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Rolling Girl
September 13th 2018


2147 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"That album felt much too poppy for me. Haight Street is a solid jam though."

I can see that, but I think New Surrender has some of the best singles. Disappear, Resistance, Feel Good Drag. And Haight Street is under appreciated.

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
September 20th 2018


38391 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

New Surrender is better imo. "Soft Skeletons", "Retrace" and "Younglife" in addition to your picks.

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
September 20th 2018


38391 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

It drives me absolutely fucking nuts that he says 'conversate' in "Alexithyma". "Godspeed", "There Is No Mathematics", "Hello Alone", Dismantle. Repair" and "fin" are the the best here imo. "Adelaide" and pretty much every song I didn't mention is kinda filler imo

PistolPete
September 20th 2018


5326 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

^Your avatar looks like a character from Hollow Knight (which I'm currently playing and getting my ass handed to me by)

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
September 20th 2018


38391 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

It is indeed. Nightmare King is his name, and if you're getting your ass handed to you atm, wait until you fight him. Took me about 35 attempts but now I can reliably beat him without taking damage.

MarsKid
Emeritus
September 20th 2018


21057 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Oh hey, nice to see Hollow Knight love. Game is certainly a gem and the devs are awesome

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
September 20th 2018


38391 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah game is a masterpiece, probably the best metroidvania I've ever played. Nightmare King is a top 20 greatest boss of all time

PistolPete
September 20th 2018


5326 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I'm currently on the Soul Master and can't even get to the second part of the fight =[



I thought I was good at games until I played this.

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
September 20th 2018


38391 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Eh, it's just trial and error. You typically need to die to a boss a few to several times to learn their patterns

toxin.
October 6th 2018


13043 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

lol Conversate bugged the hell out of me too

Also I gotta say I don't think I've listened to an Anberlin song in a year

In fairness I haven't really listened to anything I used to listen to on this website in ages

Storm In A Teacup
October 7th 2018


47094 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

same. was forced to change my ratings. it's strange how detached i feel from their music now

swipenet
October 7th 2018


3388 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Fuck that, a 5's gonna stay a 5 for me. If an album was that important to me at some point I ain't gonna let my current impression sway it should it be different.

William21
October 7th 2018


1009 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah this is still definitely a 5. I don't listen to this band as much as I used to either but this one's still a classic.

Masochist
October 7th 2018


9188 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I just recently listened to all of 'Devotion' (had only heard 'Vitals'). Band may not be top 10, but definitely still upper-tier for me.

Masochist
October 7th 2018


9188 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I just recently listened to all of 'Devotion' (had only heard 'Vitals'). Band may not be top 10, but definitely still upper-tier for me.

toxin.
October 7th 2018


13043 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

@Storm, yeah if I cared in any capacity about ratings this probably wouldn't be a 5 beyond the fact that it was pretty formative for me.



I can't exactly pin down what it is about the band that makes me kind of meh about them. I think part of it is they are very harmonically safe (e.g. repeating four chord songs). That's OK if the melody great, but Anberlin's melodies are generally just pretty good. (*fin) might be an exception.



Then something about the production really bugs me about the band. Everything is just so clean. Like if music had texture, Anberlin's music would be unnaturally smooth. Again, the outro to (*fin) feels a little bit more stripped down and intimate and it's probably the best part of the entire album.



Ah well.

Sowing
Moderator
October 7th 2018


45556 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Definitely not a 5 anymore but I treat the rating like an exclusive club and it's like once you're a member you kind of just retain the honor forever

joshieboy
October 7th 2018


8510 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Still a 5 for nostalgia purposes

NordicMindset
October 7th 2018


25137 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I can't still have this at a 5

Source
October 7th 2018


19917 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Little do you guys know blueprints is actually their best album



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