Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

cool man and i agree i wish i could hear the end of that poem but the instrumentals fit perfectly so it's hard to complain.

Yeah, I'm no producer and I have no idea how they'd manage to make those spots clear with the music doing its part. This was pretty good though.

Album Rating: 4.0

I like how the poem's sort of positive message at the end dissolves into more chaotic background noise. It's a great contrast, balancing vague forward-thinking hope with remnants of cynicism and depression.

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

yep contrast is the name of the game here like i mentioned in my review (:

Album Rating: 4.5

I really like this but tracks like "everything is in your hands" is so good that it makes me wish all of the songs were of this length and as developed as this one. I think it works enough, but these incredibly short songs seem to require you to listen to the whole album every time instead of individual songs minus the longer ones. Maybe its a personal problem for me that I'll hopefully get over because for what it is, I really enjoy this.

Album Rating: 4.5

Something feels out of place after the second interlude though, specifically the two tracks before the closer. I feel as though it was all working out really well but then these two come along and don't really fit in or add much. And the closer is good but it's no "My Life With You, My Life Without You" unfortunately.



And if there is one super pro for the short length is that you don't need to commit much time to hearing all of this emotion.

Album Rating: 3.5

This seemed a bit unimpressive on first glance, need to spin more

Album Rating: 4.0

I do think its an interesting/tricky listen in the sense that the exceptionally 'heart on your sleeve' style of lyricism could easily come across, and probably does come across to some, as over the top and melodramatic, or even, I suppose, as glorifying self pity and depression, or indulging in it in an unhealthy, self-destructive and selfish way. On the other hand it could come across as harrowingly honest in representing and accepting the points of darkness that we all have to crawl out of every now and then whilst not going too far and almost romanticising it. I feel the latter interpretation is correct for me, but I certainly understand how the first interpretation could be adopted by some and how it'd be a huge turn off for this record

Album Rating: 1.5

this is as tryhard and pretentious as any of their other stuff, got to like blood from a stone and this is just trash

Album Rating: 3.0

Sweet review Connor. Will jam this when I get home, good chance I'll like this.

Album Rating: 4.0

Damn, I guess I just can't really see something like this as pretentious. Not sure where that notion comes from.



When I think pretentious I think The Astonishing.

This looks cool ill jam today

Album Rating: 4.0

It's an easy listen at least because of the length.

Album Rating: 4.0

Checking this now, love it

Shame people are gonna inevitably skip this over cause it's a December release

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah man, December/late-November releases are getting the shaft so hard.



Sucks, because then people just kinda check out, wait for 2017, and ignore stuff like this, new Zao, etc.

'this is as tryhard and pretentious as any of their other stuff, got to like blood from a stone and this is just trash'

Pretentious is a silly thing to call this, imo. Nothing about this seems to me like they think this is some revolutionary shit. I get that they center on creating an emotional narrative for the album in some spots, but at what point does taking risks in an attempt to impart a stronger emotion become pretentious?

Album Rating: 4.0

tbqh pretty sure Futures and Sach 1'd this just to get to Con



No surprises there

Album Rating: 3.0

''tbqh pretty sure Futures and Sach 1'd this just to get to Con''



If so, fuck 'em

Album Rating: 1.5

"Pretentious is a silly thing to call this, imo. Nothing about this seems to me like they think this is some revolutionary shit. I get that they center on creating an emotional narrative for the album in some spots, but at what point does taking risks in an attempt to impart a stronger emotion become pretentious?"



probably about the time like blood from a stone came on. eyes like honeycomb and jasmine, eyes like shotguns and razor wire? like really? yeah I didn't like this very much tbh

What's wrong with being unconventionally descriptive? It's not like its just a description of the color of their eyes, it's what he sees in the person.