Album Rating: 4.0

I was expecting this to be more unanimously loved here tbh but I guess the microtonal shit aint everyones bag

Album Rating: 4.0

I love this type of microtonal stuff. Different genres of course, but y'all should check Scarcity. They're a microtonal bm band with some crazy ass riffs.

I listened to Vol. I and II straight through in a row, and I think that was a mistake.

Album Rating: 3.5

"At least, I can see it being a little tiring on first listen"



That's it right there. While interesting, the music is a bit same-y in structure and sound, so by the time Vol. I was done I was a little worn out on the formula. But I don't want to let that jade my rating for Vol. II, so I need to go back and listen to Vol. II by itself.

Album Rating: 1.0

@MTO That’s exactly what happened to me. I listened to Vol 1 into Vol II and it all sounded the same

Album Rating: 3.5

"I listened to Vol 1 into Vol II and it all sounded the same"



Yeah, I think the band was smart in crafting their albums a bit shorter (~35 minutes). Too long and it wears out its welcome pretty hard. But I can't fault the album for my misstep of listening to both straight through in one sitting.

tough aesthetic for me to get into

Album Rating: 3.5

shush bigtuba

Album Rating: 5.0

I understand there's repetition here, it's math rock after all, but there also lots of tension building, progression, and climactic crescendos on most tracks (especially the last 3), so not sure why this isn't at least acknowledged by unimpressed listeners.

Can appreciate the skill and creativity but I don't feel any enjoyment listening to it

'I was expecting this to be more unanimously loved here tbh but I guess the microtonal shit aint everyones bag'

if they weren't blowing up in the mainstream seemingly out of nowhere all of a sudden more people would like it on this site probs

Album Rating: 4.5

Album slaps. Vol I isn't bad but I think this one is more delightfully weird and they really came into their own here

Have seen it argued that this band's rising popularity derives precisely from the way in which their utilisation of microtonality never fails to consistently reinvoke a stable diatonic tonal centre appealing to conventional (Western) aesthetic sensibilities and how their grooves, no matter how apparently strange, always fit within predictable, evenly divisible hypermetric rhythmic loops. Depending on your own preferences this emphasis on a salient middle ground between strange complexity and conventional simplicity will either hit the sweet spot or bore you (to death). I am afraid, based on my rather limited listening experience with this group, that I tend more towards the latter than the former. But with music, it is, in the end, a matter of 'to each their own.'

y'all need Magma

That's some tool-fan-level word salad there.

Album Rating: 3.0

Nah the microtones are cool my issue is the physical limitations are also limiting the song structure. So the unpredictability only comes in them... not doing something. Like I really like that Fabienk groove and build up in the second half, but it builds up to nothing, shame.

Album Rating: 4.7

Awful takes

^MementoMori is that a shitpost? Because what the fuck

This sounds like onomatopoeia of french people fucking in black and white movies. That's why most people don't like it.

Album Rating: 3.5

Listened through Vol. II by itself and found the experience much, much better. Their work is very fun in a smaller package. I'm glad I didn't rate before going back and trying it a different way!