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Reviews 22
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Soundoffs 18
News Articles 7
Band Edits + Tags 87
Album Edits 138
Album Ratings 1539
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Last Active 01-01-23 7:07 pm
Joined 09-13-13
Review Comments 21,336
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 | Demon of the Fall Yeah I?m just quite conservative myself with ratings and Ys was an almost instant 4.5. Guess it was just love at first? hearing?admittedly never heard letlive. was just unsure because the lack of rating confused me (and also wasn?t sure it?d be your thing, but I was obvs wrong!)? maybe I?ll peek out of curiosity
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| Demon of the Fall do you actually enjoy letlive. or are you partaking in tomfoolery as I see no rating attached to your comments, lol?
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| Demon of the Fall Thanks mate! I mean yeah I wasn't being 100% serious, but it's my coping mechanism to joke about it / I know deep-down that my relationship with the stuff isn't exactly 'healthy'... if that makes sense
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 | budgie whats in the booox whats in the boooooox
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 | Trifolium OMG Phero you were not lying about Linda. What a gorgeously beautiful lovely album. Love it. Almost as much as I love YOU! Thank you!
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| budgie huh huh huh huh huyuck htyuck huh uhhhh
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| Trifolium Thank you, will listen, you're the best many hearts!!!!!!
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 | Mort. everyone loves it when you leave it til the last minute to submit a song for music league, very cool
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| Mort. but u did vote u stinky egg. stop tricking me
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| Mort. everyone is waiting for u to vote in music league u stinky egg
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| budgie FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAART
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 | porcupinetheater Oh no uh oh Um okay so I saw you dropped a 1 star on that puppy and I see you it might be hmmm in many lights but also I loved it and I thought it was a hysterical and tapped all my sucker for Emma Stone buttons
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 | bighubbabuddha Given you something I don't think you have heard, enjoy!
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 | Egarran sparkkklehorse* a controversial band, but yes
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| budgie flubbalubbawubbbawubbalubba
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| Mort. banned from meeting me
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| Egarran https://youtu.be/u2DsBxNL6M0?si=49HuykFHTEreEhvZ
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| Trifolium We will. I'm sure of it. We'll discuss what happened tomorrow.
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| Trifolium Yipppeeeeee, the best kind! Goodnight I will go and sleep about that now.
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| Trifolium Heheheheheheh I always forget the Trif O Liam !!!! Is Liam hot by the way??? Asking for a friend oh no asking for me!!!
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| budgie CRUSTED BLOOD ON ALTAR BLACK THE RITE OF DARK IS DONE
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 | fogza Final verdict, I really like it but I don't really understand it as one song. i'm trying to view it as a medley but I really wish it was split up into two separate songs.
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| budgie Oh hey, yes I'm afraid this is a case of mistaken identity, since I have never heart Wrens content, old or new. Sounds like my thing though, will check Meadowlands
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 | Icebloom Oh hey, yes I'm afraid this is a case of mistaken identity, since I have never heart Wrens content, old or new. Sounds like my thing though, will check Meadowlands
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| fogza I will let you know, I had the music league to listen to and homework listening to write my Chris Whitley piece / umbrella competition song picking so I have not been car colouring excuses excuses
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 | Rowan5215 wack. this is exactly what I'm talkin bout, whole thing is so self destructive
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| Rowan5215 if he releases Three Types and he's cut Kevin's little interlude I riot stg
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 | Slex The songwriting on these demos is spectacular, just brilliant
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| Slex I think the song is made significantly better with the lyrics, the song is a bit unwieldy at first but the lyrics just give all of it a structure and emotional stakes that I'm not sure it would have if they weren't so good. Also what's this I hear about a Wrens album leak??
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| Rowan5215 found it actually. too tired and hungover for 70 minutes rn but I skimmed through and it sounded amazing. Old Death is better in this incarnation surely
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 | Sinternet nope but it was on my list to check, will try get to it tomorrow!
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| Rowan5215 i did read something about that but i couldn't find it when i looked. didn't try all that hard admittedly but I'm curious for sure
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| Mort. i have voted u stinky egg
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| Slex Maybe not as exhilarating as Three Types of Reading but classic Wrens-y goodness and every indication that Bissell still has 'it' and then some
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| Mort. post more you stinky egg
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| Egarran Thanks hon! Very nice vibes but not quite quirky enough for me.
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| Mort. i love u! best user
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| Trifolium Ehehehehehe YES it worked!!! I feel so befriended!!!! It's Goodreads-official now!!
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| Trifolium I don't see you?????! Do you see me? Goodreads is weird.
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 | xxm You?re welcome.
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| xxm Nice ratings.
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 | theBoneyKing Phero it is officially slowcore szn Will this be the year I listen to Spokane
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| Mort. absolutely based well done man thats fantastic!! i was told that anything over 80 was basically publishable so getting a 73 or 74 was amazing for me. above 80 is big dick manoeuvres you ****ing genius
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 | DoofDoof wish is my command, strange little album
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| Mort. 'aimee mann - im with stupid' is a very nice album that makes me feel pretty and sweet and hopeful, you should check it cos youre fab
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| Mort. good thing i just looked at sputnik, only had 18 mins left to vote!
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| fogza Elliott Smith was the goat
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| theBoneyKing Wake up babe, a new Boner slowcore review dropped
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| Demon of the Fall good question, I would like to say 'okay', I hope. it varies. How about you?
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 | parksungjoon i also literally didnt read it so while i may be making fun of you, i am not making fun of your writing :]
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| parksungjoon Review Summary: "Describe your style in three words?" "Slint, spider land."A spectre is haunting the South London Borough of Lambeth. This spectre, of course, is post-punk revival - now joined, apparently, by slowcore revival. Taking refuge in the Windmill in Brixton, these phantoms trace less than forgotten musical stylings into a by-numbers format, churning out perfectly fine replications of truly pioneering artists, now with much less substance and excitement. Throw in some inescapable fanfare and a fair shake of nepotism and these ghosts claim a ****ing haunting presence.Enter deathcrash, arising (as they affirm) ?against all odds? alongside an emerging Windmill scene as the diamonds in the rough of Cambridge University. Interestingly, deathcrash trade in the usual post-punk quirk outline of Squid, Black Midi or Black Country New Road for a softer post-rock inspired slowcore - a genre with an even smaller range of canonical bands to lift from. The tension-laden, meditative side of slowcore bloomed like a quaint antithesis to the more cathartic and melodramatic emo prominent at the same time within the same scenes. Think Low, Bedhead, Codeine, Duster, the slower side of Slint. A more comprehensive piece might raise the parallel between the original emergence of slowcore, and today?s emergence of slowcore-revival alongside modern post-punk. Fragility sure makes a nice pairing for catharsis. Granted, this post-rock slowcore sound still relied on mini-crescendos and tension, a slight pull to unravel. The best bands expertly manoeuvre this fine line, drawing you in, to release.This is the first issue with deathcrash: if you?ve heard most of the bands above, there?s really no need to seek out this album. If you haven?t, you might as well seek the original source. How?s the music? It?s fine. It?s literally fine. It?s ridiculously long for a slowcore album that remains firmly in one gear throughout the runtime. For a band who border on zero original thoughts, this becomes a bit of an unearned slog. What can you hear on their 65 minute LP debut? Slint, obviously. An amalgamation of the other bands cited above. Some Mogwai. Some twinkly emo (to lift from the other prominent scene of the 90s). There you have deathcrash. Purposefully repetitive David Pajo guitar stylings make up the majority of the playing here, constructing the tension alongside slight percussion in aid of the eventual release. However, unlike those of the best, the underwhelming releases here rarely justify the similarly monotonous build up. As well as this we have some oh-so delicate vocals, and of course, ambient background clippings of conversations candidly placed across otherwise subtle instrumental tracks in order to aid the album?s atmosphere. For the most part, it is all fine. Despite retreading the muddy footsteps in Spiderland?s iconic artwork, deathcrash trudge along barely making a fraction of that album?s emotional or atmospheric impactNostalgia and the forever rotating genre cycle are inevitable in music. Post-punk revivalism is basically a bi-annual affair at this point. Bands will always borrow from earlier bands. This isn?t the issue, utilising earlier scenes or styles to push your sound forward is normal - there?s homage to be paid! It?s just that there?s something particularly harrowing about this new wave of bands lifting a style almost directly, entirely transparently. It?s especially jarring when these bands are praised to the heavens by critics who would (rightly) rip on Greta Van Fleet, and you?re left wondering whether you?ve missed the trick here somewhere. Sure, if you?re borrowing from Duster or Slint your music is probably going to be more interesting than a band stealing from Led Zep, but it doesn?t mean the replication isn?t frustrating. Ah well, **** it. Listen to sparklehorse.
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 | dedex peeped and seems like my kinda thang!!! also i see you dropped Jessie Ware from 4 to 3.5 how dare you
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| Demon of the Fall if we can actually sign a midfielder or two I'm thinking #5 or #6, Newcastle will likely drop a little with UCL obligations etc.
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| Demon of the Fall impossible to say at this point, well apart from City at #1 being inevitable (ask me again nearer to the season opener). I'd guess at Liverpool #2, Arsenal #3, Utd #4. After that it's hazy.
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| Demon of the Fall yeah, fair point re no. of ratings, but I?m in the process of taring mine down before rebuilding, in reality I should have 25-ish. Well, the Women 5 can definitely go if you want to make cuts, haha
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| Demon of the Fall I just cut my 5s down to a mere 19, yet still have more than double your total - which seems mental!
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 | someone i could use a pheromone in my life
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| Demon of the Fall I didn't realise my announcement would lead to recs! This is very early on in the process, so I am probably not ready to be fair
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| Mort. sweet freedom, a pure and unfettered phero running on to his glorious future, godbless you
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| Mort. godbless u, u are such a good lad you make this site worth populating
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| Demon of the Fall hang on, you actually 5d it? Damn. I will be entering with intrigue and a healthy dose of scepticism
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| Demon of the Fall noise rock? Oh, sign me up then... assumed it was something different from the album cover / name, idk sadboi indie something something
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 | MoM The Wikipedia page for BTBAM?s Alaska. ? How about you?
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 | MiloRuggles if peggy and danny need saving i WILL save them
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| MiloRuggles i am concurrently rating and getting up in ur DMs. what can i do ya for?
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 | Ryus not bad at all but again its like a 3.5/5 lol sadly i think nujabes is not for me
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| Mort. yoooooooo im very proud of you my dude well done. takes a lot of balls to get sober (seriously, british culture is wrapped around getting ****ed up), you should be proud of yourself
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 | Koris Done! Sorry, I thought the deadline was Tuesday for some reason. I think I got this tourney mixed up with Jethro's prog one, lol
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| MoM https://youtube.com/watch?v=kmTDQ3qBIrQ
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| Egarran See my heart couldn't take that
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| Mort. thank you for sending me some random depressing song bro
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 | friendofafriend yeah, it's very raw live, and no one you'd remember haha i just like this site
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 | zakalwe Was at the cricket yesterday mate absolutely hammered so if it was last night hope it was a blinder if it is tonight than absolutely no chance as I?m in recovery plus the champions league final
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| Mort. no but goddamit i want money so i can buy consumer goods
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| Mort. i need to make money on the money grind to buy consumer goods
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 | PitchforkArms Got it!d your comment so others don't steal the link :)
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| MoM Not initially, but, **** it, I?ll play, yeah!
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 | PotsyTater I?m gonna be hella disappointed in you if you don?t drop a real rec for the dance comp after making it to the finals in the last one
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 | unclereich I agree! Do you mean that? How are you?
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| Mort. what does that even mean? grow up, check shiner
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| theBoneyKing Bump that Wednesday rating coward. You know its excellent.
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| fogza Looks like it is sold out, but I will see if I can get down there for a pre-show meetup
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| fogza That would be good but I might not be able to get there all that early. Tickets look pretty cheap, are you guys just general admission?
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| fogza Hmmm, not a huge veils guy but I feel the fomo is strong. How do I opt in, just buy a ticket?
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| fogza Is that some form of ham
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| fogza Downloaded it, it is very violet
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| fogza Ok dokes, well that all sounds glorious except the Facebook part but that's totally optional. We will have to figure out how to get this slow music party started. Maybe also get Pan involved
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| zakalwe Haha. Good lad. Drinking is a funny one. Everyone over does it in their twenties and it goes off the rails. My advice is never bring it through the front door. You drink to get drunk at home regularly and it is a slippery slope. I have seen it time and time again. Definitely stay well clear of the gear. Both are the path to oblivion once it takes a hold but the gear acts very very quickly far more aggressively and obliterates the mind and soul. Sput disagrees but **** ?em
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 | Winesburgohio Hey bb moose, I am the world's leading expert on sobriety (23 months) and am happy to talk about it more detailedly any time if you have a discord or rym or w/e x
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| zakalwe Hello mate. What is that all about? Hope you are alright.
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| fogza But maybe gamifying it more will help. Honestly though, I like the commentary, I don't just want to see a bunch of number scores
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| fogza Awesome, yeah give it a shot. My fear is if people get a chunk of songs in a week, they may give up. Like it blows my mind people can't listen to one song a day and give an opinion. Maybe people like to rec but they don't actually want to listen to a random list of songs from other people, like they feel they just won't like enough of it for it to be worth their time
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| fogza The problem is getting people to listen to the songs though :(. Like I dunno how to get people to actually participate, if they're not listening and rating now I'm not sure how an app would change things. But I'd be willing to give it a try
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 | denboy My first three suggestions were already on the list -_-
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 | SteakByrnes oh poo do you still need a song I forgot to reply lmao
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 | Willie That's more Sowing's department than mine. You'll need to ask him.
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 | Dewinged Definitely make time for shows too, if you let me know the days in advance I can scout for smth interesting happening in the area. Also ask Johnny about tips cause he has travelled far and wide around the country too!
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| Dewinged haha nice, Phero, NICE. Well, nowadays ****ing AI can plan you a hell of a trip if you feed it the right info but let's keep it human. So, are you planning different cities I guess? Depending on the time of the year my recs would vary. If it's around this time, Tokyo, the Kansai area and maybe going south to Fukuoka, Hiroshima and Kumamoto would be very stuffed. In the Kansai area you have Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and Nara which is already a week of awsmness (I live in Osaka).
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| Egarran *beaming with academic pride*
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| PotsyTater i need a rebuttal rec from you for comp cuz ur winning
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| Egarran still waiting to recive my marksman this education system
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 | normaloctagon haha hi phero bb. i could rec, but wouldnt participate further, and feel like the latter would/should disqualify me from doing the former. wdyt?
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| porcupinetheater But is it sexy? Hmmm I?m still trying to think of a hot showery April song to get the boys May deflowered
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| porcupinetheater Right? Big love for all those scratchy shrieks and yelps and humdums
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| Egarran It's a challenge to compare two artists from such distant genres as lo-fi and death metal. But they share an honesty and sincerity in the expression of their art: There is no irony or meta-commentary. There is only a human experience, mostly in a world of emotion and mystery. Musically they share the same organicity: The music grew out of pure, undiluted artistic creativity, not compromising with the musical trends of their day.
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| fogza Yeah I'm skint this month anyway, bought baaba maal tickets and they were not cheap :-(
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| porcupinetheater Oh no I will marinate but Phero this is not good, my entire music taste is sexless and greasy
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| Demon of the Fall hmm, nah you're not getting help from me on that subject, haha. Maybe it'll be your lucky day and something will magically come to me (dobutful)
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| dedex imma give you a shout when imma next visit my sista!! you a london boi?
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| fogza I didn't really give it a listen, I tried one of their albums once (the famous one) and I think they're not for me
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| zakalwe Ha good lad. Working for pittance but at least it?s a foot in the door. Nice one mate.
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| zakalwe Hello mate. You still working in Old Leigh? I?m there on Friday night, will pop in to take the piss.
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| Mort. its where i live you ****ing dumbass, how have i never told you that?? i thought you knew i lived in the staines/surrey area? royal holloway aint london as much as it tries to pretend it is to trick international students lol
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| Mort. you never lost me baby. off to walk my dog around royal holloway and look at students with disgust
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| fogza i love how antagonistic your shoutbox is. do you like the golden dregs, i find them quite nice
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| fogza have you stolen my identity
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| Mort. oh but you wont check my review? pisspoor behaviour
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| Mort. you cant not respond to my last shoutboxes then try to get me to check s*** for you
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| zakalwe The band name alone irritates. Actriz indeed.
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| theBoneyKing Btw I will get on that Mirah album!!! Also is that a real Phero 5 or a hype rating??
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| theBoneyKing Pheropherophero heres a cute lil twee slowcore gem 4 u: https://youtu.be/GBvqwSg9EWk
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| porcupinetheater But the silver lining is we planning on tripping back to Edinburgh sometime within the next 6-ish months
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| porcupinetheater Lmao we are out here but Cat and I have been basically playing disease roulette since we got out, horrid vacay timing lol
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| Mort. also read my new review please mr manfriend
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| Mort. damn they good live. still got an lp and loads of eps to get through. not looking forward to the day theres no more pinback to discover. also tell me thoughts on this -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-T0UIgTbDE
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 | anat we gonna fogza 2 (electric avenue)
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| porcupinetheater Phero I missed this I am sorry uh oh! I am v far from Texas (not cri) but I will be if you are coming to Texas (big cri)
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| Mort. yeah the hack messed up my join date. im an old man now. long live the sex pistols, only ones to do it right
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| SteakByrnes Thank you phero, that was a rough time but I'm glad I was able to be there for him and take care of him, especially those last few days. Love you buddy
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| zakalwe Hello mate. No I emailed him before Christmas asking how his health was and wishing him all the best. Have not heard a thing which is not like him at all. I assume the worst.
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 | Pangea hi phero, bring song to song of the day plz https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=202356i love you
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 | Gladwin RIP bro. You were one of my favorite Sputnikkers
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| dedex woo! hope you get your avi soon, I miss that wholesome gif
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| fogza lol oh wait i have listened it, i must have liked it because i gave it a 3.5 my memory is so bad these days
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| fogza 1) Yes it is true I do not have many shoutbox friends 2) No I have not listened to the RAA, I will listen after I digest this Parannoul thing.
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| normaloctagon Think you can just leave a YouTube link on my wall and i will respond huh? HUH??? Well, youre right. Hope all is well with you dear
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| Mort. goodbye contrib phero hello again user phero
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| Mort. thats fine my friend i will accept you regardless always
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| SteakByrnes It's true I don't want to do that! lmao I might just make an alt to host it
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| Mort. the basic jist of it was thank you for the kind words, i need some academic confidence, and good luck man bar work sucks glad youre getting out that hellhole you hella smart can deffo climb that ladder and hope the cutting down on drinking is going well
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| Mort. wtf my shoutbox to you justd itself
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| Mort. also i am good and hoping to start tutoring philosophy a level very soon and am quite excited although experiencing imposter syndrome and doubtful about my ability and whether i know anything about philosophy which is of course dumb as **** but hey ho brains be dumb
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| Mort. hardcore for a lot of people is basically just the next step after they got bored of the 1975 and pale waves
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| Mort. unsurprising due to hardcores melding with emo and the sheer amount of hardcore that is entirely concerned with the personal and introspective. also not surprising considering the amount of hardcore that is basically just nu-metal but 'cooler' and entirely designed to throwdown to. ive met plenty of hardcore kids who were just aggro douches who got into hardcore cos of the image and fashion. its alternative but cooler than kerrang s***, if you get me.
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| Mort. welcome to the new year sweet angel god bless you and all your dreams and check shiner
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 | MarsKid Hey man! Head on down to the 'trib forum when you get the chance, it is BLURB SEASON time! :^)
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| fogza Thank you for the intel it has helped me make an informed and easy decision
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| fogza Boom! Have you been to chalk in Brighton? Is it a good live venue
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| Trifolium Esquire! Now the world will never know about our secret conversation!!!!
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| fogza My emoji turned into a question mark lmao
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| fogza Thanks I will give it a go ?
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| fogza i don't like or dislike them
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| fogza yep, i listened to it ages ago from your rec but didn't rate it. this time around i gave it more attention and was present and in the moment enough to rate it. i like most of it from song 4 onward, and i think jasmine hoop is my fave
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| fogza It's a weird album (or maybe I'm just weird), I found the first 3 very hard going and then I enjoyed it from there on.
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| fogza You did actually, I think I listened to the first few tracks then got a bit sidetracked. Will give it another whirl
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| MarsKid Today is the day! Make sure to get that album in bucko.
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| MarsKid Friendly reminder DOOM ends on Wednesday! Get that album submitted bucko
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| zakalwe Likewise I will recognise you if you still have your s*** hair. 6.80!!! Ridiculous.
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| zakalwe Ye Olde Smack. I know it well. Old Leigh is one of me personal top ten places on the planet for a pint. Say that after eight of em.
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| Mort. also im currently in a whole depression rut due to getting my autism diagnosis referal letter through (woo) which says theres a 3 year wait (boo) and general ongoing loneliness/despair/unemployment/0 motivation/intense feelings of stupidity. and i hate this country recently more than usual and am just in despair at the general state of things. still sober tho except for some weed edibles a few days ago
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| Mort. im afraid for some people its unbeatable, you know, due to personal goals and values. Very few people are actually properly content with the whole life/work/do small hobby time. The real way to win is to reject the game, dont play, dissolve the problem, embrace a radically different way of living (Or actually just get passive income set up and then follow your hobbies like you should be able to do)
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