Album Rating: 4.5

band lost all steam and goodwill (besides from the most vocal fans) by following up their masterpiece by:

1) Bullying their lead guitars into quitting the band

2) Waiting 365 days to release a shitty drone counterpart to ILIIAITE

3) Waiting another 4 years after that to release: literally nothing



gratz loathe ya played yourself

Album Rating: 4.5

actually come to think of it, The Contortionist is doing an Irrelevance Speedrun too at the moment

Album Rating: 4.5

the contortionist had a catalog and an arc already though, even if it wasnt a giant one. this would be like if the contortionist took half a decade to follow up exoplanet

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah they did Connor dirty which didn't sit right with me



Still love this band and despite everything anticipating the new album but man what's going on

Album Rating: 4.5

True at least The Contortionist existed long enough to go through a few evolutions and their silence isn't jarring

Album Rating: 4.0

It's a *bit* jarring still w/ Contortionist considering they literally played 2 completed tracks from a new album for VIPs on their tour like 2 or 3 years ago now and they haven't bothered posting any kind of status update anywhere on any kind of social media.

Don't even mind when it takes bands a bit of time between albums but the fully off the grid radio silence when it's so easy to pick up a phone and make a lil update is always weird/frustrating.

Album Rating: 4.5

i wouldnt really say its off the grid entirely since we've heard things here and there from a handful of members about life updates and the like, the last i heard about it was that it was much less far along than i had thought lol so i guess part of it is it's just taking a while. i get ya tho

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah so I heard the rumors of life milestones, deaths in families, etc etc, and that totally makes sense.

The infuriating part is their unwillingness to put out official updates. In fact, I almost enjoy spreading the news that they are dead band/broken up, because that's all we can assume until they post...anything. Minimal effort stuff.

Last I checked, The Contortionist FB page would only post when they wanted to sell a new repress/album variant/merch, but they can't be bothered to make an official post and say "Hey guys sorry for the silence, we're doing X, Y, and Z, and hope to have a single out in ____"



Until then, I will maliciously speculate, because it's almost like the band wants to keep us in the dark.

Anyway, not like it matters in the end: in the heat of COVID-19, Robby Baca was liking and sharing and following a LOT of questionable things on Twitter. Liking anti-vax comments, liking anti-transgender comments, liking Jordan Peterson posts, liking posts from my province's batshit crazy right-wing Premier. I think after I logged those for a few hours, I officially didn't give a shit about the band anymore as long as Tinfoil Hat Robby is in it.

Album Rating: 4.5

You guys literally care so much about other people political opinions, it's crazy. But besides that, The Contortionist really had such a good thing going, it's such a shame

Album Rating: 2.0

this or/and koi no yokan for the most pooptastic gaze-adjacent-core?



can't tell which of those two is a more infuriating listen



regardless, excited for the new album if these guys ever drop one because johnny's already called dibs on the review afaik

Album Rating: 3.0

yeah turns out when people say that friends, family, you know, loved ones in general are inhuman, mentally ill, and groomers, some people don’t take kindly to it.



What a weird thing to care about right, it’s crazy

Album Rating: 4.5

You take that back Pika!

Album Rating: 4.0

big month and a half long tour in april with spiritbox, maybe some shit before then

these guys were cool for like 10 minutes, replaced by Thornhill

Album Rating: 4.5

You might be the only person who likes thornhill’s shitty gaze album lmao

god I hope so, those guys actually have the chance to be a unique Australian band here in the states

Album Rating: 5.0

That last Thornhill album was great

Contortionist is basically dead for me. I cant remember anything from this nor do i care to revisit

got a gut feeling their new album is gonna change the game

Loathe? Contortionist oe thornhil?