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Stevens/Dessner/Muhly/McAlister
Planetarium


2.5
average

Review

by CompostCompote USER (34 Reviews)
June 16th, 2017 | 15 replies


Release Date: 2017 | Tracklist


Ingredients List for a DIY Planetarium:

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Three teaspoons of casual melancholy (just casual enough to provoke thoughtless thought)

Enough vocoders to trample a small badger

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A dash of balsawood

Two tablespoons of male menopause

Repeating ‘I’m sorry’ more often than a Canadian pastor in a crowded subway car

A generous sprinkle of ironic trucker hats from a label called ‘Intelligentsia Brooklyn’ or something

Black Energy (maybe Little Richard, he’s a lively little fella)

Halley’s Comet (otherwise known as Hailey’s hymen, because the last time it was around was also 1986)

One male musical collective most accurately described as a bachelor party on morphine (alternatively, the mean clique in a prison cafeteria)

A pint of Jagermeister (the herbal digestif from Lower Saxony, not the thing sorority girls drink with Red Bull)

Six handfuls of overlong songs that are highly conducive to sexual arousal in sloths

A small pinch of David Foster Wallace

One time machine set to summer of 2006

Four stripper sisters called the UnDressners

One Philharmonic Orchestra (Phil Harmonic himself not included)

Chopped dill (the feeling, not the herb)

One will to live suspended in formaldehyde and bourbon

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Stir vigorously until cosmos-colored, then deploy inside a vacuum. In the absence of a vacuum, consult the Ingredients List for a DIY Vacuum (otherwise known as Illinoise)

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In conclusion, though this album runs at an hour and 15 minutes, listening to it only feels like 5 minutes,.......................................... .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................underwater.



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Comments:Add a Comment 
verdant
Emeritus
June 16th 2017


2505 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

compost4president

CompostCompote
June 16th 2017


1022 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

My uncle took me to a Planetarium once. I still cry when I see Uranus.

Conmaniac
June 16th 2017


27701 Comments


cracked up at the canadian line. have a pos and a paws!

CompostCompote
June 16th 2017


1022 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

I was once accidentally stuck in the Canadian line at a grocery store. I miss the times when they were segregated.

TVC15
June 16th 2017


11374 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

This should replace the currently featured review

RadicalEd
June 16th 2017


9546 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

unfortunately this pre much sums up my feelings.

DoofusWainwright
June 16th 2017


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

I was going to 1 this on first listen but it has a few genius moments lurking in the mix. Need to give it a couple more goes...this could be a cult classic or one of the most tiresome albums in history, all will become clear soon.

wwf
June 16th 2017


7198 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

'I was once accidentally stuck in the Canadian line at a grocery store. I miss the times when they were segregated.'



lmao

CompostCompote
June 16th 2017


1022 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

I went to an auto-mechanic once. He was quiet tiresome.

clavier
Emeritus
June 16th 2017


1206 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

As a Canadian, I can attest to the veracity of the descriptions

CompostCompote
June 16th 2017


1022 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

If you were really Canadian, you would have prefaced that with Excuse Me. Unless you're from Alberta or Newfoundland, which are essentially Texas and Kentucky with shittier weather respectively.

clavier
Emeritus
June 16th 2017


1206 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

Sorry, please excuse me.

Divaman
June 16th 2017


16120 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Have a pos, hoser.

Toad
June 16th 2017


2065 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

album is a 2.5

review is a 2.6

parksungjoon
September 2nd 2021


47231 Comments


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