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Irving
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January 8th 2011


7496 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Nice! That said, I hope my review does justice to the album, and that I described the experience well enough =S



Are you familiar with any of their previous releases, Sowing? I hear BV3K's earlier stuff is waaaaay better.

Sowing
Moderator
January 8th 2011


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Nope, this is the first I have heard

Irving
Emeritus
January 8th 2011


7496 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Right on; well, it got me piqued enough to go and try out the band's earlier works. But of course, I'll only do it after I know TDAG front to back ;)

Aids
January 8th 2011


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thanks Irving, listening to the song on that link.

pretty good, I'm not sure this is my jam though

Irving
Emeritus
January 8th 2011


7496 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Most welcome Aids; well, hopefully it grows on you, but even if it doesn't there's loads of even better stuff out there.



Out of curiosity, what do you usually listen to anyway? (very open-ended question, I know LOL)

Irving
Emeritus
January 8th 2011


7496 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Random observation: the tracklist - longer than this review. I see what Genocide meant now when he called it "cute", LOL.

Aids
January 8th 2011


24880 Comments


"what do you usually listen to anyway"

hmmmm, post-rock, hardcore, indie, prog mostly, I've been getting into different areas of electronica and some hip-hop.

I'm down for pretty much anything that isn't country (although as I type I'm listening to Taylor Swift hahahhaaha so who knows)

Irving
Emeritus
January 8th 2011


7496 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

^ Hahahah you sound like a flaky character XD

Aids
January 8th 2011


24880 Comments


eclectic maybe

not flaky

Irving
Emeritus
January 8th 2011


7496 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

That's a better word choice Aids. English still trips me up sometimes - do accept my apologies.

Fugue
January 9th 2011


7371 Comments


So this doesn't really sound like my sort of thing, but if I'm bored somethime I might give it a listen. As for the review, well most people have already said how good it is and all so without wanting to repeat anyone, good job.

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
January 9th 2011


38329 Comments


So this is actually pretty good.

Irving
Emeritus
January 9th 2011


7496 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

@ mutatedfreek: Thanks man; it's much appreciated. If you ever feel like a sampler, I feel that this here is your best bet: http://info.audiogram.com/bv3-grace/



(it's of the album's first single Grace)



@ Gyro: It is quite enjoyable, isn't it? =)

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
January 9th 2011


38329 Comments


It really is, I'm glad that you introduced me to this.

Irving
Emeritus
January 9th 2011


7496 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Will bill you for services later =p

Fugue
January 9th 2011


7371 Comments


Actually, that wasn't half bad. I might investigate the rest of this sometime later this week.

Irving
Emeritus
January 9th 2011


7496 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I hope you do! Have fun man =)

Irving
Emeritus
January 9th 2011


7496 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Goddammit listening to Grace got me hooked again o.O



IF YOU LOOK HARD ENOUGH YOU'LL FIND A WINDOW; A WINDOW OF GRACE!!

Willie
Moderator
January 17th 2011


20672 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I listened to this enough to finally rate it and I'm going to stick with a "3" for the reasons I stated earlier. It's a step in the right direction, but they're not very fun anymore.

Irving
Emeritus
January 17th 2011


7496 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

That seems like a fair rating - to be honest with you, a bit of the fun has worn off for me as well. A 4.0 seems a bit too high at this point, but it was good while it lasted so I'll keep the score at that.



I've heard a couple of fans say that this new direction - although interesting - wasn't playing to the band's strengths. They said it felt like "white boy posturing", lol.



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