After ignoring AIC 2.0 for too long, I finally gave Black Gives Way a chance, and that album grew on me fast. It's a genuinely great album. So, wondering if the 2.0 iteration can do a 2nd great album... and then, no, not really. Maybe I need to give it more time, but after two listens I just can't find anything very memorable, really. I'll keep trying, I guess. But... disappointing.

Album Rating: 3.5

this one has some really high highs for me but a lot of it is mid to good AiC too



t/t, phantom limb and hung on a hook are my favorites

Album Rating: 4.0

Title track is full stop for sure one of my favorite songs they’ve ever made. It’s got such an intense atmosphere that just builds and builds. Shows you don’t have to be balls to the wall heavy to sound menacing as fuck.

Album Rating: 3.0

Agreeed, love the t/, definitely the best song on here. The video adds to the eerie and menacing quality

Album Rating: 4.0

Breath On A Window is one of my favorite AIC songs. The final 2 minutes of that song is absolute bliss. I can't believe that that song never took off for them.

Album Rating: 4.5

Sludgy, dreary masterpiece right here ... AIC 2.0 is damn good in it's own right