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JohnnyoftheWell
September 13th 2024


64287 Comments


"This album is best when it's fun and mostly bad when it's mopey (except for Greyhound)"
real aside from Hall of Frozen Heads and the bad skramz songs

"The M83 vibes are kinda accurate some places here haha!"

lmfao there were several points where i felt this wanted to be kayo dot but came out as m83. gratitude esp sounds like a janky hipster cover of zlida caosgi


Lasssie
September 13th 2024


3595 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

But dont worry, Johnny, this isnt anything like Notes On a Conditional Form even tho the singles seemed kind of scatterbrained it all fits together well, tehe

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
September 13th 2024


38376 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Hall of Frozen Heads and Greyhound are very clearly the best tracks, by a pretty wide margin. Not sure how I feel about this after one spin. Def seems to have some extraneous material but some rly good tracks too.

BrushedRed
September 13th 2024


3896 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I think Looks Like Nothing is my favorite. The last half is seriously amongst the best things I’ve ever heard. It reminds me a lot of when “You Won’t Know” by Brand New explodes

Lasssie
September 13th 2024


3595 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Looks Like Nothing, Hall of Frozen Heads and Gratitude are among my favs

BrushedRed
September 13th 2024


3896 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Mine are probably Looks Like Nothing, Gratitude, and Greyhound. But I have a feeling I’m gonna bump this to a 4.5. I enjoy this so much despite my issues with the last 4 tracks

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
September 13th 2024


38376 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah, Gratitude is also excellent, and maybe Looks Like Nothing and Barking. Those are my top 5, I think. McDonald’s is hilariously bad

JesperL
Emeritus
September 13th 2024


5841 Comments


ok yikes i don't think my headache can handle listening to this rn lmao, back to dealer i go

StickFeit
September 13th 2024


2349 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Greyhound, Barking, Looks like Nothing and Gratitude are the ones.

onionbubs
September 13th 2024


23796 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

honestly idfk what to rate this one

Pikazilla
September 13th 2024


32373 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

lassie I'm afraid it's time to put you down

Lasssie
September 13th 2024


3595 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Pika nooo ilu

DoofDoof
September 13th 2024


17339 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

'Hall of Frozen Heads and Greyhound are very clearly the best tracks, by a pretty wide margin.'



Uncanny, just checked my RYM ratings and they were the only tracks to get a 4.5 rating on first run through.



The ratings plunge as low as a 0.5 for the McDonalds song...see how that one grows on me this week, the only way is up for that one

BrushedRed
September 13th 2024


3896 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I don’t get what’s wrong with Kentucky McDonald’s. It’s another favorite of mine. That’s whole run from Cleaning to Gratitude doesn’t have a song on it I’d give less than a 4.5. And really and truly Greyhound is a standout, it’s just kinda long. Those leaner tracks just flow very nicely. I absolutely cannot get into Dead Cat. Every time it plays I just wanna turn it off. It sounds like a NMG b-side

DoofDoof
September 13th 2024


17339 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

I did warm to the most recent Smidley album quite a lot and on subsequent listens its most grating moments mellowed on me...we'll see

onionbubs
September 13th 2024


23796 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

if dead cat sounded like a nearer my god b side itd probably be kinda good but alas

Rowan5215
Emeritus
September 13th 2024


48436 Comments


yea sounds more like a leftover from them trying to do the soppy ballads on DDTM lol, awful song

some of the demos from their patreon are stronger than a lot of the stuff that's on here tbh. including a better Kentucky McDs version

DadKungFu
Emeritus
September 13th 2024


6144 Comments

Album Rating: 3.4

Foxing definitely released this now to boost their sputroyale odds

onionbubs
September 13th 2024


23796 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

may have to check those out. certainly curious how the arrangement on mcdonalds developed



dead cat and cry baby are the only two things i outright dont like here but the latter is a very underwhelming close tbh and is probably my biggest gripe with this. hall of frozen heads woulda done the job perfectly

efp123
September 13th 2024


1525 Comments


Dealer is best



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