this is fine. better than the debut for sure

this is the first album i have sent my dad to jam on fb in, like, ever

Album Rating: 3.5

That's cool. My dad just listens to Simply Red.

>Bowie would definitely be jamming this right now.


bowie also thought Lulu was the best thing lou reed ever made

lmao blessed take

its a based take in that at least its not his worst and metallica are def the worst thing about it

we also never would have gotten ziggy stardust without transformer and berlin so its quite curious

having 40 hrs to outgrow your influences is healthy ig

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Enjoyed this a decent amount on first go. Still feel like the vocal style is their weakest link (wish Isaac all the best of course though) but it works better here than on the debut for sure. “Snow Globes” is pretty amazing.

That's cool. My dad just listens to Simply Red[2]

also Beautiful South

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

This is about on par with The Beautiful South

Album Rating: 5.0

yeah its incredible agreed

If I had to pick a few words to describe this album they'd be:

longing, melancholic, lush, passionate, sentimental, male vocals, bittersweet, poetic, alienation, introspective, love, progressive, chamber music, epic, lonely, abstract, complex, depressive, warm, breakup, serious, autumn, atmospheric, suspenseful, anxious, existential, melodic, anthemic, sombre, romantic

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Very insightful yes

Album Rating: 2.5

a lot of this is compelling in the way it paints a picture of Isaac's mindset, and his recent statement definitely adds a lot of weight to that. Instrumentally it seems a lot more mature than FTFT too. pretty impressive evolution for a band to have in under a year. a good amount of it is a bit of a dour slog though innit

shut the fuck up

ok nice
now put your hands on your head and continue slowly

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

This one certainly feels much more genuinely emotive where as For the First Time had this air of pretension overhanging it that really held it back for me. “Chaos Space Marine” had me worried this would be more of the same in that respect, that song seemed pretty dire but “Concorde” immediately stepped it up.

Album Rating: 2.5

album is definitive proof that any amount of synonyms for "whiney" that start with the letter W can be applicable to an album and still be tolerated by johnny as long as the singer is not from north america

Album Rating: 2.5

like seriously you guys all fawn over this but Pure Comedy by FJM is a "slog"? ok

Album Rating: 2.5

also Concorde is pretty good but it and Bread Song are both a little too long winded and drawn out. Good Will Hunting is a highlight, they're good at adding a bit of dissonance to an otherwise fairly plain melody to add some tension without trying too hard. Basketball Shoes is too disjointed to justify its length