Black Country New Road Ants from Up There
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RadioSuicide
October 14th 2022


2909 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

TTMOE is a must. of 200+ shows, he remains my all-time favorite. truly a magical little man

Colton
October 14th 2022


16757 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

he really is

YoYoMancuso
Emeritus
October 14th 2022


19776 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

The Most Magical Little Man On Earth

Colton
October 14th 2022


16757 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

this is a TTMOE thread now

tectactoe
October 14th 2022


9228 Comments


don't eat your toast in my thread

Colton
October 14th 2022


16757 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

i’m very generous with my crumbs

zakalwe
October 21st 2022


42016 Comments


I simply must have this on cassette snorf snorf

zakalwe
October 23rd 2022


42016 Comments


Patience is rewarding with this one.

Having initially written it off as student windmill bollocks after a few listens I wasn’t quite able to keep away.

Something kept drawing me back whether it be the ‘hill racer’ bit on Concorde or the Bread Song or the finale of Basketball Shoes it’s a fucking brilliant listen.









theBoneyKing
October 23rd 2022


24890 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Nice one zak, this one took some time for me too but revealed itself eventually as a true beaut. It has that “student-y” thing in spots as you note but there’s a real emotional core and a very classic nature to the songwriting that overrides that.

DoofDoof
October 23rd 2022


17374 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

Music is good mostly, vocals still a bit noxious for me - will prob up to a 3 rating at some stage

zakalwe
October 23rd 2022


42016 Comments


Indeed Bone. There’s a lot of feeling put into this record. A lot of honesty, very little charade. It goes a long way.

I reckon it’ll nab ya doof. There’s a lot going on here but very very stripped back and for something so ridiculously blatant it takes awhile to find it.

zakalwe
October 23rd 2022


42016 Comments


Beautifully put John

TheBarber
October 23rd 2022


4130 Comments


Thank god for the quarter-life crisis, the mid-life crisis from you postboomers has more than enough press as it is

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
October 30th 2022


38399 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

After revisiting this it's a pretty huge improvement on their debut

Kusangii
October 30th 2022


8537 Comments


The best album of all time - RYM

Zac124
October 30th 2022


4081 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

"After revisiting this it's a pretty huge improvement on their debut"



100% agree with this. It was alright but I never think about going back to it. I remember liking the instrumental track though. Ants From Up Here is pretty good and I am intrigued for what their next release will sound like. The Place Where He Inserted the Blade is simply addictive.

Belbew
November 5th 2022


60 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

s'alright

deathschool
November 6th 2022


29495 Comments


Yeah, idk. I don’t hate it, but the hype is a little much

theBoneyKing
November 6th 2022


24890 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Nah it’s all pretty justified. This stuff just fuckin hits.

DoofDoof
November 6th 2022


17374 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

I’m actually kinda surprised this is lower on the all time chart on RYM than ‘Igor’ - I will say this is a better album than that one



I’m brewing up to revisiting this, haven’t listened to it in months now, I expect it to get a bump but I might still feel exactly the same



Get the feeling in ten years this’ll either be canonised (top 100 on RYM) or buried (outside top 500)



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