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LeddSledd
March 30th 2021


7445 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

the context will be all but lost on me, but...! that's what makes music special



will peep this then Knife Play, then

porcupinetheater
March 30th 2021


11092 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Jamming this for the god knows how manyth time, Saint Dymphna is really jumping out hard this goaround

loveisamixtape
March 30th 2021


12471 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

goodbye for good is underrated

porcupinetheater
March 30th 2021


11092 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

goodbye for good and it bothers me all the time both



Justice for the subtle odd-noise antibangers

Demon of the Fall
March 30th 2021


39056 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

‘Whatever it is...

it bothers me all the time’.



Yeah I like that one. Particularly as it feels fitting right now, unfortunately.

DadKungFu
Emeritus
March 30th 2021


6144 Comments

Album Rating: 3.8

Goodbye For Good is hella atmospheric and underrated, Dymphna didn't really stand out for me though



The interplay of the voices on Sad Mezcalita is also tasty af

Rawmeeth38
March 30th 2021


2823 Comments


Never heard anything from these guys. Can I start here and work back?

Ryus
March 30th 2021


37885 Comments


this probably wont give you a great picture of their sound

loveisamixtape
March 30th 2021


12471 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

agreed ya def start with knife play so that you are as disappointed with the rest of their discog as we are

Dewinged
Emeritus
March 30th 2021


33019 Comments


This is the only one I could stomach so I'd say start with this.

porcupinetheater
March 31st 2021


11092 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"this probably wont give you a great picture of their sound"

Fair play, there isn't really any one album that'll give you a great picture at this point.

Check Forget or Dear God I Hate Myself if you want poppier



Check Angel Guts if you were shockXiu



Check this or Knife Play if you want noisy baroque-pop with a bit of sound collage

hal1ax
March 31st 2021


15881 Comments


is knife play the best to start with?

JohnnyoftheWell
March 31st 2021


64287 Comments


Forget is very awesome and I think I might like it more than this, but I'm stuck on a rating for either :/

loveisamixtape
March 31st 2021


12471 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

two of my most played songs like ever are on knife play so i always would say that one. it’s inconsistent overall but mostly rly good, luber haunts me always

hal1ax
March 31st 2021


15881 Comments


word thx. ill start there

Winesburgohio
Emeritus
March 31st 2021


4188 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

Late to the party but A Promise is a baptism by fire

Demon of the Fall
March 31st 2021


39056 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

So far I’ve got this...



Knife Play > The Air Force / Angel Guts > A Promise > (Forget > this > Fabulous Muscles > Fruit).



This is a tentative ranking after A Promise and could do with revising. Haven’t heard the rest.

Demon of the Fall
March 31st 2021


39056 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

This definitely has it’s moments but I don’t care for significant chunks of the runtime. Weird that a band so divisive has managed to conjure up a few thoughts of ‘this is whatever’ here, a few of these cuts are struggling to move me in either direction.

Raust
March 31st 2021


41 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

This is like if Brand New got aids and downed a gallon of nyquil to see if they could play good. Not bad, but that being said if this were Brand New this would be their best record yet.

Ryus
March 31st 2021


37885 Comments


uh



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