The World Is a Beautiful Place... Harmlessness
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LoLifant
October 2nd 2017


1577 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

So when is the Review coming? I would Write one But don't Want it to be pushend back by another one Released After it.

Slex
October 2nd 2017


17868 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I'm working on one but I'm also lazy as fuck so who knows

ashcrash9
Emeritus
October 2nd 2017


3492 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

can't wait for Treb's inevitable one-paragraph "it's no Brave Little Abacus, 2.5" "review"

Slex
October 2nd 2017


17868 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Lmfao true rho

Sowing
Moderator
October 2nd 2017


45524 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

This is definitely better than the new one. I'm not even sure how much I like the new one.

Conmaniac
October 2nd 2017


27771 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

why do they sound so damn happy in the new one

MarsKid
Emeritus
October 2nd 2017


21057 Comments

Album Rating: 3.1

It's happy emo, henceforth referred to is hemo



Traditional sad emo acts must now include a "no hemo" tag in their bandcamp descriptions

Conmaniac
October 2nd 2017


27771 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

usually a fan, feeling a light 3 on this new album. 3/4ths done. idk what it is about these guys but I just cant get into them other than Whenever, If Ever. something about them seems really ingenuine idk...

ashcrash9
Emeritus
October 2nd 2017


3492 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

for me it's not so much that their other stuff seems ingenuine, it's just that Whenever's one of the most unashamedly genuine emo albums ever and the rest feel hopelessly less so in comparison

Conmaniac
October 2nd 2017


27771 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

that's quite the truth right there. last three songs on this new album are everything the other 8 tracks tried to be and more. still doesn't put this at Whenever's level but it's above this I guess

BlushfulHippocrene
Emeritus
October 2nd 2017


4053 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

"why do they sound so damn happy in the new one"

Is this earnest? Because I could not agree more, the album sounds so despondent to me; the band seem to grow more and more disillusioned (perhaps wrongfully so, but nevertheless) with each release. I think also that, though Blank #12 seems (for now) unengaging and rather misplaced, the run from Gram to Infinite Steve is some of the band's best work. I'd argue that while Harmlessness was more immediate - and far, far less disjointed (I hate Blank #12, it feels tacked on for the sake of tradition, and although Dillon and Her Son is a great song it doesn't seem to quite fit) - the new album is a lot more mature, musically and definitely lyrically. IMO, while the band still haven't quite hit their stride, and I agree Whenever is their best album, there is a lot of growth here.

Conmaniac
October 2nd 2017


27771 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

it was earnest at the time, which was 3 songs in.

BlushfulHippocrene
Emeritus
October 2nd 2017


4053 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Yay, you gave it a three. :hugging:

Conmaniac
October 2nd 2017


27771 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

still confused if you were agreeing with me or not tho blush but yeah I enjoyed it more than this for sure. might even be a 3.5

BlushfulHippocrene
Emeritus
October 2nd 2017


4053 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I like the album a lot. To be honest, I only read that one comment of yours and it intrigued me, I probably jumped the gun in responding. (:

Conmaniac
October 2nd 2017


27771 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

vocal melodies/inflections seemed strangely uplifting in the first two songs IMO but it definitely stopped after that. last three tracks are rly solid tho, it just seems like they are beating the whole post-rock thing over our heads

Slex
October 2nd 2017


17868 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

This album is seriously a trillion times more disjointed than the new one I truly don't understand

luci
October 2nd 2017


12844 Comments


Yeah it makes this one worse by comparison, new one has a fully realized, weary vibe. One of the better Trump's America releases in the indie scene (definitely isn't a happy record). At a 3.7 for me

Highlights: Faker, Gram, For Robin (my bb), Marine Tigers, Infinite Steve

Slex
October 2nd 2017


17868 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Also, besides some too on the nose political posturing, I think the new one might be their best lyrically

BlushfulHippocrene
Emeritus
October 2nd 2017


4053 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

"Highlights: Faker, Gram, For Robin (my bb), Marine Tigers, Infinite Steve"

Yes hard. All of these are so amazing; For Robin is my current favourite, but Gram and Marine Tigers were perfect singles. The hook in Gram is orgasmic. I'm sorry for being sorry / The cause of anxiety.

My least favourite is probably The Future for now.



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