Album Rating: 2.5

Flagash firing shots into the ocean while LDR and Godspeed drive the most boring versions of themselves to the bank, stay tuned for Act 3!

"that's why the "return to form" comments perplex me as well, in my eyes this is gybe at their most immediate and that's why it works for me."

yeah I feel this completely - not sure what it's supposedly a return to, beyond some impression of quality that I'm too cynical to appreciate lol

Album Rating: 4.5

"The state always wins" b-b-but our side has to win :[

Pitchfork released their review

Album Rating: 4.0

Can't wait for the St. Vincent and Sweet Trip reviews bb

Haven't listened to this yet but johnny doesn't seem happy with it.
I'll give it a listen at some point

Album Rating: 3.5

Imagine when fantano reviews it

Album Rating: 2.5

Hi there, Godsthony Peedtano here

Album Rating: 3.5

Hi there, im about to be murdered by an angry mobtano here

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

dunno if i'm feeling this one a lot. I really like the ambient "interlude" tracks but outside of the post-rocky climax in ASHES TO SEE i'm as yet not huge on the main tracks.

Album Rating: 2.5

"Can't wait for the St. Vincent and Sweet Trip reviews BB"

Can't wait for Sweet Trip RELEASE DATE smdh in their own sweet time. St Vincent was gonna be Rowan but he realised it's probably gonna blow and ditched it, not sure if I wanna pick it up for similar reasons

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Tfw no positive ratings on the front page of the featured review

pissed at how good fire at static valley is because they clearly could still be writing interesting music

Album Rating: 2.8

Best new username (in a while) goes to this static guy.



Edit: oh shit at that 04 join date. Good job sir

yeah if I post here it's usually under this name and a buncha prior banned ones/wiped ones. static was pre-sputnik, forum times.

the designated hitter song also slaps

Album Rating: 2.0

meh

yanqui and skinny fists are enough

Album Rating: 3.5

Are we sure this is not the Mogwai 2021 disc?



I kinda like it as I haven´t been sent enough apocalyptic post-rock my way considering the utter shite the world is these years I´d expected the scene to do more. expect this to land at 3.5

Album Rating: 3.1 | Sound Off

it's aight

Album Rating: 3.0

Not bad, Fire at Static Valley shows they can still make something better on the whole. It lacks the kind of "pictureless film" type of "story telling" that their best works had, something is off and tired about this, like the movements of the music have no real plotted course. It invokes more of a feeling a set of older outtakes than it does a new project.

it's always funny seeing an album get bombarded with high scores and as soon as a staff review comes out below a 3.5, the avg starts to slowly dip

ah worst word in the english language we meet again


you dont think it has anything to do with people who are think they are likely to enjoy it being more likely to prioritise it highly and listen/rate early? or the people who are more likely to inflate being early?

Album Rating: 4.0

inflation always strikes at the right time