Album Rating: 4.5

Nothing to find... another favorite. Epic and emotional.

A Private Understanding > A Deeper Understanding

Album Rating: 3.0

A good album, but the tracks all sound too similar.

Album Rating: 4.5

Such a beautiful album.

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah, don't really understand the low ratings for this one. Haven't played it in awhile but man can this be beautiful at times.

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Reminder that “Thinking of a Place” is the best song ever made.

Boney did you jam that album I shoutboxed you about my dear?

Album Rating: 4.5

Will be filming these guys at Pitchfork this year, hopefully will be able to say hey!

Album Rating: 3.5

nice, they were ace at All Points East in London this summer

Album Rating: 4.5

Their worst?! I was under the impression that merit went to their material prior to Lost in the Dream.

Album Rating: 4.0

Lol. Slave Ambient is easily their best.

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I love Slave Ambient but this and LITD are definitely in a league ahead of that album. Much more emotional imo.

Album Rating: 3.5

Nuh uh



This went derper but derper don’t always equate to better

Album Rating: 4.0

Slave Ambient is way more interesting and less cheesy than LitD and (especially) this.



That Shoegazy vibe on Baby Missiles or Come To The City is just perfect.

Album Rating: 3.5

I didn’t really hear any progression or barely any refinement between LITD to this one



And he’s run out of song ideas



‘Slave’ was the original and set up about four different song templates that he’s then used again and again since. Not the first song writer to do this but there’s not one tune I felt was unique sounding on this one

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah this is just LitD but slightly worse.

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The songs here may not be as unique sounding (though I'd argue nothing they did before quite did what "Thinking of a Place" achieves) but I still found this a very emotionally engaging project and I've connected with these tracks individually about as much as those on LitD and a lot more than those on Slave Ambient. Different strokes, really.

Album Rating: 4.0

Imo In Reverse is the way less meandering and more interesting Version of Thinking of a Place.



I definitely get the "more emotional" argument for LitD and this LP. Slave Ambient is less focused on writing super affecting songs (although you can definitely hear this side of the band on tracks like Best Night or I Was There), but more about the atmospheric soundscapes.

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"Thinking of a Place" I still think is an untouchably perfect piece of music, maybe the best song of the millennium, but to each his own. The meandering nature of it is what makes it perfect for me.

Album Rating: 4.5

how the FUCK is this dude with Krysten Ritter tho?