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Nomos2
October 17th 2022


1905 Comments


yup Invading... still slaps hard

Mongi123
May 11th 2023


22036 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Oh hot damn Invading The World is so propulsive I looove it

Pikazilla
May 11th 2023


29931 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

disagreed

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
May 11th 2023


60750 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Invading is like what if garageband songwriting = quarter-life capitalisist crisis x more guitars

don't particularly dislike that one, but it's such a shapeless nothing-song

Pikazilla
May 11th 2023


29931 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

could say that about all the long cuts on this record



absolute snoozefests

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
May 11th 2023


60750 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

the long cuts do have shape it is long

cut Infinite Josh in half, amputate that cancerous post-rock noodle [2]

dedex
Staff Reviewer
May 11th 2023


12788 Comments

Album Rating: 3.8 | Sound Off

queen sophie still a banger

Project
May 11th 2023


5837 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

no the long songs are fantastic

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
November 15th 2023


60750 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

arbitrary spite bump

Squiggly
November 15th 2023


1274 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Love bump to counter Johnny’s spite bump

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
November 15th 2023


60750 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Gross

This is probably the most egregious example of how to overwrite guitar parts from a non-prog band this decade. So many notes of nothing here

Pikazilla
November 15th 2023


29931 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

yeah this is a textbook example of how not to do long emo songs

Project
November 16th 2023


5837 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

counterpoint: no

SlothcoreSam
December 1st 2023


6228 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

If anyone is looking for something similar, check the new one by Fear Not Ourselves Alone - DEAD DOG PARADISE (OR LIFE LIKE PARASITES​?​)



You know it is good when Pika gives it a 2.

Mongi123
December 1st 2023


22036 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

What the fuck kind of criticism is “so many notes of nothing”

Squiggly
December 1st 2023


1274 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

So many words of nothing

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
December 1st 2023


60750 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

play through Invading the World of the Guilty as a Spirit of Vengeance and tell me every note, or every riff, or every layering was remotely necessary to the development of the piece. horribly overwritten song

the guitar breaks in the second half as Infinite Josh aren't as indulgent melodically, but they're just as egregious structurally. so much of this songwriting here is high off its own smack, and it murders the record

Squiggly
December 1st 2023


1274 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I concur that the riffs in the first half of Invading might seem a bit aimless, but nonetheless the overly indulgent layering kinda makes it work for me. It feels like very wanky swancore carried to the conclusions of post rock. ”Horribly overwritten” more like “overly fun and grandiose”.

Mongi123
December 1st 2023


22036 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Well I simply can’t tell you that because I love that song.

Sowing
Moderator
December 3rd 2023


43983 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Grandeur is sort of the point here. It goes all out and it's not accidental. I can see how that could be a turn off to listeners who prefer stuff that's a bit more restrained, but to me this is the best thing they've ever done.



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