Album Rating: 5.0
In the dark months of April and May
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Best Dead Can Dance song the Cocteaus ever made
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Album Rating: 3.5
I liked this, but it needs more highlighlts,
most songs were like 4/5's
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Did you skip the first two albums?
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Album Rating: 3.5
I went out of order
Started with Treasure years ago, then listened to Blue Bell Knoll, then like last yearish Heaven or Las Vegas, and I just heard Victorialand like and hour ago or so
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Always thought this was one of their weakest
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opener is godtier tho
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Album Rating: 3.5
I agree, Lazy Calm and Little Spacey stood out to as the best ones upon first listen
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The closer is almost as good as the opener
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off
Little Spacey is one of the weaker ones imo, too repetitive and not atmospheric enough to excuse it. Although it certainly stands out since it's more rhythmic than the rest. Lazy Calm is one of their best though, it's impeccable.
This is my second favorite 80s full-length they did. Also the most atmospheric along with Moon & the Melodies. Getting rid of the drum computer certainly helped, too.
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Album Rating: 3.5
I see it’s repetition as strength.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Robin Guthrie is god
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off
Well, he's apparently kind of a jerk and responsible for the awful, horrible remasters, so no. His guitar tone, however, is definitely god
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Album Rating: 4.5
The Thinner The Air is so majestic.
Great album.
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off
I think Lazy Calm is one of my favorite songs of the 80s. An early peak for dream pop.
Most of the genre is just trying to recapture that pureness.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Yeah agreed. Perfect track.
I think this is one of their calmer efforts, and it works beautifully.
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off
Definitely. Moon & the Melodies is the only one that's even calmer, with its stronger emphasis on ambient. I imagine these two albums as siblings, or something along those lines. They go really well together.
Fun fact, they got a new studio after Treasure and toyed around with the new possiblities, in the process recording enough songs for an album, which would have been the Treasure follow-up. But they decided to release them over two EPs instead (Tiny Dynamine and Echoes In a Shallow Bay) and make a new, more fleshed-out full-length instead, which was this one. Ironically, I don't think the EPs are notably worse than this.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Oh nice! I always forget to check EPs but with these guys I'll make sure to check them. Sounds interesting to hear what they did without the pressure of making full-length-worthy material.
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off
They have a ton of EPs and singles, which can be kinda overwhelming. Most of them are worth checking out though, especially those two!
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Album Rating: 4.5
Yeah I guess that's the reason I usually skip them. Especially since you never know whether there are any new tracks on them or if they're just singles. But these two sound interesting enough!
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