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Meborphus
June 6th 2024


440 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Been jamming this all week. Best DIIV for sure.

klap
Emeritus
June 7th 2024


12410 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

decent, kind of samey for me. Is the Is Are still their best imo

onionbubs
June 7th 2024


23796 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

everyone out is my highlight i think

Viraemias
June 8th 2024


682 Comments


Thanks Jesper! Finally a staff reviewer who recognizes the importance of embedding the actual music they're talking about under the review. I feel like this should be the standard.

Deadwing42
June 9th 2024


290 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I really, really enjoy this. In agreeance with the reviewer and everyone else saying that this doesn't really have any standouts; there are a few moments I favor, sure, but this album offers a very consistent and enjoyable vibe throughout. Easy going, not flashy at all, but there is a simple sort of bliss that it exudes. I dig it a lot.

Surtur
June 9th 2024


636 Comments


This is good but Deceiver was better (and by far their best imo)

gabba
June 9th 2024


2801 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I knew it would be a grower, and man, this album delivers. The atmosphere is subtle, yet so satisfying. Haven't heard a shoegaze release of this quality in a long time. I agree with many here that consistency is the key, the whole album is just one awesome wave.

gabba
June 9th 2024


2801 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I wrote somewhere that "Blankenship" is the pinnacle of indie rock (or at least sort of). However, it disrupts the flow on Deceiver, would have worked so much better as a non-album single. Here we don't have any standout tracks, which I find to be in the album's favor.

normaloctagon
June 10th 2024


5237 Comments


Agreed gabba

Agreed Surtur

JohnnyoftheWell
June 10th 2024


64287 Comments


"Finally a staff reviewer who recognizes the importance of embedding the actual music they're talking about under the review. I feel like this should be the standard."

fwiw it's not always possible to embed a stream for the album in question (only works for bandcamp or soundcloud), but absolutely no excuses for all those who have to opportunity to do so and don't. not naming names but

guess I'll check this soon too

theBoneyKing
June 10th 2024


24890 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Almost guaranteed Johnny will find this mid (unless this is able to scratch a similar itch as the latest Cloakroom for you) but for the refined (normie) gentleman like myself this is one of the best gaze/dream pop albums of late.

DoofDoof
June 10th 2024


17289 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

guess I need to revisit!

kevbogz
June 13th 2024


6688 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

damn this is real nice. band really knows how to write a catchy jangle

theBoneyKing
June 13th 2024


24890 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah I’m still jamming this almost daily, so good.

neekafat
Emeritus
June 15th 2024


26926 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

much prefer the guitar antics here to the vox, they just seem so locking in personality in comparison

climactic
June 24th 2024


22911 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

this is real good. less immediate than deceiver but ultimately prob better

SomeCallMeTim
June 24th 2024


5350 Comments


seeing Rudy K comment brings me baaaack shit

loveisamixtape
July 8th 2024


12471 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

soul-net is so fucked up good

Aerialist
October 4th 2024


358 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Revisited this on vinyl today and it went up an entire point. Incredibly subtle album but so much depth if you’re willing to dig. Lovely

zakalwe
December 14th 2024


41925 Comments


This is decent



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