Album Rating: 2.5

album is boring

Album Rating: 4.5

What grinds my gears is that whenever someone makes something a little crazy and strange, people like mcg182 call them pretentious.

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

@Absentia



I agree with you on that as a whole but the lyrics on this are pretty ridiculous



again and i cant stretch this enough the atmosphere and arrangements are like



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Album Rating: 4.0

this review inspired me to listen to this again, thanks mcg182!

"whenever someone makes something a little crazy and strange, people like mcg182 call them pretentious."

Eh.. I don't think it's really that. Bath isn't any less strange than this. If anything it's more strange.. and he clearly likes that album. It seems like the weirdness wasn't the deterrent, it was more the the fact that he felt this just didn't sound like maudlin of the Well to him.. more like Kayo Dot doing an impression of motW.

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

yeah his reasoning for this not being good seems to be mostly because its not m/ enough for him

Album Rating: 4.5

Bands change. Only the worst bands sound the same throughout their whole careers. Also, complaining that motW has Kayo Dot influences is ridiculous since they share most of the members.

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah. You summed it up pretty well, NT:



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lol he thinks its made of bath/body map interludes because it has no heavy sections which makes him mad.



its not as good as Bath or Body but its beautifully composed, brilliantly produced for an underground music album and retains toby's mastery of atmospheric composing beautifully



album is great



review is not



/thread"

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

lol motw having kayo dot influences



that really is the dumbest thing ive ever heard

"Bands change. Only the worst bands sound the same throughout their whole careers. Also, complaining that motW has Kayo Dot influences is ridiculous since they share most of the members. "

I mean I never said I agreed with his negative opinion about the band changing up their sound. But I just think it's kind of a quick, unfounded judgement to say that people like this reviewer will hear something weird and just immediately write it off as pretentious. He obviously likes other strange albums.. even some by this band. And plus his whole reason for not liking it wasn't really because it was weird.. he just didn't like the direction Toby went in. So yeah I just think it was kind of an unfair judgement to make, that's all.

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

yeah bath is definitely weirder than this



but a 5 though

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

dont its a stupid review

Album Rating: 4.0

"What bothers me the most about this album is not the album itself."



This sort of thing should tell pretty much everyone that it's a shitty review. low score derived not

from the actual MUSIC.

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

what bothers me most about this album is its not m/ enough is what hes trying to convey



like bro we get it you like every single cliche melo-death album get over it

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

I've listened to The Human Abstract, Maudlin of the Well, Kayo Do Unexpect, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Arcturus, Tool, Neurosis, and a lot of other experimental artists, and this is the only album I found pretentious. So shut up, Mr. Know It All. Also, when mental retardation is completely relevant to what you're saying, then yes, I'd say it's mature.

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

feanaro, lots of reviewers on this site say how much they hate the album based on the fact that it was supposed to deliver some nostalgia and innovation, but ended up ripping off other artists and being lazy.

Album Rating: 4.0

Well, the truth is I don't really think the album is that bad. If I'm being fair, I'd even go as far as to say that it is a great album. But that doesn't detract from what I said about me hating this album.



uh

Album Rating: 4.0

get off him, guys

and him, stop calling guys retarded

^^ Exactly. Completely goes against what he's saying in the review, and his review score.

Album Rating: 5.0

"This experimental band doesn't sound the same as they did on previous albums" is basically what I got from this. Imagine that, an experimental band that tries different things. Huh.