Album Rating: 4.5

"the butthurt is so real [2]"



whatever man it's just some guy on the internet who has a different opinion than me.

lol at people complaining about the drum samples, they sound great are you guys listening through your phone speakers or something

Album Rating: 1.5

disregarding someone's opinion because they happen to listen to a lot of indie or post rock is just hilarious.

i think the complaint is more about how the drums are too low in the mix

#TheButthurt

Album Rating: 1.5

#Israel

the drums aren't low in the mix though the guitars are just higher which makes sense considering they are a primarily guitar-driven band

I wonder when this will drop to a 3.9.

Soon.

Album Rating: 4.0

V soon.

Im actually a couple months away from getting my engineering degree. Speaking on the behalf of the songs sounding the same in terms of volume with compression, that is extremely common when mastering a record. And I can agree that the vocals are sitting on top of the production, but a lot of their musical presence comes from Rody. And again no one records "direct in" guitars. They Re Amp after they are finished with the DI, so the guitars are still coming though a live amp.

guys remember punk music?

Album Rating: 4.0

everyone complains the drums are plain or nothing special anyway, so why have them higher in the mix?

Album Rating: 3.0

"Ya I actually am on track to get a degree in music tech and recording arts, and while I haven't read

everything in the thread, I just think the drums and vocals are heavily off balance. Vocals being

way too loud, drums not loud enough. This is basic of the basic mixing.



Also the entire album seems as if it's at the same volume the whole time, like every track was

thrown into a compressor. That's probably not what happened but after a while it grates on me how

thin the

soul of the recording is too.



Like trebor said, direct in is almost always the worse way to go. You want that yummy analog

equipment to harmonize with all your digital processing. Because of that, it appears static and

binary. Guitars also just generally sound stupid.



EDIT: why is everyone attacking the reviewer as if he's a fucking politician? Writing the dude off

because he listens to indie? Dude. That's pretty pathetic. That's the same as posting someone's

fives that you don't like when you're in an argument as if it gets your point across.



And i completely get where he's coming from. I liked the first three protest albums, and I listen to

progressive metal enough to know that this is a lazy, drunken effort by a band who doesn't care

anymore with a vocalist that's become so self-absorbed and devoid of any creative melody

contributions that he should dive under a tractor. It's not embarrassingly bad but they certainly

weren't trying. I feel more disappointment than anything"[2]

Album Rating: 4.0

i was about to get annoyed but then i realized xeno listens to mostly post-rock and indie-rock. i really have to wonder why he even bothered to review this album in the first place. this review is biased to the point that i almost feel like he did this just to incite drama.



He has Kezia 4'd moron.

Album Rating: 3.0

that may be true Fear, but that doesnt make this album good.

Album Rating: 4.5

To be fair, noting what someone rates other things or normally listens to really can determine how seriously you should personally take a person's opinion.



For instance, if someone only listens to smooth jazz, then says "Volition sucks"... Well, I'm cool with them liking smooth jazz, but we clearly value different things, so, whatevs.



That said, if he 4'd Kezia, he's not as far removed as someone who listens to only smooth jazz. (Or insert some other genre there, if you prefer.)

Album Rating: 3.0

I'm gonna find me some smooooooth jazz

What about smoother Jazz?

Album Rating: 1.5

only hipsters listen to smooth jazz nigs