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| 4.0 excellent | robin | February 25th 13 |
Do I like this album? That's not the point.
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| 2.0 poor | IrrationalAnimal | February 23rd 13 |
"The worst pair of opposites is boredom and terror." - Yann Martel
Boring. Boring boring boring. That was my first grand impression of The Terror. Where were
the drums on floaty beauties Be Free, A Way and Try to Explain that would turn them into
Yoshimi pop-songs? Where were the grand Embryonic freakouts amidst the Powerless-esque
pound-and-draggers You Lust and Look...? The Terror simply offers very little to hold on to
- hooks are few and far between. It's certain that atmospheric cohesion and experimentation
make The Terror a decent album. But on this record, the Flips might have lost the
songwriting variety and pop instinct that made their classic albums, well, classic.
EDIT: Boring. Not terrifying. The Terror is that dull terror of knowing death and
pointlessness are around the corner. And yes, you can make a pointless album about
pointlessness that is pointless to listen to but that doesn't make it a good album. The
Terror focuses too much on dull terror and misses the energy that makes its topic
interesting.
The Seer is terrifying. Death Grips is terrifying. Aphex Twin is terrifying. parts of
Embryonic were terrifying. This is not terrifying. This is boring.
tl;dr dull unimpressive album go listen to embryonic instead. pretty though unremarkable
ballads w/ nice textures at tracks 2+3
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| 0.0 | wabbit | February 23rd 13 |
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| 4.5 superb | Ire | February 24th 13 |
i can hear the heart beating as wayne
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| 5.0 classic | foxxxythnksustnk | February 24th 13 |
im on track 1 already nd this is exactly the flaming lips - the terror
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| 4.5 superb | Aids | February 23rd 13 |
c'mon motherfuckers c'mon
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| 2.0 poor | Ziio | March 31st 13 |
Album starts off strong, but then it just flounders for like 40 minutes.
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| 3.9 excellent | Rudy K. EMERITUS | March 1st 13 |
A brief glimpse of eternity's waltz
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| 0.0 | WeepingBanana | February 25th 13 |
Wayne Coyne quietly reminds you that you are, in every respect, insignificant in the eyes of a thankless and infinitely expanding universe and that nothing you do will ever matter, despite, and on account of, being surrounded by equally meaningless existences.
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| 0.0 | BMDrummer | June 16th 14 |
Embryonic may as well been a new beginning for the Flips, once again incorporating spacy dissonance into their sound instead of the cheery feel of Mystics. With that said, The Terror almost feels like another new beginning, with a very drone oriented atmosphere and a new found sense of minimalism. An easy album to get lost in, despite sometimes being underwhelming emotionally, it still holds some weight, and has a less than fun, gloomy atmosphere.
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| 4.0 excellent | juiceviaorange | March 29th 13 |
I really, really enjoy this album. It's cathartic and dark much like Embryonic, but much more like the morning wreckage and haze (much like the album cover depicts) that that album left in its wake. All in all, a slow ambient cruise through a trippy mixture of keyboards, spaceship sounds, basslines, and Wayne Coyne's melodic, falsetto. He even sounds a bit like Angus Andrews here a bit, and a few of these songs really do give me a Liars vibe, which is certainly a good thing. Overall impressed, and excited with the Lips new darker choice of direction.
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| 0.0 | geasoftime | March 24th 13 |
How does this not have a review? I don't like the flaming Lips much, but that's ridiculous.
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| 0.0 | Emyay | March 11th 13 |
It's impressive to me that Mount Eerie has been able to release so much material in so little time.
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| 0.0 | Penlord | February 27th 13 |
is this supposed to be scary? It doesn't sound like that's what they were going for, John Darr. More hypnotic and trippy than anything
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| 4.0 excellent | ti0n | February 24th 13 |
IT'S NOT POPPY ENOUGH. OH MY GAWD.
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| 4.0 excellent | clercqie | February 24th 13 |
The last track kinda ruins what's otherwise the best record in ages from these guys.
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| 4.0 excellent | garlands | November 21st 25 |
| 3.5 great | DANcore | February 24th 24 |
| 3.5 great | doofy | January 7th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | jehubin | September 21st 22 |
| 3.0 good | Paint | July 8th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh | March 22nd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Flomink | December 21st 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pangea | September 22nd 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Cormano | September 17th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | bSmith | September 15th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | ilia | August 19th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Sowing STAFF | July 2nd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | A.R.O. EMERITUS | November 28th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | kleggi | April 9th 19 |
| 4.4 superb | Rowan5215 EMERITUS | February 20th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | FelkFg | August 8th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Stkyle | May 29th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | NathC4 | May 22nd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Juca89 | May 4th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | YayoG1 | September 1st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gueero | August 26th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Miguee7 | August 18th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | almonds | August 14th 17 |
| 3.0 good | wg98 | August 14th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Alexxx | June 21st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | KevinMM | March 3rd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Luisito | January 15th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Juanpa | January 13th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | El Olam | November 27th 16 |
| 2.5 average | jsounnd | November 13th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lord3 | August 1st 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Lanas | July 23rd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Blaacs | July 22nd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | PaabL | July 7th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | almond | May 23rd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Abraxas | February 29th 16 |
| 3.5 great | bobby72 | February 12th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | btati | November 12th 15 |
| 1.5 very poor | XiuXiu | September 25th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | mzeet | August 16th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | NLD | June 14th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Aruji | May 3rd 15 |
| 3.0 good | taroo | February 8th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lakes. | September 14th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | LepreCon | September 8th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | DeeDee3 | August 14th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Prole | August 3rd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | June 29th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | Munki | June 20th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | SkaCali | June 13th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | heck | June 9th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Panton | May 23rd 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Jade | April 19th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | msm008 | February 26th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | chtrenne | February 24th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Ringo00 | February 20th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Lagoped | February 19th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Diks | February 17th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Vaakum | February 2nd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pwoper | January 13th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | SgtPepper EMERITUS | December 31st 13 |
| 3.5 great | Veldin | December 31st 13 |
| 4.5 superb | SmersH | December 23rd 13 |
| 3.5 great | John L | November 27th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Samus27 | November 20th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | unkle | November 6th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | ProfC | November 1st 13 |
| 3.5 great | Faraudo | September 7th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | mmrk | August 23rd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | jtswope | July 10th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | zoso33 | June 25th 13 |
| 3.0 good | tnd | May 31st 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | fev | May 13th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Trey STAFF | April 18th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Meruem | April 15th 13 |
| 3.5 great | lu0490 | April 11th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | MrElmo | April 11th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Scala | April 11th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Koei | April 11th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Lani | April 11th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | oubli | April 6th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | ILJ | April 5th 13 |
| 2.0 poor | Rail | April 5th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | lou1000 | March 24th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Smevin | March 20th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | foxxxy | March 12th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Matski | March 11th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Tyrael | March 10th 13 |
| 3.5 great | tarkus | February 24th 13 |
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