Album Rating: 5.0

And I'll touch on this in my (suddenly quite late arriving) review - but I think the balance between screaming and singing here is struck quite perfectly, especially with how intense and unhinged that side of Aaron has become. It's suddenly a very heavy tool and it'd be draining if used throughout the album. Hitting listeners hard with it at the beginning and then repressing it until letting loose again at the end - but this time more ferocious and now heavily distorted is extremely well-though out and matches the concept nearly flawlessly.

Album Rating: 5.0

"Michael" is just...it's beyond disorienting. I still don't even know how to process that song. It is easily my favorite track on the album so far.

Album Rating: 5.0

yeah I've been listening to it for some time now and I'm only beginning to process it

it's downright harrowing

Album Rating: 5.0

It's probably the perfect distillation of how I feel about this album. I love it, but I'm still processing it. My top 3 tracks right now are probably: Michael, Wendy & Betsy, and Tortoises. The whole album is flawless though.

Album Rating: 5.0

Niiice. Michael, Julia, then W&B for me. 9:27 and Hydra are also up there. I really like the tracks where he screams the most.

Album Rating: 5.0

And yeah, and I think it took me four days of listening to Michael to even begin being able to put it into words. It's by far the most out-there, psychedelic and ugly the band has ever been, and from my first-listen I knew that as well-done and profound as the songs that came before it were, [Untitled] is a record defined solely by that one song. I think the emotional bareness of New Wine New Skins is an incredibly affecting lead-in to that utter chaos as well.

Album Rating: 4.0

Wow, after one listen I'm realizing I'll need at least 5 more listens before I can accurately judge this thing. My early favorite is Tortoise, and 9:27 absolutely kicks ass

Album Rating: 4.5

AOTY. Completely unexpected.

Album Rating: 4.0

Had my first two listens today. I'm not blown away but I sense so much growing room with this. There is a lot going on here - too much to digest at the moment.

Album Rating: 5.0

Michael is so fucking good. wow.

Album Rating: 5.0

Michael is god-tier. There's an intensity to this whole album that has little to do with Weiss screaming, and that track embodies it all.

Album Rating: 4.0

Is there a better lyricist in rock than Weiss? Serious question.

Album Rating: 5.0

Hmmmmm...

No.

Album Rating: 4.0

Fucking finally going to get to hear this in an hour or so.

Album Rating: 4.5

Michael didn’t click for me the first lesson - I was more distracted by the mix then engaged with the song. Not that the mix was bad, it was just too overwhelming

Album Rating: 5.0

"it was just too overwhelming"



I think many people won't be able to comprehend what exactly just hit them the first few listens. The song is meant to be overwhelming. It's downright claustrophobic - that's what makes it so uncomfortable and, in a way, terrifying. But, if you're anything like me, it will continue to unveil itself to you more and more as the days go by.

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Listening to the ep then diving into this record makes the impact so much greater. An unbridled masterpiece this thing is and somehow more than I was ever hoping or expecting.

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

And what's this I hear about Cities being a weak song? That and August are among the best songs they've ever written.

Album Rating: 3.5

That average lmaooooooooo y'all WILD. Solid record though, big step up from Pale Horses on all fronts

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