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PunchforPunch
December 16th 2013


7085 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

niqqa who gives a shit about that baldy he doesn't even know what jungle is

ShitsofRain
December 16th 2013


8257 Comments


fucking melon

Graveyard
December 16th 2013


6373 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

the title track is pretty cool

TMobotron
December 16th 2013


7253 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Awesome review dev, happy to have a nice 4.3 one up there.

Deviant.
Staff Reviewer
December 16th 2013


32289 Comments

Album Rating: 4.3 | Sound Off

Just noticed my phone auto corrected fantano to Fabriano lol

RogueNine
December 16th 2013


5540 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Brostep, you said it better than I could.

MisterTornado
December 16th 2013


4507 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

feels good to be on this earth sometimes

mindleviticus
December 17th 2013


10488 Comments


This is quite a change in style

Deviant.
Staff Reviewer
December 17th 2013


32289 Comments

Album Rating: 4.3 | Sound Off

Is it really though? Aside from the overly optimistic tone there's really only slight deviations in his blueprint. He's played around with musical melody before and his usual analogue tape hiss and vinyl crackle is ever present. Aside from that rather obvious segment in 'Hiders' there really isn't as much of an upheaval as many are claiming

Hyperion1001
Emeritus
December 17th 2013


25902 Comments


i agree but to different means

this is just a watering down of his sound with ideas that dont mesh or work with the palette he already has available

it honestly would have been better had his basic sound changed more

mryrtmrnfoxxxy
December 17th 2013


16632 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

ppl that dont dig this probably 5d the new national album

ethos
December 17th 2013


1894 Comments


THE DRACONIANS CAUSED 9/11

Wadlez
December 17th 2013


5019 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

Neither were their respective best efforts

Skoj
December 17th 2013


1885 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

People shitting on Burial because another classic record and anti-hype Sputnik machine starts churning out mediocre reviews.



Dev saves the day.



Thank you based Dev for the proper review.

ethos
December 17th 2013


1894 Comments


dev irl

http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd516/PokemonTrela/verybased_zps35830720.gif

Skoj
December 17th 2013


1885 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Dev can fuck my bitch.

Deviant.
Staff Reviewer
December 17th 2013


32289 Comments

Album Rating: 4.3 | Sound Off

Sweet. I'll uh, keep that in mind...

clercqie
December 17th 2013


6525 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

You've never seen an artifact differently because of knowledge you learned about it/from it? Enjoyed it in a new light? I would be a terrible critic if my subsequent engagements with an album all fell within the shadow of some arbitrary/profound period I first heard it. This isn't even necessarily just about Rival Dealer (but his musical choices are fuck-you objectively not lacking, my goodness the splendor) but please do not let this limited thinking affect your capabilities as a listener.


I did, definitely. But see, thing is with this EP, although I find the ideas he's putting forth through his choice of samples interesting and even to some extent important - they do make for great discussion and thought material - I don't find the music backing it very good. Like Dev said on the previous page, and I also noted it on my review: it's not the big style change people make it up to be, he's still using the vinyl crackle and "Love you" emotional samples sprayed all over his tunes. And tbf, I'm growing a bit tired of it...



tl;dr: The thing I'm arguing here with this EP that important statements do not equal great music and vice versa.

Scoot
December 17th 2013


22201 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

under 4 avg uh oh

RogueNine
December 17th 2013


5540 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I, uh......took it to a 3.9 when I rated it a few hours ago.

Fwiw, this is a high 3 for me.



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