Album Rating: 4.0
class review sow, and an unbelievable milestone. makes me curious who has the most reviews on this site
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Album Rating: 5.0
It's me. I never forced out reviews to try to be the highest, it just sort of happened over the course of 10+ years, apparently I average about 40/yr. I'm sure as long as the site doesn't go under permanently, that someone will eventually surpass me.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Do you ever run into problems with repetition? I feel like after 400 reviews it could get hard to describe an album without using words/phrases/analogies that you've used a ton already. I haven't noticed this in your reviews at all, how do you do it?? lol
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Album Rating: 5.0
I appreciate that you think so, but I'm sure there's repetition in a lot of phrasings/descriptions. Would be almost impossible not to after 400 times. I do try to vary my approach between conversational, formal, personal, musical focus/lyrical focus, etc to try to keep things fresh.
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Album Rating: 3.0
I just can't say the atmosphere is pulling me in, it feels a bit flat and fake but I have no idea why. Will keep giving it spins cos i trust you'se opinions innit
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Album Rating: 4.5
really?? that's crazy, the atmosphere is what pulls me in the most. Pope, Suddenly, and On Your Worst Day in particular feel full of authentic atmosphere. Give it a few more spins before giving up! It's a grower in my experience
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Album Rating: 5.0
I think it helps if you focus in on the lyrics. That made the atmosphere click for me personally.
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Album Rating: 3.0
"As we desperately splash hues upon our canvas, pleading with the colors to make sense"
That's a beautiful fucking sentence.
Also, as a general point, it looks like you love asides but you need some em-dashes in your life—they will change your life.
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Great review as always Sowing! Congrats on 400. I must say I'm in love with this album. Thanks to Rowan for his phenomenal review and you for hyping it further. This album is an almost transcendental experience. I get to the end of tracks like Lay Here and Night Figures and I'm almost shaking. Never heard anything from this band, but this album has made me a fan. You could for real drown in the warm atmosphere this album provides. Such a entrancing record.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Goddammit this probably would have hit 4 again today if it weren’t for Papa
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Album Rating: 5.0
Thanks so much Sitar, that was admittedly one of my favorite sentences while writing this! And unless it's sarcasm, I think I possibly overuse dashes (-) as sentence connectors - so I'm sort of missing your point there or maybe overlooking it?
And hell yeah Danred, this is most definitely an immersive record, so glad you dig it!
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Album Rating: 4.0
All this high praise (and this review) has me wanting to check this out.
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Album Rating: 5.0
You should, Gonz. Not sure if it's your usual style but you might really like it.
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Album Rating: 3.0
Heh, no sarcasm. I love using dashes too and it's been drilled into me that that the appropriate dash to use in those situations is the em-dash without spaces—like the ones bookending this part of the sentence—rather than hyphens and spaces. :]
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Album Rating: 5.0
Oh I just didn't know what they were called lol. I use them normally but I made some edits from my phone after catching a few awkward phrasings and I don't think it automatically corrects to the right kind of dash. Anyhow, I am definitely a fan of them...in fact, once you start it's kind of a hard habit to break.
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Album Rating: 3.0
Ha! Tell me about it! I have to force myself to limit their use to no more than 1 pair per paragraph. :D
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Congrats on 400 reviews.
I'm getting close to my 100th review and IDK how to handle that
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Album Rating: 5.0
Thanks Calligy! For any milestone I've always chosen an album I have 5'd, but you could always buck the trend and write an epic 1 review lol.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Any ideas about the switch from "you" to "her" on Night Figures? It always bugs me when lyricists switch pronouns like that because it usually just seems like an oversight, but Aaron Marsh is definitely more intentional than that.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Wonderful review by the way.
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