Album Rating: 5.0
nice personal touch on the review and huge grats re: that 2nd baby the way
this is my first experience with Lord Huron. felt like a mostly standard indie-folk affair on first listen but then Time's Blur happened so now I'm a bit torn. we'll see what the next few listens unfold :]
edit: ok yeah there are some real nice earworms on here.. growing already
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Album Rating: 5.0
Seems to be more of an objective 4 for most
This just struck me with the right vibes at the right time
Hasn't lost its magic so far, been alternating between this and Iosonouncane daily, and it's quite the contrast lol. Really helps accent their respective differences though; makes that one sound even darker and this one all the warmer.
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Album Rating: 3.5
was not expecting Doof to 4 this even slightly
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Album Rating: 4.5
This is seriously so good. Probably the closest to country I usually get
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Album Rating: 5.0
^the country influences aren't even something I immediately noticed, but you're absolutely right.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Yea totally, I like how the country influences accentuate the music instead of being the main driving point of it
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Album Rating: 5.0
Agreed, and I like country. This has just enough twang to make me feel like I'm wandering through the countryside, but it never lays it on too thick.
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Album Rating: 5.0
this keeps getting better. sounds like a mixture of Fleet Foxes and Jason Isbell
also have to echo the love for the title track. such a feel-good tune
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Album Rating: 5.0
Nice. I immediately thought that this seemed like something you'd like for its country influences, but I couldn't remember how much (if at all) you are into indie-folk a la Fleet Foxes, which makes up the larger piece of the pie here. Glad you're digging it, and yes, the title track is the best here (although the two songs after it comprise a remarkable 3-track run if you ask me).
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Album Rating: 5.0
I have listened to this way too much over the last couple of days... this is my current AOTY and it's gonna be rivaling Iosonouncane over this week I think
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Album Rating: 5.0
Yeah this and Iosonouncane marks the first time that two 5's came out in the same week for me since 2017 when Lorde dropped Melodrama the same week as Fleet Foxes' Crack-Up (and later that summer, Brand New and Manchester Orchestra released Science Fiction and A Black Mile to the Surface - what an insanely good year).
Add VOLA into the mix too, that's a hard 4 with the ability to become a 4.5 in the future. This is an outstanding week for music.
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Album Rating: 5.0
and even though I’m not too keen on metalcore as much as I used to be, the new The Devil Wears Prada just adds to the list of great stuff this week
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Album Rating: 5.0
"but I couldn't remember how much (if at all) you are into indie-folk a la Fleet Foxes"
Shore was my most-scrobbled album of 2020 ;)
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Album Rating: 4.0
This has been growing on me a lot since my first listen. It didn't really stand out to me at first (listening solo with headphones at work), but when I turned it on at home my wife really liked it. So it's been on a bit more and definitely growing. There really is a distinct "old-timey" feel to it, with some country sound as well.
Leaning toward a 4.0 right now.
EDIT: Meant to say that this was a fantastic personal review, Sowing. I could relate so much!
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Album Rating: 3.5
this doesn't really hold a candle to Lonesome Dreams or even Strange Trails for me personally, but I'll admit its still very good. The production is really something else. I'm a sucker for that antiquated-yet-hifi texture.
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Interesting Fleet Foxes was mentioned earlier because I get a lot of Father John Misty in some of these tracks. Beautiful album.
You guys were talking about environment of listening earlier making a huge difference, I'm listening with the gorgeous sound of the rain on my window in the background on a cold Melbourne day, heater blasting, completely wrapped around a blanket and it's all hitting hard. Long Lost and What Do It Mean are particularly stunning. Love the subtle country influences with just that right amount of twang not to detract from the strings & soaring vocals.
I'm gonna have to listen to the rest of their discography now, I've never heard of them before??
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Album Rating: 4.0
This is a very interesting record. I like this orchestrated country thing he’s doing. Might not be a 5 but it’s certainly one of the better ones I’ve heard this year.
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Album Rating: 5.0
@Atari: You should check Helplessness Blues and Crack-Up if you haven't already, Shore is probably their weakest album even though it's still amazing lol.
@FuzzyThoughts: Thanks so much! It's funny, the more effort I put into reviews the less I seem to like them. This one just rolled off my fingertips and took like 30 mins, and I think it's one of my better personal reviews. Agreed about the old-timey feel...combined with the country influences and modern hi-fi production, this thing sounds glorious.
@Evok: Surprised to hear that! Can certainly see any LH fan preferring the debut, but I never really understood the praise surrounding Strange Trails. Certainly a great album, but IMO nowhere near on the level of the debut - or this for that matter. It's well-made and had an intriguing, mysterious atmosphere, but overall it's not very memorable (for me, at least!)
@HBFS: I can so relate to the environmental aspect. Almost any album I listen to can be enhanced (or dulled) by the setting I'm listening to it in. This album is so warm and inviting, and I think the atmosphere I described in my review (at home relaxing w/ family) only magnified it.
@Colton: So nice to see this getting the recognition it deserves!
@NortherSkylark: Orchestrated country is a nice way of describing it - definitely a melting pot of modern indie-folk and antiquated country/Americana.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Love me like you used to, meet me in the city, long lost, what do it mean. I’ve narrowed down my favorites to these tracks, I don’t think I can choose out of that list though.
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Album Rating: 2.5
lol
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