oooo. right on, will listen now.

Not bad so far, but I prefer my post-rock a little more slow-paced.

Oh yes

not quite as good as "sing the word hope..." but still awesome

their weakest album so far probably

Will give this a spin tomorrow evening, I wasn't even expecting this so yay.

Not quite as good as Sing the Word Hope... but awesome nonetheless. These guys and ASIWYFA and the future of post-rock imo.

yess

This is ground M83 has tread upon many times.

fuck yes

inb4 Knott

can't wait to stream this, gonna rule

"Pretty much a tie with Sing the Word Hope."

nice, that's all I can ask for (I'd even settle for something significantly worse, that album was incredible)

Listening to this now, the opening is beautiful.

^agree completely xeno

I already pre-ordered this, it's cool to have a listen to it in advance though. I really love Sing The Word Hope... and am
pretty excited.

Starting the stream now

EDIT: Seems a bit more "laid back" compared to Sing The Word Hope, more like Last Time This Year or Our History Will
Be What We Make It than Co-Conspirators, but I like what I hear so far.

this is compositionally better and better produced than sing the world hope. as you said it just doesn't have the same energy

the 10th track here is a problem IMO, the heavy riffs don't really fit in with the sound of the rest of the album

Not For Want Of Trying is their best

agreed^

their weakest but it's still good

I'm definitely in the minority with this opinion: but this is my favorite of theirs yet. Heard it a few times through and have the desire for many more... I'd love to be able to review this if I have time this week

it's missing some samples

Relative Minors is incredible. This isn't - I don't think - as good as STWH, but we'll see.

yea relative minors rules

this is so so so good, I think it might be better that STWHIFPH. I'm liking it better so far anyway (on my second listen) and I LOVED "Sing..."

there's definitely more to listen to here from a harmonic and compositional perspective. STWH ruled but at times wasn't fleshed out enough

I liked the aggressiveness of STWH, the angst-filled political rants mainly, I thought they were really well done. That being said, I'm glad they moved from that approach a little bit.

This album just makes me so fucking happy I could cry, parts of it are just gorgeous. Seriously, what is with this band and their ability to make me weep like a fucking baby?

I have listened to it only once yet but I also think by now it kinda lacks energy. But I'm gonna give a few more spins.

Great, I like this up beat style that they have.

i hate this bands name

first listen and i love this.

yeah it's not a very good name. good thing the music is incredible.

yeah im gonna check this out

yeah band name is unfortunately thte worst thing about them

"yeah band name is unfortunately thte worst thing about them"

I'd say that's fortunate, not unfortunate. If their name wasn't the worst thing about them I'd probably hate their music.

i dont know they could all be fat instead of having a shitty name or something

hahahahaha

"This band rules but they're all lardasses. Hmmm, pass"

it's alright

lol this is not even close to their previous two albums . 3.5 max

it's alright [2]

i was just about to say that =]

awesome can knott wait to listen

awesome! will give it a listen tonight. These guys never disappoint.

its got its flaws, like how some of their songs lost that individuality and diversity in structure, but fuck, its still great and has moments where my jaw literally dropped.

Completely agree with what NeutralThunder just said. Really really good overall.

i was just about to say that =]

except when noctus is wrong about this album
and agalloch

always :]

really digging this

just finished listening. as expected, not disappointed at all.

Pretty awesome so far. I definitely agree with the lack of samples comment.

i personally think it's good that they didn't rehash the things that made their past work novel

Yeah album rules.

this is fucking great

Not quite as good as Sing the Word Hope... but awesome nonetheless. These guys and ASIWYFA and the future of post-rock imo.

They've opted for a more synthetic sound overall. It still works fine, I was just kinda hoping for at least a couple of straight up aggressive songs. It doesn't matter too much since they nailed a lot of passages on here.

Still, this has been the only post-rock release this year that has interested me. Go check out the video for Critical Distance if you haven't. It's pretty cool.

Aw no love for Vessels, Powerban?

Actually thanks for reminding me about Vessels. I have Helioscope sitting on my computer but I haven't been able to sit down and give it a good listen.

I think I may like White Fields just a tiny bit more, but I'd recommend Helioscope. It's one of the more unique releases of 2011.

I think I actually like this more than Sing.

am loving this.

The last 2 minutes of "Red Paper Lanterns" makes me smile

Loving the album. I like the direction they are going in.

I'm really excited for this album, I have it on preorder!

jeebus Relative Minors is such an awesome song

I don't know how I missed this. I am loving this album so far.