Reviews also get the word out on certain artists, which can be far more valuable to an artist than whatever their Metacritic score is

Album Rating: 4.0

Except when this review came out the record wasn't only available through leaks, I picked it up from a show of theirs. Early reviews do not always mean they were sourced from leaked copies

Album Rating: 3.0

Ill look at editing the proper track names when I get home, currently lying in hospital (it'll be off front page by then anyway). I

agree with Jacob though, the purpose was mainly to spread the name of an artist I love and it's something many others do.

It's purely bad luck it's turned out to be an incorrect track listing.

Hope everything's alright, bud.

Which tracklisting is incorrect? The soundcloud, sputnik, and superball store tracklisting are all the same...

Album Rating: 3.0

Cheers Jacob, should be out Sunday all going well.



See what you mean Tom, pretty misleading. As I said, ill edit when I can.

Album Rating: 4.0

Man is this gorgeous or what, not getting the 'meh' reaction to this at all

Album Rating: 4.5

Been listening to this for a while now. I reviewed it myself for the mag I write for and 5'd it!



Love the dreaminess, you can just get lost in this thing

This, The Cotortionist and Sleepmakeswaves' new albums are easily the top 3 prettiest albums this year.

Album Rating: 4.0

Dude, This Will Destroy You's new album is out in two weeks. I have a copy - it's even prettier

Actually I'm not into this will destroy you that much. Checked the new album and wasn't impressed, seem to just drag IMO.

i know it was available legally when the review was put out. point is that the review was not based on the legal copy as evidenced by the incorrect description of the running order. the review is absolutely invalid and should be removed as track order is important to the composition of any album, and the artist intends it to be listened in a certain way. you wouldnt review an album based on only ever listening to it on shuffle would you? its completely invalid.

would you listen to a pink floyd album backwards and then claim that you have the authority to critique it? why should this album be any different?

Lol at the fact that you think you can tell others how to properly listen to music

Criticisms can be 100% valid for a particular album, even if it hasn't been ~absorbed~ in the way that you personally would prefer

ithis has nothing to do with me personally, its what the band created. this review is entirely based on the wrong "version" of the album. would you gladly publish a review to a movie website where the reviewer watched the ending of the movie before the beginning? its fucking ridiculous.

how is it that you can be a staff reviewer and not appreciate the fact that an albums track order is very important to the flow and therefore enjoyment of an album?

I personally wouldn't, no, and I get you wouldn't either. That's also pretty irrelevant.

Dan is able to write the review that he wants. He is a contributor, who does not receive the same treatment as staffers here do (this affects Metacritic in absolutely no way, shape or form, for instance.) Freelance writers will provide what they want to provide to this site, and as a user, you have every right to moan and bitch about its being there. Ain't that neat?

This website is a learning opportunity for all sorts of writers, and if we deleted everything we thought was carelessly written it's not that we'd just learn less about writing from this site- it's that we'd have far less content. Fair enough if you value good reviewing, but temper those expectations if you want a primarily user-based site to excel in so many ways.

ok you make a fair point regarding the purpose of the site. this reviewer isnt a staffer. id hope the staff reviews are held under more scrutiny.

Sounds like every post rock album ever pretty much.

"if we deleted everything we thought was carelessly written it's not that we'd just learn less about writing from this site- it's that we'd have far less content."

True... yet also hilarious in a given light.