From yesterday. This is an album where AWFTS show us that they can do more than regular AWFTS, and that they can do it well without completely overturning their aesthetic. 1 indeed opens on lovely but typical AWFTS piano in a very nice way. 2 already introduces changes starting subtly with superb faint choral voices. Then brass kicks in (not a fan, a bit too Marvel OST), then some grittiness (love it), then new piano coming in at 1m40 that is just magnificent. The track ends a bit nowhere and I would've liked more of a buildup, but it shows where the album will explore. 3 continues the grit, 4 is nice, then 5-6 show some dungeon synth vibes imo (yes), and after these fuller tracks the very calm start of 7 is most welcome, before the track gradually buidls into superb cascading, distorted textures, followed by the absolute magical 8 in the context of the album. Made my rating go up. 9 goes from gritty from fully distorted (not sure I like the end tbh), 10-11 are nice, then 12 summarises again what the album tried with vocal sounds and gritty bits. 13 starts on lovely piano over lonely drone to conclude, then builds up distortion sounding almost like a metal intro, getting into prurienty territories at times, then stopping suddenly and beautifully. Whilst it's not the most coherent album in the world (but flowing well), or not having striking melodies like LP1, this is a show of force showing that AWFTS are masters at many more aspects of their craft than we've seen before. I can see how this LP resonates with fewer people - it is more drone at heart than their prior records. 3.9
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