Album Rating: 4.5

allah is one of the boldest rock songs i have ever heard

Album Rating: 5.0

Allah is a great song and I don't even like that album

Album Rating: 4.0

Allah is so needlessly repetitive, and that’s a pet peeve for me.

Album Rating: 5.0

It's okay, drizzles. You too contain Allah, Allah, Allah.

Album Rating: 4.0

lol

Album Rating: 5.0

The review says that the album goes five songs without Aaron uttering a scream. I'm pretty sure in the climax of "Tortoises..." there are multiple vocal tracks on top of one another, one of them is Aaron screaming his brains out while two others sing in harmony with one another.



It sounds like something similar is going on in the final chorus of New Wines, New Skins too? Namely in the line "'God's Will' or 'Come What Fortune Gives'"



Anyone else hear the same?

Album Rating: 5.0

Honestly it's possible. There's so much to digest and I could have missed some screams mixed into the background.

Album Rating: 4.5

Aaron sounds like he is exorcising a demon in Wendy & Betsy, goddamn

Album Rating: 4.0

That track is so good. Really loving Tortoises too.

If I just midly enjoyed the EP will I dig this? For the record, I dig that album that dbizz rec'd me.

Album Rating: 4.5

this is better than the EP so you might dig this more, I think there's more to grasp onto here and a lot more to take in

Album Rating: 4.5

It just hit me that the lyrics on Michael are about Aaron's brother...fuck

i don't want to sound like a buzzfeed article but "Allah" was really powerful for me when it came out and it's still powerful for me now, and reflects well on a band willing to explore other permutations of an Abrahamic God -- while it might seem kind of "in" now, the scene in 2009 was very, very different

I think the first half of this rekkid is like Aaron Weiss ft. misc. musicians and the second half integrates the band more fully. the second half is on another level for me but may i just need time idk

Album Rating: 5.0

@YourDark: would love to hear your interpretation

Album Rating: 5.0

wow, this is an easy five. the album is absolutely amazing

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah I'm at a point that I can confidently say this is better than Pale Horses. Only question is whether it can contend with Brother, Sister or Catch For Us The Foxes. I still think those albums might both be ever so slightly better but it's a damn accomplishment to be in that conversation.

Album Rating: 4.0

this shit is hard

Album Rating: 4.5

I think it's about Aaron struggling to cope with living so far from home (2, 459 miles, apparently). A lot of the lyrics seem to be him expressing his anxieties about parenting while talking to his brother on the phone and catching up about what their kids are doing these days, how their health is, etc. There's this continued sense of Aaron losing grip on his identity and beliefs (two themes that run through most of the LP and EP) and feeling like perhaps his brother used to ground him in those things to a certain extent, which is slowly slipping.



Just my take of course. But yeah, this album is incredible.

Album Rating: 4.5

fuck

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Someone on reddit said that this could have ended with "Cities" from the ep. I love the way this ends but I wonder how a playlist with both this and songs from the ep will work.