Album Rating: 5.0

Oh absolutely. I was secretly hoping for a Daisy-esque album from them -- but even then I was imagining Grand Paradise or 737 esque screams, not the holy motherfuck obliteration that Secret History delivers. And really, that level of intensity is largely maintained throughout.

Album Rating: 5.0

goated album goated band tbh

Album Rating: 4.5

Consistent af band for sure no doubt!

Album Rating: 5.0

I think I have to go back two decades (to the 2000s, not the 2010s) to find an album that had this same impact on me. Only one I can think of is TDAG.

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah as much as I love Brand New no album has hit me as hard as this one. Maybe it’s a time and place kind of thing but I think this just has so much more depth considering the current political climate.



This album is just something else man.

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah I agree actually. I can't say this had as big of an influence on my taste, but it's mostly because I didn't know much music back in 2006. How this made me feel was pretty similar, an even more remarkable feat considering how I now go through music like crazy and feel like I've heard it all.

Album Rating: 5.0

you think you’ve heard it all then a song like Secret History comes along and shatters your expectations.



Not ashamed to admit it, I was fucking crying my eyes out for many different reasons. Because of how goddamn fucking perfect the music is, because of how timely and relatable the lyrics are, because of the raw and DIY approach these guys took to this record (mad fucking respect), or because Conor is a generational talent and I don’t think I’ve ever in my life felt this much to some words shouted at me by a stranger. It’s perfect, I won’t deny it, and I feel sorry for the good folks who don’t see in this what we see.



Record is literally fucking flawless, I didn’t think anything would ever top Dirt by AiC or Jane Doe but these fucking midwestern ass nerds did it. I love this shit and hope they never stop. I hope I’m plugged into a fucking dialysis machine and am still jamming world ending tunes from these guys.

"Hall of Frozen Heads" is good. This album just made me uncomfortable at times from what I heard. I like heavy music but "Hell 99" was just a wall of noise. Someday I'll give this one another shake but my favorites are definitely 'Nearer my God' and further back still.

Album Rating: 5.0

Record is literally fucking flawless [2]

Album Rating: 3.5

yall are on crack. Half the songs off of this are incredible.

Album Rating: 5.0

I'm a firm believer in the album experience as a whole.



Some songs here are definitely better than others, but this thing delivers an absolutely chilling, mysterious vibe from front to end. I never feel the need to skip Cleaning or Dead Cat for example, because to me they feel vital to the album's emotional makeup.

Album Rating: 5.0

[2]

But yes Secret History, Hell 99, Greyhound, Looks Like Nothing, Gratitude, and Hall of Frozen Heads are all some of the best tracks released last year



Spit, Cleaning, Barking, Kentucky McD, and Dead Internet are just a notch below.



Dead Cat is a nice little interlude

Album Rating: 5.0

Pretty much agreed across the board there.



I'd qualify 7 of the album's 13 songs as "everything I've ever wanted from Foxing" status, or perfect/nearly perfect: Secret History, Hell 99, Greyhound, Looks Like Nothing, Gratitude, Dead Internet, Hall of Frozen Heads



I'd put 3 songs in the "strong but not elite" bucket: Spit, Barking, Kentucky McDonald's



And then another 3 in the atmospheric/emotional complementary role: Cleaning, Dead Cat, Cry Baby (important to note that I would not omit any of these -- Cleaning is arguably the saddest song from a loss perspective, Dead Cat is an eerie interlude/atmospheric piece, and Cry Baby is a nice ode to his wife).



Like, it's not 13/13 bangers, but no classic albums are.

Album Rating: 5.0

They’re masters at tension building, even across tracks. The sequencing on this record is perfect

Album Rating: 5.0

Absolutely. That's why I don't put too much stock in the strength of individual tracks... if this was released as one 56 minute track, I'd love it the same. I mean I get that others like Feather still wouldn't like certain parts, but yeah...different strokes etc. I think if you chop Cleaning, Dead Cat, and Crybaby (which I perceive to be the consensus "weak songs" according to Sputnik), you still have a 5/5 album, but it loses a little bit of the spark that makes it an AOTD contender and not just an AOTY contender.

Album Rating: 4.5

As a whole unit this thing i really consistent

I love Foxing but this one has become kind of weird to me

One day this feels like a 5 and other days it is a 4, which i guess maybe has to do with my mood but i dont have that feeling with any other record in their discog. Maybe it is jsut because it is so chaotic and all over the place in so many ways it just gets overwhelming or a bit too much to digest at times lol

Album Rating: 5.0

ironic considering you avatar lmao



I get that. This is certainly their most varied release. I get why not all of it lands with everyone, but all of it landed with me soooooooo 6/5 goat album

Album Rating: 4.5

Touche!

I certainly dig this so i wont really argue with anyone calling this a masterpiece or a 5 or whatever. Some of the songs on this are among their best as well

Album Rating: 5.0

kill the buzzsaw please

Album Rating: 5.0

Am I the only one who feels like I'm wandering through an abandoned castle when I listen to this