Man this band is cool. And I do mean c o o l. There are so many fun riffs and ideas on this record it's uncanny. It's also beautifully produced and the multilayered, diverse sound design is excellent. There's piano, synth, guitar, fuzzy guitar, vocals, backing vocals, everything you'd ever want. Just hear how beautifully produced 1:15-1:20 is on 4. My only small gripe is that vocals could be perhaps processed a bit more impactfully. With catchier vocal melodies they could achieve fantastic success. The early record 1-9 is pure joy, ripe with ideas, and an easy 4.05. There's just riff after riff, and even a distorted interlude on 3, what's not to like? Not a single bad track, and as soon as you start feeling there may be a downtime they just throw another riff at you that makes you bob yar head. 10-11 feel like the album is loosing steam a bit, and while beautiful in itself, the lovely ambient on 12 doesn't help with that. The late record has lots of very short track and I feel like that contributes to the problem. 13 is like the early record, 14 has more of an electronic vibe and is cool too (continued by 15), while 16 is cool too but has a few down sections. 17 is very dreamy, and while that was cool in the early record, here it doesn't feel like such a good idea despite the track having great elements still. Feels like unnecessarily extending the record, which would have benefited massively from being 5-10min shorter imo. 18 is a weird conclusion, feels like a transition into another track to end the record abruptly. Don't see the point of it really. 3.9
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