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JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
June 19th 2022


60281 Comments

Album Rating: 3.9

sowing how about you make that a 4.5, so i can chip in with the remaining 0.5 and we'll have the perfect score between us

tyman128
Staff Reviewer
June 19th 2022


4504 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

well, i’m sorta leaning more towards YoYo’s rating more than most other people’s ratings so far

YoYoMancuso
Staff Reviewer
June 19th 2022


18855 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

i'll be surprised if my album charts at all lmao

Ryus
June 19th 2022


36626 Comments


excited to check this. never been enamored with a full-length by him but he has the potential 4 sure

YoYoMancuso
Staff Reviewer
June 19th 2022


18855 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

I will concede that I thought Eye In The Wall was pretty good, especially the percussion

Sowing
Moderator
June 19th 2022


43943 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

From the moment I heard this I legitimately thought it'd be the kind of album that'd hold a 4.5 avg for a week and then eventually settle around a 4.2 or 4.3. This is no joke mind-blowing and probably my new AOTY at this point.

YoYoMancuso
Staff Reviewer
June 19th 2022


18855 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

i mean, like, i wish i felt that way. i 100% see the appeal of this but i just didn't enjoy it at all

Purpl3Spartan
June 19th 2022


8524 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Excited to check this

Sowing
Moderator
June 19th 2022


43943 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

It's OK YoYo I'm just ribbing. I did think this would take the site by storm though. I know it hasn't stopped playing for me since it dropped. It's probably the most sure I've been of an insta-5 since mewithoutYou dropped Untitled four years ago.

YoYoMancuso
Staff Reviewer
June 19th 2022


18855 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

oh yeah don't worry i know haha, To Pimp A Butterfly is still my only insta-5 to date

FadedSun
June 19th 2022


3196 Comments


"Easiest 5 I've given out"

you give these out like candy :P I see more 5's from you than anyone on this site haha

Did a quick skim through the entire album. Sounds like some avant weirdness for the bulk of it. I could see throwing this on in the background to enjoy. Lots of cool sounding ambient sections.

Sowing
Moderator
June 19th 2022


43943 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

I have too many insta-5's to remember, but about 50% of them I walk back to a 4.5 before its respective year comes to an end. I'm not proud of it, but I just get so excited. I can often tell even as I'm doing it though whether or not it will last. Example - Simple Math I knew was a real 5. Other times it's a strong 4.5 that I'm just trying to convince myself is perfect even though there's a moment here or there that I'm not quite vibing with. In this case, I'm pretty confident in the 5. It just has that intangible feeling - like an unstoppable force that I know will enthrall me for a long long time to come.

YoYoMancuso
Staff Reviewer
June 19th 2022


18855 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

LOVE THE ENTHUSIASM KEEP BEING YOU BROTHER

tyman128
Staff Reviewer
June 19th 2022


4504 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

i’m about halfway through and it’s a 3, but the second half is pulling me in a bit more

Sowing
Moderator
June 19th 2022


43943 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

I get subjectivity but damn just can't see getting even two songs into this and not having to pick my jaw up off the floor.

tyman128
Staff Reviewer
June 19th 2022


4504 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

idk, i like the ideas but i never feel like they’re expanded on enough... it’s like there’s cool concepts of how to make a song grandiose, but then it jarringly goes into the next one

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
June 19th 2022


60281 Comments

Album Rating: 3.9

can't think of a single track (including the ones i don't care for) that doesn't offer a substantial development of whichever aesthetic-palette-mood

and the t/t is an awkward clash, but otherwise the sequencing here is butter smooth

YoYoMancuso
Staff Reviewer
June 19th 2022


18855 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Scherzo is the main one that comes to mind for me - it just feels completely directionless and unfinished

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
June 19th 2022


60281 Comments

Album Rating: 3.9

Scherzo is certified not good yh but if anything it goes on too long. not sure expansion is the right crit there - needs an interesting contrast, as p much everything else brings to the table

Cimnele
June 19th 2022


2527 Comments


I liked Scherzo like
i don't know much about Perfume Genius but they clearly know their shit and I was excited to hear them flex something a bit atonal since most of the sung songs hop between two familiar chords



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