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EyesWideShut
May 28th 2019


6130 Comments


High Violet > Boxer > TWFM > Alligator >> SSDL > IAETF >> SWB > ST

TWFM has a couple generic Natty joints but the highs are excellent

Marehelm
May 28th 2019


870 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Am I the only one who finds the production on TWFM off in some places? Like Graceless, I Should Live in Salt and others lack some depth, some kind of low-end that's there in tracks like Demons, Sea of Love, and Dont Swallow the Cap?

Marehelm
May 28th 2019


870 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Please don't tell me I'm the only one

BigHans
May 28th 2019


30959 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Alligator, Boxer, and HV are all hard 5s. Can't rank them. I've been trying for 9 years and its pointless.

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
May 28th 2019


21029 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

TWFM does have flaws, some plodding/generic moments and the production does wear on me when I listen to most or the whole album at once. But on the other hand it has like 5+ of their best songs and there's nothing bad, so I also understand people who consider TWFM their best. For me the previous three and SWB eclipse it though. This is their worst since the debut imo

Marehelm
May 29th 2019


870 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

The production kills so many songs on that album for me. Pink Rabbits as well.

DoofDoof
May 29th 2019


17371 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

I’d still take songs over production



Not that the production on TWFM has even bothered me :/

tommygun
May 29th 2019


27148 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0

Boxer is obviously the GOAT natty album with the GOAT natty production, especially the fuckin CRISPY drums



that intro on brainy gets me rock hard

tommygun
May 29th 2019


27148 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0

HV has overall worse production than TWFM for my money



super fuzzy in parts and it degrades into an indistinguishable mess in certain 'climax' moments e.g. end of terrible love



everything about lemonworld is perfect though :D

DoofDoof
May 29th 2019


17371 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

HV’s first half is too murky even for The National

DoofDoof
May 29th 2019


17371 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

Also: the most ‘alt bumped’ score of 2019?



Lot of shaky looking accounts 5’ing this

Lucman
May 29th 2019


5537 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

I love the fuzz in HV's case and the murkiness works so well for TWFM. Alligator has the weakest production for me. Real thin and ill-defined.

DoofDoof
May 29th 2019


17371 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

Correct on Alligator, the album lacks punch - does sound a teeny bit amateur in places



Always said: transitional



Especially in terms of production, Boxer sounds a million dollars and Alli...just doesn’t

Marehelm
May 29th 2019


870 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah, but my thing is, it seems to me like the production varies from track to track on TWFM from deep and murky to thin and fragile. Or am I just crazy?

DoofDoof
May 29th 2019


17371 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

Well the songs themselves vary from thin and fragile to murky in style...so...eh?

Marehelm
May 29th 2019


870 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yea, but the sound of Graceless and Pink Rabbits and others just seem so weak. Where's the low end, where's the depth?

DoofDoof
May 29th 2019


17371 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

I mean Need My Girl and Fireproof are going to be far more airy than your Last Times and Demons.



I can’t really fault that album so you might be right but either I don’t get it or I don’t hear it as a problem issue

DoofDoof
May 29th 2019


17371 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

I’ll check the end of Pink Rabbits

Marehelm
May 29th 2019


870 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

They could be so good if given a bit more punch and depth like Dont Swallow or Demons

Marehelm
May 29th 2019


870 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah, it is a real possibility that I'm just crazy



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