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arapinho1
June 3rd 2025


451 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

fuckin hell this is boring

DadKungFu
Emeritus
June 3rd 2025


6144 Comments

Album Rating: 4.2

The lead vocals aren't that great, they have maybe a sort of charm, but it's still not quite there for my personal preference. He sounds untrained, to my ears. Yes, post-rock is known for its long and drawn-out songs, but this is just excessive, and then when the big crescendo moments happen, they are just overbearing. There is so many layers, so much dissonance, it becomes incredibly off-putting. The best post-rock will completely detach themselves from that "crescendo-core" philosophy. They will focus on making great songs, they don't focus on making it mind-numbingly long. Sometimes it can be a shorter song, but it still resonates far more than this album ever could.

TheArtofTheGanja
June 3rd 2025


457 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

second half of the album is better

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
June 3rd 2025


116634 Comments


LMAO DAD.

Veldin
June 3rd 2025


5894 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I see what you did there DadKungFu. They also gave Hubardo a 1/5 so I don’t trust a damn word

TheArtofTheGanja
June 3rd 2025


457 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Tundra is trolling, he wrote the “undeniable regal divinity” soundoff for Sleep Token

FrozenFirebug
June 3rd 2025


1196 Comments


quintessential 3.0 band that becomes a 3.5 band if you perform enough deadlifts to paralyze yourself for 2 days straight and then take a bunch of kava tincture and caffeine pills before putting on a record and staring at the wall for hours on end
that's the mindset you need to be in to enjoy swans' overlong albums, inability to do anything else + a mildly altered state of calm and stimulated
in other words mamma mia post rock sure is a shitty genre

@ the guy who asked how to appreciate 2hr albums

TheArtofTheGanja
June 3rd 2025


457 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

mamma mia post rock? the fuck are you on about?

Veldin
June 3rd 2025


5894 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Really surprised people are so fussed about the length? Maybe it’s just my love of prog rock and experimental music, but 10-20 mins songs aren’t that uncommon or absurd. Especially considering there’s only 7 songs, this record actually feels pretty brief. And to those who rebuttal with something like, “yeah but it’s boring”, eh I disagree. Lots to take in and enjoy whether it’s the quiet moments of space or the heavy layered movements of noise. /taking the bait

Comatorium.
June 3rd 2025


5525 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

The people calling this boring tend to have shit taste so take it with a grain of salt lol

Scoot
June 3rd 2025


24149 Comments


this band is just something else man

they might have the best discography in music history

TheArtofTheGanja
June 3rd 2025


457 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

nothing below a 3 and multiple 5’s plus the sheer girth of it all makes them a strong contender. been my favorite band since high school

zethmal
June 3rd 2025


12 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Mind-numbingly boring

Djang0
June 4th 2025


1169 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Oh man I'm really giving this a shot but 3 tracks in and I'm a bit shocked at how bored I am. Might just have to be in the right headspace for it

TheArtofTheGanja
June 4th 2025


457 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Skill issue

Flashmobba
June 4th 2025


3458 Comments


such an annoying band

TheArtofTheGanja
June 4th 2025


457 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

https://x.com/DANGER0USJB/status/1930114513291854212

RadioSuicide
June 4th 2025


2875 Comments


Bad take

MillionDead
June 4th 2025


6307 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

These droning climaxes make me feel like my character arc is resolving in Midsommar lol

FurtherDown
June 4th 2025


586 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

ad Seer discussion: I agree the title track is not its highlight, but Lunacy and all four tracks on second disc, especially A Piece of the Sky and Song for the Warrior, are still pretty unique in post-reunion band's catalogue, elevate the whole thing to 5 easy and I don't see anything elitist about it haha



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