Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Also fuck it, track ranking time

Blind Creature of Slime > Closet Door in the Room Where She Died > Oracle By Severed Head > Augoeides > Automatic Writing > Mental Shed

Album Rating: 4.5

Delicious bass (2) It still has a piecing synth tone but is a bit more upbeat. Different but still fits imo

Damn you got Automatic Writing too low!

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

I don't dislike Automatic Writing, but its so airy and drawn-out that it feels weightless. Most times I listen to it, I don't feel as engaged as I do with Closet Door or Oracle.

I really fuck with Toby's delivery of "I remember our last conversation still" - wish more of that staccato-monotonal type delivery came up more often.

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Automatic Writing is beautiful. The whole album is really quite something. Augoeides being left out is completely perplexing, though - it should've been there to balance the three drone songs.

Album Rating: 2.0

Man I'm really not digging anything that goes on here after 4-5 total listens. Might try again later but bummed about this one

Album Rating: 5.0

I know I will 5 this very soon. Album is so cryptically incredible on all fronts that I think I haven't heard something that deserves the art music tag as much as this.

It reminds me of the first time I heard Boris's Flood, not musically, but as a wholesome experience. Synesthesya makes that album pop in my mind for some reason.

Album Rating: 2.0

Very bad album agreed.

I tried the first two “songs” and I had to stop. Obviously I just don’t get it. Not my brand of vodka.

Album Rating: 5.0

What is the part people say hurts the ears is it like a synth or something? Maybe the drums? Because all of this sounds really well produced and easy on the ears from a purely sonic/ frequency balance/ production standpoint.

Album Rating: 4.5

I think it's the high frequencies in the organ sound. I personally love it but it is certainly a decision, not a typical droning sound for ambient soundscapes.

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Yeah the tinny highs in Mental Shed are quite abrasive IMO

Album Rating: 5.0

I get it now, guess it sounds pretty balanced to me compared to other shit out there

Album Rating: 4.5

Ok so I saw Closet Door performed live yesterday (among others). Still processing the experience.

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

I have just finished seeing Kayo Dot live in Belgium.

It was uhHhHHHHhH inconsistent - The Necklace and The Black Stone were AMAZING, but Toby just didn't attempt to sing the high notes on Blind Creature of Slime, and Jason didnt deliver Closet Door in the same timbre as on the album. If anything, it sounded an octave higher and that he was putting on a silly voice. I don't know if its due to the mixing, or it its just tiredness from the rest of the tour, or if they've just been like this the entire time - but it certainly was a weaker showing than when I saw them in London for their Choirs anniversary tour.

Overall, still a good gig - but wished Blind Creature and Closet Door were delivered better.

Album Rating: 4.5

Interesting, from my experience last week in Prague these tracks sounded flawless, maybe it was a sound thing, vocals were quite buried in the mix but in a good way. At the end of Closet Jason went into the crowd and it was very captivating. Next to Closet, other highlights were definitely Whisper Ineffable and Passing the River.

Album Rating: 5.0

The show in Germany last week was very special. Wasn't a fan of the mix (guitars were a bit low for my taste) but it was still pretty awesome. It's true that Jason's timbre was different than in the album but it was still as haunting. Show was truly trance inducing

Album Rating: 5.0

Yep, I'm 5ing this at last. Another Kayo Dot avant-garde magnum opus

Album Rating: 2.0

2 agreed.

is this Kayo Dot's ultimate filter?

Album Rating: 5.0

This is Kayo Dot staying true to their avant-garde essence, experimenting and taking huge risks while wandering through uncharted territory. They are the GOATs of avant-garde metal