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| 4.0 excellent | Ventriloquist | October 14th 09 |
Another great album by Pelican. They even have some droney tracks now.
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| 0.0 | Athom EMERITUS | October 1st 09 |
God dammit. The Ephemeral EP got my hopes up only to have Pelican release another album that while good doesn't live up to their potential. Don't get me wrong, there are moments where What We All Come to Need is downright beautiful (the title track, the end of Specks of Light), but the pacing of the album throws everything out of whack. The songs are played too fast, never letting any atmosphere set in and making the whole thing sound like a blur of could-be-cool riffs if they had only slowed down their click track while recording. Oh yeah, and their drummer still isn't helping things with all his snare-ride-snare-ride patterns.
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| 3.5 great | YouAreMySilence | October 21st 09 |
So basically about 8 months ago, I went to a HMV in Calgary looking for some post metal. I heard bits of the genre but didn't own a record, so I blindly picked up City Of Echoes. In conclusion I lost the record like 2 days later and didn't give a fuck because it basically a borefest. Now it's the present day and I am quite familiar with the genre and City Of Echoes is still snoozetacular, but I really enjoyed what I heard from The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon as did almost everyone else. So you would think Pelican would go into the studio and think "maybe, we should go with the more atmospheric, epic approach other then boring listeners into submission with non stop uninspired riffs." Well you were half right.
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| 4.5 superb | Wirertragen7 | October 11th 09 |
Wow.....this band never disappoints me! Definitely in my top 10 for the year. And can I just say that I think people are too quick to judge how good their music is? GIVE IT MULTIPLE LISTENS PEOPLE!!!! You can't just listen to an album once and be sure it won't grow on you. This band did not deserve all the hate they got for City Of Echoes. That was a GREAT, albeit under produced album. It just took quite a few listens to understand what they were going for.
Highlights: Glimmer, The Creeper, Strung Up From The Sky, Final Breath
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| 3.5 great | zaruyache | August 16th 18 |
A little overlong and the songs could also be trimmed a little bit, "What We All Come to Need" is solid Pelican being solid Pelican; Heavy rockin' "post-metal" riff barrages are followed by typically slower, post-rock-lite sludginess. The formulaicness of their music can get a little old, but at the end of the day their riffing is so solid it hardly matters. And there's really little to complain about given the 1-2-3 punch openers of Glimmer/The Creeper/Ephemeral, which is a helluva way to start a record even if it is heavily frontloaded because of it.
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| 3.0 good | TAJ | February 28th 14 |
Enjoyable, but slightly repetitive. Feels like it doesn't really go anywhere. Still, it does have it's moments.
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| 2.0 poor | jybt | May 19th 10 |
VERY disappointing. Pelican need a rawer, less crisp production, and they just can't play post-hardcore like Rosetta does. Pelican is a loose band - this is so tight that there is next to no passion in the performances, and the songs go absolutely nowhere half the time. BORING.
The vocal experiment on "Final Breath" is abysmal...get a real singer. Isis wouldn't sound as good with a "real" singer...Pelican needs one if it wants to use vocals, unlike the other instruments. The presence of vocals would be an epic moment in Pelican music, so a clear style would convey this sound properly.
Please do not try this again. You used to be so great...
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| 0.0 | Comatorium. | December 6th 09 |
Completely average, though i didnt expect much more from Pelican. They've always been average. End of story.
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| 2.5 average | Ryikofurix | October 31st 09 |
Pelican is a band that's been in the whole postrock/metal genre for years. And for years they've been doing a solid job. They've started off with a typical sludge sound and evolved into a more postrock sound. But the sound never sticked to me, it was good, yes, for a while. But then it was just plain boring to me. And the same (unfortunately) happens with this album. Some songs are awesome, but the most of it are quite boring. And it pains me to say so.
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| 3.0 good | Beauville88 | October 11th 09 |
I'm not really digging it thus far. We'll see how it grows on me within the next couple of weeks.
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| 3.0 good | Tool1 | February 26th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | El Olam | January 2nd 24 |
| 3.5 great | FunJan | July 31st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | prana37 | July 18th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Deebo05 | July 10th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | DType | May 15th 23 |
| 2.5 average | Wzzzard | February 19th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Timmy | January 21st 23 |
| 3.5 great | Brains | October 21st 22 |
| 2.5 average | Zakusz | June 8th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Halez | February 5th 22 |
| 3.0 good | Thor | January 22nd 22 |
| 3.5 great | Jerrad | November 10th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Jalapeno CONTRIBUTOR | August 1st 21 |
| 3.5 great | JAV | November 11th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | vdop | August 24th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Greks | February 24th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | bobby72 | January 22nd 20 |
| 2.0 poor | Elynna | January 18th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | LastEpic | November 27th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Troggy | September 26th 19 |
| 2.5 average | gilly | June 21st 19 |
| 3.5 great | Leland | August 1st 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Yep321 | July 23rd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | stesta | May 25th 18 |
| 2.0 poor | Gauss | January 25th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Rodstar | December 24th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Swarm | November 14th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | Radex | October 23rd 16 |
| 3.0 good | algo | September 29th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Arctick | September 26th 16 |
| 3.5 great | czed | August 19th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | oz0972 | August 11th 16 |
| 3.5 great | closed | March 27th 16 |
| 2.5 average | jtswope | February 23rd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | btati | November 13th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wolfe | June 29th 15 |
| 3.5 great | hsb | September 5th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Couteau | April 4th 14 |
| 3.5 great | sicrvat | December 10th 13 |
| 3.5 great | hasv | December 2nd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Apollo | November 7th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Kurazz | August 18th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dr7 | August 15th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | tribszn | June 24th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | MF79 | June 12th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | neikos | March 27th 13 |
| 3.0 good | YUJOS | February 16th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | abaeza | January 13th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Sevhead | January 13th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Tuth | October 29th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mac666 | October 25th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Phate72 | September 1st 12 |
| 3.5 great | sexpoi | July 26th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | NF56 | July 10th 12 |
| 3.0 good | dosia | July 2nd 12 |
| 2.0 poor | Rail | May 1st 12 |
| 3.5 great | lerem | May 1st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gbhill | April 6th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Dummit | April 5th 12 |
| 2.5 average | ILJ | April 2nd 12 |
| 3.0 good | drds89 | March 30th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | adace1 | March 30th 12 |
| 2.5 average | svjchtr | December 14th 11 |
| 3.0 good | xxxzzz | November 10th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | RCBest | October 7th 11 |
| 3.5 great | boogs | May 10th 11 |
| 2.5 average | Japsu | May 7th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | psite45 | April 22nd 11 |
| 3.5 great | 37er00 | March 6th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | March 3rd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | frankie | February 23rd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | agktmte | February 18th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | shively | December 24th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Math | December 9th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | waffles | November 25th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | REUS | November 16th 10 |
| 3.0 good | o971 | November 6th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Oceans | October 17th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Jips | October 15th 10 |
| 3.5 great | dav4550 | September 23rd 10 |
| 3.5 great | Stasis | September 19th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | thawey | August 23rd 10 |
| 3.5 great | 76TVs | July 16th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Grog50 | July 10th 10 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | June 22nd 10 |
| 2.5 average | cvlts | May 19th 10 |
| 2.5 average | qwe3 | April 28th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Garm | April 21st 10 |
| 4.5 superb | kovacs | February 16th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Wolfe | February 9th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Kronzo | February 6th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | ughmas | January 26th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Zoo | January 25th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Markk1 | January 6th 10 |
| 2.5 average | ziroth | January 4th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bleekill | December 17th 09 |
| 3.5 great | GibTG | December 15th 09 |
| 2.5 average | Wael | December 11th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wizard | November 5th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | IRAI | October 26th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Flyboy | October 24th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | C.O.A. | October 21st 09 |
| 3.0 good | Groink | October 20th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Zip | October 20th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Photon | October 17th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Windows | October 8th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hewitt | October 5th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | soma | October 4th 09 |
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