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Mort.
May 20th 2024


26402 Comments


baselines being the definition of a pseud and calling other people pseuds is hilarious

BaselineOOO
May 20th 2024


2843 Comments


Only Maynard James Keenan!

Mort.
May 20th 2024


26402 Comments


hmmm i apologise

i dont like tool and do think theyre fart sniffy

have a nice day

XingKing
May 20th 2024


16339 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"You just sparked something in me. I know I did a deep dive on this a few years back and the math gets a lot more complex quickly on this. If I recall right the whole $ per stream thing doesn't work out as simply as spotify opponents would like it to. I will see if I can find what I am referring to though."



1,000 streams from Spotify will net you $4 vs 1k streams from Tidal will earn $12.84. 1mil on Tidal will earn $12,840 vs Spotify's $4-7,000 payout. Also worth noting that Spotify will no longer pay artists who have less than 1k streams per song. RIP to the $40 I've earned. Curious to hear what you find. I hate streaming services and don't use any of them (Bandcamp + an Ipod of my entire music library) but ideally artists would be earning as much as possible from these predatory companies.

Wizard
May 20th 2024


20627 Comments


RIP Steve Albini.....

I love some of the lesser known albums he helped to produce back in the day.

MillionDead
May 20th 2024


6307 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

His production credits are just insane.

Stenny
May 21st 2024


24 Comments


I always thought of Steve as "what if Rivers was cool?".

Demon of the Fall
May 22nd 2024


39014 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

I know this is a difficult conversation to have, but can we all talk about how this pales in comparison to every Shellac album that preceded it? If I ignore everything surrounding this release and its timing, I’m not particularly impressed so far

Pikazilla
May 22nd 2024


32373 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

lol

DrGonzo1937
Staff Reviewer
May 22nd 2024


18931 Comments

Album Rating: 4.2

“I know this is a difficult conversation to have, but can we all talk about how this pales in comparison to every Shellac album that preceded it? If I ignore everything surrounding this release and its timing, I’m not particularly impressed so far”



Only, it’s literally as good as all their other albums, bar Italian greyhound which is my fave. What makes this slightly more appealing is that it’s a lot shorter than their other albums; so if you’re after a quick fix, this feels like it’s the obvious go-to.

gabba
May 22nd 2024


2819 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

It is not by any means outstanding by Shellac's standards, but taken out of the context in which it was released, I'd say it's very refreshing.

MillionDead
May 22nd 2024


6307 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah, without leaning into the posthumously released aspect of this LP, I think every other album is better than this apart from Greyhound, which I'd say is about equal.

Tyler.
May 22nd 2024


19035 Comments


Good album

Demon of the Fall
May 22nd 2024


39014 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

I think their better material is fairly evenly spread amongst their discog, with the exception of At Action Park, which is clearly their best



idk, might be wrong, but I can’t see myself revisiting this much through a lack of standout moments

FowlKrietzsche
Emeritus
May 22nd 2024


2459 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Finally getting around to this and I somewhat feel Demon's sentiment, except I am loving the highs. Some stuff definitely plays too Shellac-by-the-numbers tho. Going out on a song called 'I Don't Fear' Hell' is also hard af

XingKing
May 24th 2024


16339 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I think some of the tracks here are among their best, regardless of Albini's passing. Some songs might have benefited from being longer and exploring a little more but I like how concise and to the point this record is and that's one of it's strongest assets for me. No time to grow stale, only a quick slap to the face and on to the next track.

DoofDoof
May 24th 2024


17294 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

This is probably a 3.5 but after three listens it hasn’t done much for me so far

DrGonzo1937
Staff Reviewer
May 25th 2024


18931 Comments

Album Rating: 4.2

Basically exactly my thoughts on the matter Xing

Butkuiss
May 29th 2024


8745 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

TWO GUYS FROM WORK

WHO ARE NOT AT WORK

bighubbabuddha
July 11th 2024


1317 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah Doof, this is somewhere between a 3 and a 3.5



The guitar and bass tone are amazing, as a project it's just not that ambitious though



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