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BrushedRed
January 16th 2017


3880 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I love how Scissor Lock makes the experience seem pleasant, because the times I've had sleep paralysis, I saw shadow people and demons speaking to me almost in like a simmish language.

Sabrutin
January 17th 2017


9843 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

My only problem with this album is the overabundance of big choruses that can get tiring. But still it's a very special album and quite unique

Mongi123
January 17th 2017


22443 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

That's what I love about this actually. All the choruses are fantastic and dreamy.

Chortles
January 17th 2017


21494 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

the dude has a good voice but his delivery is way over the top

zakalwe
January 17th 2017


41933 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Exactly. See through dramatised 'feels' for the subjugated masses.

calmrose
January 17th 2017


7141 Comments


I still haven't ever listened to this

WatchItExplode
January 17th 2017


10700 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Ahh, my first "Sputnik" album. Still very special.



My experience with sleep paralysis was def not pleasant. I also saw the shadow people and had an overwhelming feeling of dread. Thought I was being possessed by a demon actually. That's how most people describe it.

zakalwe
January 17th 2017


41933 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

"My experience with sleep paralysis was def not pleasant. I also saw the shadow people and had an overwhelming feeling of dread. Thought I was being possessed by a demon actually. That's how most people describe it."



School in the 80s then.

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
January 17th 2017


38334 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

i used to love this but it bores the ever living shit out of me now

Sabrutin
January 17th 2017


9843 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"All the choruses are fantastic and dreamy."

I think they are too much of a good thing in this album, and rarely consist in a track's highlight.

Vocals have never been this album's selling point to me anyway, though I like his voice a lot (see Scissor Lock). The instrumentation is what really entertains me in this album (and band), especially drums and bass which have always been the stars of dredg in my view

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
January 17th 2017


38334 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

the songs and their choruses all start to sound really homogeneous to me now. the only song i really still love from this is canyon

Sabrutin
January 18th 2017


9843 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"the songs and their choruses all start to sound really homogeneous"

Exactly what I feel, though evidently on a different degree. That's why I said that the choruses are rarely a track's highlight, there's much more entertaining stuff going on than them

Mongi123
January 18th 2017


22443 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Idk I just can't find a lackluster moment on here. The record is just so imaginative and of a subject matter that's so me. I just love dreams and shit and this album tackles it beautifully.

WatchItExplode
January 18th 2017


10700 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I really miss this band

ashcrash9
Emeritus
January 18th 2017


3492 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I miss them but would also miss them far more if they had went on hiatus or whatever they're on after Pariah and hadn't released Chuckles

Sabrutin
January 18th 2017


9843 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Well the bassist was in a podcast recently and he said that they are planning to do something for 2017, so cross your fingers.



also Chuckles is good pop and I'll never stop defending it

Mongi123
January 18th 2017


22443 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yea time for a comeback. Ugh please.

WatchItExplode
January 18th 2017


10700 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

In my mind they did go on hiatus after Pariah. Chuckles wasn't really a Dredg album as much as a collaborative experiment the Automator.



I just realized this band might have my highest average rating for a discog.

Sabrutin
January 18th 2017


9843 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

When he was asked about Chuckles he replied something like "we kinda fucked up that one".



Here's the future talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6Ot8soTvLg&feature=youtu.be&t=1h17m14s

BrushedRed
January 27th 2017


3880 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I think it's fantastic. I would put a 5 but I felt the brushstrokes weighed it down a little too much. I mean yeah they have their pretty moments but it felt almost like too much filler. The proper songs are incredible though and I have no problem with big choruses. "Sanzen" is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. "Canyon Behind Her" as well. I guess if you have sleep paralysis fairly often then you'll appreciate it more. I don't have it too much post-college (maybe once or twice a month), but back in college I had it a few times a week (so much so I joked that I had a Gengar in my closet lol). I was also really stressed and sleep-deprived with my major so that's understandable. Yeah I do think it's kinda weird that "Scissor Lock" makes the phenomenon feel pleasant as mine never have been, but it is refreshing to know that someone can make it feel more lighthearted and a nice listen after an experience.



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