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JohnnyoftheWell
July 4th 2023


64287 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

coldness slips in like a draft under your door. it does not bite. the bits that do bite are acrid, not cold. sure af has an atmosphere and a couple of Good Guitar Moments, but hard not to take it as a poor hipster's leaves turn or spiderland

loveisamixtape
July 4th 2023


12471 Comments


i actually completely disagree with u there johnny it totally makes sense to me that this is seen as a modern classic to so many. i prefer the other album but i need to spin this again bc i’ve always liked it. cindy lee is my favorite post-Women project

JohnnyoftheWell
July 4th 2023


64287 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

this as a modern classic makes a lot of sense to me; cuts a really clear line through what practically every other guitar band of the time was going for, and the closest thing to it is deerhunter-ish faff that epitomises all its least attractive aspects and few of the best

as an all-timer though, not really at all

robertsona
Emeritus
July 4th 2023


28660 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

“distanced”?

Demon of the Fall
July 4th 2023


38990 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

are there even any women in this stupid band? False advertising

Pikazilla
July 4th 2023


32373 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

what is a woman

ToSmokMuzyki
July 4th 2023


14920 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

your mother

Pheromone
July 4th 2023


21850 Comments


> but hard not to take it as a poor hipster's leaves turn or spiderland

lol what a take

DocSportello
September 15th 2023


3683 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

rain on the windows

cat feet tapping down the hallway

smell of chili in the kitchen

yes it is that time again

MillionDead
September 15th 2023


6307 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I can't even see how this is comparable to Leaves or Spiderland (which in themselves are very different) aside from the very broad trait of "weird" guitar. I mean sure, if you like one of these, you'd likely enjoy them all, but the style is very much its own thing to my ear. This has a bit more of a post-punk/minimal quality to it.

Ryus
September 15th 2023


37885 Comments


johnny L

JohnnyoftheWell
September 15th 2023


64287 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

All three share a v distinctive/hollow autumnal depressive quality and focus on brittle tones and lingering tension that goes far beyond their respective vocabularies (which yes lol are obviously superficially different)

They are also united by being *tbe* landmark guitar record for this kind of dissociative atmosphere for their respective decades

And regardless of commonalities, this is by far the weakest of the three

Pikazilla
September 15th 2023


32373 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

what is a woman

JohnnyoftheWell
September 15th 2023


64287 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

well, John Lennon once said that woman

MillionDead
September 15th 2023


6307 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

LMAO I can't get over that he sang that



cylinder
September 15th 2023


4351 Comments


Can’t see how this is comparable to Leaves or Spiderland [2]

This is also so much better than Spiderland

climactic
September 21st 2023


22911 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

woman is the

Mort.
January 2nd 2024


26402 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

bit late to this album



sounds like the beach boys if they were really sad sometimes





cylinder
January 2nd 2024


4351 Comments


lol that’s pretty apt actually

Winesburgohio
Emeritus
January 2nd 2024


4188 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I'm sorry but how do u listen to a Beach Boys album in full and not come to the conclusion that they, in fact, are sad sometimes



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