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Tundra
April 4th 2025


10740 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0

Isaac is a garbage singer and lyricist, worst vocals of all time

Frippertronics
Emeritus
April 4th 2025


19720 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

There's a pretty compelling 37-40 minute album in there, but the same thing can be said of this. I can forgive a little cringe, as this band is a bit too earnest to a fault. What I can't forgive are that some of these songs are straight up diet Joanna Newsom.

DoofDoof
April 4th 2025


17300 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

Diet JN is what came to mind a lot of the time yup

tectactoe
April 4th 2025


9228 Comments


'Diet' is generous. 'Bargain bin' is probably more apt.

DoofDoof
April 4th 2025


17300 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

Let's keep it civil

Cygnatti
April 4th 2025


36394 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Besties isn't that bad but the problem is that these guys aren't super great at making cutsie folk psych pop either. For the Cold Country sounds like an actual song tho.

tectactoe
April 4th 2025


9228 Comments


That is far and away the best song on the record. Shiniest turd in the bowl.

Colton
April 4th 2025


16757 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

I feel like there's a really good chance of the new one being better than this

Lasssie
April 4th 2025


3526 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Dont get your hopes up

veninblazer
April 4th 2025


20047 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

yea they still haven't fully gotten there but i think this is the closest they have gotten to something I quite like

veninblazer
April 4th 2025


20047 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

i get why tundra did that tho, the vocals are considerably more accessible and less annoying on the new one

Cygnatti
April 4th 2025


36394 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Doesn't fix the songwriting tho. If anything, it got a decent bit worse.

veninblazer
April 4th 2025


20047 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Eh, I'm just glad something from this band works for me even if I'm probably going to be forever a little confused by the intense love

Pikazilla
April 5th 2025


32373 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

the new album is so bad holy

DoofDoof
April 5th 2025


17300 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

if I used the most advanced AI to create an album Pika was guaranteed to hate I'd expect the latest BCNR to be the result

Pikazilla
April 5th 2025


32373 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I don't think AI would need to be advanced to dribble out something as offensively bland as the new bcnr

DoofDoof
April 5th 2025


17300 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

True

Demon of the Fall
April 5th 2025


39056 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

curiosity killed this cat earlier than planned. I needed a palate cleanser this morning and the new one certainly delivered in a sense

“diet” JN is incredibly generous (2) lol

amusingly I find the vocals waaaaaaay more irritating this time around. They’re devoid of any individuality or “personality” for the most part. I don’t think the basis of a good album is there regardless, so I doubt it’d matter. I think we all (should) know where the inspiration came from previously. Without Issac this band isn’t it

Kusangii
April 5th 2025


8447 Comments


Holy fucking shit RYM really are the biggest posers of all time

Pikazilla
April 5th 2025


32373 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

them and pitchfork yeah



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