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Sowing
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June 19th 2022


43997 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

weird indeed

this album has come to define what subtle perfection in music means to me

Colton
June 19th 2022


15427 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

my favourite thing about this album is the top notch Zak content it provided with him saying Ben talking about crows and then making his guitar sound like crows is the only interesting guitar moment of the past 20 years or something

zakalwe
June 19th 2022


39164 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

CRRRAAAAAAAWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!





Phenomenal album

anat
Contributing Reviewer
June 19th 2022


5775 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

all of Zak’s noonday dream assessments are entirely correct

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
June 19th 2022


47730 Comments

Album Rating: 3.6

baffling that no one last page mentioned Boat to an Island, the best song on this album,

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
June 19th 2022


60893 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

oh yeah that's a song that exists

Sowing
Moderator
June 19th 2022


43997 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I love A Boat To An Island On The Wall. Definitely a contender for best song here.

anat
Contributing Reviewer
June 19th 2022


5775 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

i like all the songs!

Sowing
Moderator
June 19th 2022


43997 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Me too; one of those albums where I hear one song and the urge to listen to the album in full is overwhelming

anat
Contributing Reviewer
June 19th 2022


5775 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

here is my definitive and non-arguable track ranking



1. someone in the doorway

2. nica libres at dusk

3. boat to an island pt i

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4. towing the line

5. murmurations

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6. the defeat

7. boat to an island pt ii

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8. what the moon does

9. there's yer man

Sowing
Moderator
June 19th 2022


43997 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Our rankings are pretty similar.



1. A Boat To An Island on the Wall

2. Nica Libres at Dusk

3. Towing the Line

4. Someone in the Doorway

5. Murmurations

6. The Defeat

7. What The Moon Does

8. Boat II

9. There's Your Man



Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
June 19th 2022


47730 Comments

Album Rating: 3.6

there's your man is a stinker ye



doorway would probably be my favourite without those truly dreadful backing vox that come in on the last chorus lol



y'all have defeat and boat 2 too low, absolute highlights

anat
Contributing Reviewer
June 19th 2022


5775 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

eh it’s only really moon and there’s your man that I would consider to be subpar, everything else is really great so the way the ranking looks is disingenuous

zakalwe
June 19th 2022


39164 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Impossible to rank for me. Towing the line might be in first place for personal reasons.

As an album I think this might actually be my fave of all time.

Sowing
Moderator
June 19th 2022


43997 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah there are times I hear Towing the Line and it's absolutely my favorite in that moment. It's got its own charm.

Sowing
Moderator
June 19th 2022


43997 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Def top 10 all time for me as an album.

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
June 19th 2022


47730 Comments

Album Rating: 3.6

I think this actually divides neatly into pairs as a ranking



Boat/Nica



Doorway/Defeat



Boat 2/Murmurations



Towing/Moon



six feet of absolute dirt



Mines/Man

BenThatsMyJamin
June 19th 2022


4013 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Boat 2 is an amazing ambient piece - just nails that lost in the desert, scorched by the sun vibe. One of the best here I would say

anat
Contributing Reviewer
June 20th 2022


5775 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Towing the line

I watched the host drink all the wine

And now I'm purring for a drop of anything

Slex
June 20th 2022


16654 Comments


The highlights here are just astounding, prefer I Forget tho



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