been pretty damn unique.

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

i still haven't heard part the second but agreed w/ pleb

Album Rating: 4.0

Gah I'm in love with Offramp Cycle.

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

the last song is fucking gorgeous but library subterranean is the best

Album Rating: 3.5

first two are the best

Album Rating: 4.0

Bloood ooon my haaaands annd the thiiing in the baack seaaat



Man, that part is so fucking good.

I feel as if I would have a pretty gnarly acid trip on this album. No offense but this the probably the worst review I've ever read in my life.

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

honestly i think mortality and offramp are the best tracks so far but i switch on and off. yesterday i thought longtime disturbance was the best thing ever; if i had to compare this to anything driver has put out so far (its a stretch), it conveys a lot of the feels I get from Part the Second.



btw anyone get Agalloch vibes from the post-rockish ending of mortality? it morphs its atmosphere in such an emotional, sexy way

Album Rating: 4.5

On revisiting this its blown me away like it didnt do the first few times. Kayo Dot albums are usually growers for me. I disagree, I think there are really heavy moments on this record just not in the traditional sound of 'heavy'. Such a great record.

How have I only now just read this thread?

The Mortality of Doves >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Literally everything else in this one.

Offramp Cycle Pattern 22 and Library Subterranean actually.

But, really, holy shit, this thread.