I don't really know how to feel about this. On the one hand, the sounds and melodies are really cool, and would work well to transport you to mountains, medieval times, or perhaps pirate land. And for 93 as one of the first real DS
records this is truly impressive. On the other hand , I felt like this is a record that almost works to get you out of its atmosphere, not in. First of all the prod is gritty or frankly bad in places (the panning being a
constant reminder that you are listening to an album and not a cloaked adventurer fighting goblins), but also variable as a lot of tracks are actually well produced. Idk if it is the spotify version but there is also a very disruptive
crossfade between every track, which against works to take you out of your voyage. And finally, this thing is r e p e t i t i v e, but not in a hypnotic way, rather in a way that makes you think the melody will change, but it doesn't,
or it does but only for a minute (looking at you 3 with your awful transition into a minute long epic heroic fantasy section before going back to the exact same melody 1-2 had). It works sometimes, but oftentimes you just go 'not this
again'. So if I wanted a soundtrack to a heroic fantasy book or something, I don't really know that I would ever choose this given how much it draws the attention to its prod and the fact that it is a recording. But also, this is
still an impressive effort? IDK MAN 2.6
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