You remind me of how bad DAMN. is

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah that album is fuckin horrendous

Album Rating: 3.5

I thought I loved this at the beginning, but maybe I was just too drunk when I listened to it



Yeah 3.5 - bed head best confirmed

Album Rating: 3.0

This has definitely grown on me (after the initial post-hype dip), Bed Head through to Let it Storm is a really great run.

Album Rating: 4.0

I know the production here is so layered and textured and dense but it honestly feels muddy and muted here. Black Mile somehow used that to its advantage (I believe a certain staffer described it as 'cavernous'), but here it just feels ...neutered. the end of Bed Head should be way more powerful than it is



I love this band but I'm afraid my rating is gonna end up in the 3-3.5 range

Album Rating: 4.0

@Project and @Demon I kinda agree with you both. Album feels like its growing a bit, but I am not sure this is more than like a 3.7 for me. For comparison I jammed Science Fiction after listening to this a couple times through this morning and it is just not in that 4.5/potential classic range. It has its moments, but doesn't reach the heights I was hoping for.

Album Rating: 4.5

This > Science Fiction

Well that’s an interesting opinion

"I know the production here is so layered and textured and dense but it honestly feels muddy and muted here. Black Mile somehow used that to its advantage (I believe a certain staffer described it as 'cavernous'), but here it just feels ...neutered. the end of Bed Head should be way more powerful than it is"

That's a great point. Reminds me of more recent National albums

this is what the kids call overproduced tae fuck. unlike the most recent National album, this ain't for a lack of substance, but fuck me if I'm not tempted to rejam in full until individual tracks grow a little

the production isn’t the problem per say, more the fact that they can’t hide their lack of ideas behind murky sound design with this album (:

Kinda how I felt about PUP’s Morbid Stuff, tho a different genre

Album Rating: 3.0

This obliterates the most recent Natty, but I can’t protest too much re their collective production failings.

Morbid Stuff has razorsharp songwriting (almost) across the board, I don't get the comparison
am also unsure whether or not this album has a lack of ideas but tbh I care little enough to take your word for it for the time being ;]

Can’t really blame it on the production. I’m a Modern Production Apologist.

Morbid Stuff has the problem where it lacks identity cuz it hardly sounds like PUP anymore idk. Maybe the songs are razor sharp I guess, I don’t really agree, but it all sounds so generic. Good production is good, but it can affect a band’s charm.

Transitioning to a more modern production style is just difficult. Weird comparison but it’s like if a video game was traditionally made for handheld and they decide to release a title on console in HD. The transition is hard, even tho you can objectively accomplish higher fidelity designs on console.

which is why so many indie developers stick with a retro artstyle and engine

and yes I’m referring to pokemon

wait are you really bowler and not boler

yes, I’m a Nol who Bowls

crazy