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Koris
Emeritus
December 25th 2021


22618 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Yes 😁😁😁😁

LeddSledd
January 7th 2022


7445 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

starting to process this one a little better



and man Joanna is a cool songwriter!

Ryus
January 7th 2022


37885 Comments


one of the best songwriters around tbh

theBoneyKing
January 8th 2022


24890 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Maybe I’ll finally check this out this spring.

Ryus
January 8th 2022


37885 Comments


she has one of the best hit-to-miss ratios in the game. across four albums she has like 2 real clunkers

GhandhiLion
January 8th 2022


17793 Comments


which ones?

Ryus
January 8th 2022


37885 Comments


“three little babes” is the big one for me. also not a fan of “you will not take my heart alive”

Winesburgohio
Emeritus
January 8th 2022


4188 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

i want to believe . Cosmia really nails it for me though. all those lonely nights down by the riverrrr

BlushfulHippocrene
Emeritus
January 8th 2022


4053 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I have a strong preference for Divers and esp. Milk-Eyed Mender (as well as the pre-Milk-Eyed EPs).

Havey
January 8th 2022


12320 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

cut out cosmia and it's perfect yea

GhandhiLion
January 8th 2022


17793 Comments


Hellll no

Havey
January 8th 2022


12320 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

i didnt really mean it i apologize

Winesburgohio
Emeritus
January 8th 2022


4188 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

feel like this might be another Twin Infinitives for me in that one day i'll end up loving it and have to issue public apologies, hire a public relations team, scour group chats for derisive comments and edit them etc.



wtf havey omg

Ryus
January 8th 2022


37885 Comments


we can only hope. twin infinitives was probably one of the biggest growers for me ever, agrd

parksungjoon
June 22nd 2022


47227 Comments


Ys (イース, Īsu, IPA: [iːsɯ]) (/ˈiːs/) is a series of action role-playing games developed by Nihon Falcom.[1] The first game in the series, Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished, was released on the NEC PC-8801 in 1987.[2] Ys games have since been ported and released on several other platforms. As of 2017, the series had sold over 4.8 million copies worldwide.[3]

tectactoe
June 22nd 2022


9228 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

As of 2017, the series had sold over 4.8 million copies worldwide. [4]

GhandhiLion
June 22nd 2022


17793 Comments


I wish ys sold 4.8 mill copies

AmericanFlagAsh
June 22nd 2022


13689 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Top 10 albums ever fer sure

brainmelter
August 18th 2022


8542 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

2.0 poor January 2nd 07



Honestly, I don't know how to respond to this. By all accounts and all objective standards, it outright sucks. The songs are about nothing tangible, the lyrics have no sense of flow or meter (some say they're 'poetry' - they need to be exposed to better poetry), and frankly, they often scan like something a class of amateur songwriters would come up with if asked to write a psychedelia album in 30 minutes. The songs go on for ages, with any sort of development and dynamic contrast avoided at all costs. For an album recorded by Steve Albini and Jim O'Rourke, it sounds as weedy as hell. And the arrangments (from Van Dyke Parks) are often all too stereotypical and quite boring. But somehow, it hangs together well enough to work more often than it falls apart into dreary, pretentious slush. Newsom's voice, though slightly annoying, does at least display the fact that she's sensitive to the needs of the words and the music - her nuance and sensitivity does much to help the album flow. And, in a bizarre way, the fact that the entire project seems geared towards being as fey as possible actually makes it believable - although I still find it hard to imagine that anyone will enjoy this album as much more than a novelty, the charm of it is undeniable. Just good enough for a generous 2.5.



8 Bumps | Bump

robertsona
Emeritus
August 18th 2022


28660 Comments


These days I’m kinda #withhim tbh tho



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