This is one of the most warm and beautiful records I've ever heard. Phenomenal production, diversity in it's
digitally altered instrumentals and a charm like no other make this great, but it simply has too many
plunders to be a truly excellent offering. This album fails to incorporate any type of diversity in it's
emotional tone; everything always sounds so tranquil and spacey, and every song gives off the same
atmosphere, and in this case, that makes this album, specifically it's midsection, boring. Despite being
beautifully arranged and well thought out, and despite a few highlights, the album is just a boring or
sometimes 'meh' ambient album that just happens to be gorgeously arranged, I just wish more would have
been done with the undertones and d on the album. I wish the album would have been more layered and
diverse, like the closing track or the key track "Four Square". It simply gives the same vibe off for it's entire
running time, and even it's fantastic composition can not fully make up for the boredom, especially the
boring midsection. While an album that is full of beautiful ambiance, Tanks and Recognizers fails to
encompass climaxes and crescendos, and instead plays it safe and focuses solely on it's one emotional
undertone, and this is something that holds it back from being the masterpiece it could have been, but it's
still not a 'bad' record at all.
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