Never heard of this but it sounds like a really dreamy experience. Definitely checking it out.
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Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off
Thought this was OK but probably the most boring Failure record for me. Lead single was good and moody but the rest just felt a bit too toothless.
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
Completely agree with this review.
For me it's like they have created an atmospheric painting of sound.
Totally felt the same about Solid State. Immediately thought of Fantastic Planet.
And Ken Andrews voice transcends the decades. His voice almost belongs in the 80s.
No wonder they crushed Enjoy the Silence by Depeche Mode.
Would I have liked one or two heavier tracks? Sure. Always.
But I'm good with a 'spacey mellow mood' from these guys.
Also, see these guys live if you get the chance.
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half moon is legitimately one of the best closing tracks of the decade
but i haven't been that into anything else they've done
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Good review. Ngl, I find this band incredibly boring. I've heard Fantastic Planet maybe 7 times over the decades and damn near every second of it sounds unremarkable to me.
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Album Rating: 4.5
As much as the songs just seem to pass by, I keep coming back to this one and listening to it from beginning to end. Crash Test Delayed is no Water With Hands, but there's still an atmosphere in it I feel very comfortable inhabiting. I find these songs to plod along to the pace of breath, if that makes sense, a very easy listen.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Wild Type Droid didn't do much for me, but this one has been a delight so far. A nice meditative feel while also remaining decently catchy.
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Album Rating: 3.0
Sigh, yeah this has been a disappointment.
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Album Rating: 2.5
Not a big fan of this sadly. I feel they've dropped off a bit.
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Thanks for the review!
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Album Rating: 3.0
Cool band
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Album Rating: 3.5
I like it! Definitely more understated than usual but it's unmistakably Failure to me.
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Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off
pennyroyal22 said it all in his rating
"Relatively bereft of hooks, energy, riffs. Songs are structurally all over the place. Ken's vocal melodies are rather droll and unmemorable, and he sounds tired. Some of the production is cool but that's not enough on its own. The arpeggiated guitar chords get tiresome. It feels like the band is leaning rather hard towards Radiohead-esque esoterica but that was never really their strongsuit, in my mind. The album's not bad or anything but the songs fail to meet their potential and cool sections are mired by boring sections within the same song. It's all just rather mid-tempo unmemorable."
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Album Rating: 4.5
This is a very consistent band. While this album lacks heavy hitters like Frogs or Submarines, the quality of the songs is up to par with the average of their other works. The Rising Skyline, Solid State, Someday Soon, and Location Lost are really good.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Crash Test Delayed hits me real hard. The drollness of the vocals kinda juxtapose with the quiet hope of the melody. It's weird, but I like how tired it sounds.
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Album Rating: 3.0
Hum... Will relisten. Track 2 was very good. Needed more energy after it.
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Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off
tell me you're disappointed without telling me you're disappointed
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Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off
Wild Type Droid is awesome and I come back to it a lot. Love all the slow riffs, minimalistic approach, fantastic grooves etc. This one is just okay, the experimentation pays off just sometimes. It has great moments, but the instrumental is a little all over the place compared to WTD. The band is still so cool though.
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Album Rating: 3.0
In The Future... is best late Failure
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Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off
The album made a lot more sense for me contextually when I heard Ken Andrews had had some emergency surgery in 2024 when he burst a disc in a 'freak workout accident', and actually coded while in surgery. Not meant as a pejorative, but somehow the album does sound like it was written on painkillers.
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