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Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

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Jokes on me

Album Rating: 3.5

The lowest rating so far is a 3.



That's kinda impressive

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Album Rating: 3.5

Honestly, still



Usually, an album has a 2 by its like 5th rating

citation needed

Album Rating: 3.5

Try this peer-reviewed statistics journal article on the subject:





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i'm not joking

Album Rating: 3.0

nice avi

Proud to be the only person not over-rating this just because of an immeasurable AI gimmick

Album Rating: 4.5

The AI think is contextual to the music rather than integral to listening to the album though - that's why it doesn't feel like a gimmick to me



Would you call someone using an unusual instrument a gimmick? Depends how its used - same here

Album Rating: 4.5

My first point I thought to back that up was *would you call post rock a gimmick* and then I swiftly changed my mind lol

Album Rating: 4.0

I dig the alien cult vibes

the AI thing has been over emphasized yea

Album Rating: 2.5

I think this and the new Jamila Woods album have SPAWNED (GET IT!!?!?!?!), or at least -should- produce, interesting discourse about "what we talk about when we talk about music"...they're both obviously so highly conceptual that the concept can't help but inflect the form of the music, but that means a lot of people think it's more important to talk about the concept. or somethin

Album Rating: 3.5

I didn’t know about the AI stuff until after I’d rated but can’t imagine the extra knowledge would impinge it, it’s not being used as a crutch as far as I can tell

I said it earlier but what bothers me is the way the AI utilization is discussed is seemingly loaded with jargon and academia to a point that it comes across as intentionally intangible. you can't easily measure the extent of its utilization so its importance to the albums creative process is easily inflated and dangled above the average non-academic listeners head, just out of the grasp of common comprehension.

The results of the AI just dont justify the pretentiousness imo. The music often suffers from the indecisiveness of being highbrow for the sake of being highbrow.

can't wait to fucking hate this, tbh

nah, just kidd, i don't even know this bih, let's check this shit out.

Album Rating: 4.5

i somewhat agree about the jargon-ness of it, but I think the album's intention is to prompt amore academic discussion which Herndon has been doing her whole career. if you get a chance watch some speeches/interviews with her that describe her creative process and her academic background, definitely helped me gain an even bigger appreciation for what she tries to do