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Demon of the Fall
March 13th 2021


33745 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Boring album.

Tunaboy45
March 13th 2021


18428 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

xD

Demon of the Fall
March 13th 2021


33745 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

*it’s definitely a cop out to call these guys a boring band.

I probably elaborated on why this was such a colossal disappointment earlier in the thread. I have no desire to revisit it and update my opinion with a more nuanced critique. Boring album.

Tunaboy45
March 13th 2021


18428 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Hearing Oblivions live gave me so much more appreciation for that track, one of my favourites now.

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
March 13th 2021


47608 Comments

Album Rating: 4.2

good album, sputnik all deciding they hated it before it was even out was a solid meme tho

Tunaboy45
March 13th 2021


18428 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Sputnik turning on this band's post-HV output over maybe the last 4 years has been pretty funny

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
March 13th 2021


47608 Comments

Album Rating: 4.2

well they made music with W O M E N so that's like half of sputnik pissed off already lol

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
March 13th 2021


47608 Comments

Album Rating: 4.2

let's be honest that's a conservative estimate from me

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
March 13th 2021


60384 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

dropping the opener as the first single was p much a guaranteed way to crash the hype ngl

i remember waiting out the sput antihype on this, buying a disc optimistically and then feeling everything fall to the floor in slow motion about 3-4 songs in. what a slog

DDDeftoneDDD
March 13th 2021


22286 Comments


Is W O M E N a band?

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
March 13th 2021


47608 Comments

Album Rating: 4.2

openers a weird single but pretty good song



I mean Day I Die is still the bar for worst National singles afaic, what an absolute piece of garbage

Tunaboy45
March 13th 2021


18428 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

The next album is almost certainly not going to be this female guest-centric, can't we just appreciate this for the fun sonic detour it is. It was nice to hear Matt duet with some other great vocalists considering how Matt-centric literally their entire discography has been up to this point.

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
March 13th 2021


60384 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

"well they made music with W O M E N so that's like half of sputnik pissed off already lol"

incredible strawman for a bunch of tired of middle aged men making tired room noises for 60+ minutes. if sput wants to blame the guest features for Matt B having no decent melodies to sing in his own voice, that's on them

Tunaboy45
March 13th 2021


18428 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"well they made music with W O M E N so that's like half of sputnik pissed off already lol"



If you think this was bad just wait for when Matt's work with Phoebe Bridgers and the Dessners' work with Taylor Swift influences the next album.



Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
March 13th 2021


47608 Comments

Album Rating: 4.2

did someone say strawman unironically? uh oh

Demon of the Fall
March 13th 2021


33745 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

‘Sputnik turning on this band's post-HV output over maybe the last 4 years has been pretty funny’

Except this isn’t true as many people have ‘Trouble‘ right up there with their best. SWB has mostly solid feedback as well. So that just leaves this one then, which considering the departure in focus, isn’t exactly a major surprise.

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
March 13th 2021


60384 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

peoples r hatin my borin indie albu oh no uh they must be bad peoples bet its because they also hate women // nice.

Except this isn’t true as many people have ‘Trouble‘ right up there with their best, SWB has mostly solid feedback as well [2]

zakalwe
March 13th 2021


38869 Comments


This one is bleedin diabolical

Demon of the Fall
March 13th 2021


33745 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

‘peoples r hatin my borin indie albu oh no uh they must be bad peoples bet its because they also hate women // nice.’ (2)

And so eloquently put. You should ‘talk’ like that for reals Johnny boi.

Tunaboy45
March 13th 2021


18428 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"Except this isn’t true as many people have ‘Trouble‘ right up there with their best. SWB has mostly solid feedback as well"



The average for TWFM has dropped a few points over the last 5 years and SWB's has dropped maybe .1 or .2 as well, let's not kid ourselves here



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