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Sowing
Moderator
June 5th 2017


43941 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Nice catch RowBro. And thank you.

Full you'd dig at least a few of these tracks. Worth your time.

Gyromania
June 5th 2017


37006 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

That bit towards the end of 3ww is so, so good - you know the one, where the female singer comes in. It's such a fleeting moment but God damn is it ever sublime. Would have liked an entire song like that

Hanusko
June 5th 2017


82 Comments


Great review Sowing...Probably my favorite release of the band so far...all of the songs are characteristically unique. Totally dig the atmosphere in 3WW

JesusCage
June 5th 2017


441 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

"A third straight masterpiece." x2



I'm with Sowing on this one, even Snare doesn't sound bad now..

Gyromania
June 5th 2017


37006 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Girls from the pool say hiiiiHI

Sowing
Moderator
June 5th 2017


43941 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Thanks for the kind words everyone! This started around a 3.5 for me but has grown with every listen. Can we discuss how unbelievable Pleader is? It's almost on par with 3WW for me.

Gyromania
June 5th 2017


37006 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Pleader is pretty good but idk, it's like alt j goes Christian. Kind of hokey

Sowing
Moderator
June 5th 2017


43941 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I guess I can hear that too but to me it just feels ethereal, beautiful, and even slightly progressive. If it sounds like church music I don't think that was their aim.

JesusCage
June 5th 2017


441 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

I love Pleader... but Adeline it's becoming SOTY for me.. it just strikes me where it maters.

verdant
Emeritus
June 5th 2017


2492 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

the YAAA YAAA YAAA YAA YAAA YAAA YAAA in Adeline is perfect

Gnodab
June 5th 2017


106 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Pleader is just one big, layered chorus with an intro. It works well as a finisher but is lacking in depth imo.

Gyromania
June 5th 2017


37006 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah Adeline is my favorite for sure

JWT155
June 5th 2017


14948 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

Finally giving this a listen, I think Alt-J are one of the more overrated acts around today.

JWT155
June 5th 2017


14948 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

House of the Rising Sun cover is terrible.

sharkmsc
June 5th 2017


446 Comments


I'll buy this musically, but I've honestly never been able to take this band seriously because of the vocalist.

Conmaniac
June 5th 2017


27676 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

yeah it shouldve been a bonus track JWT but it was dec enough

JWT155
June 5th 2017


14948 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

Disagree, it goes nowhere, it drones on for the sake of droning on, mumbling words with barely a melody, it felt amateurish as hell to me, like a a student director making an artsy film in film school, all fluff and edgy with very little substance or enjoy-ability.

Chortles
June 5th 2017


21494 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

p boring band but that album cover is rad. so ~vaporwave~

Conmaniac
June 5th 2017


27676 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

it's from that LSD simulator game Im pretty sure hahah

Sowing
Moderator
June 5th 2017


43941 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

It's probably one of the best covers of it I've heard. Yeah it's artsy and kind of mumbly/abstract, but that's a good thing. Different enough from the original. I agree it would have worked better as a b-side, but only if the song going in its place were to match that gorgeous, mysterious tone.



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