 | Pretend Bones In The Soil, Rust In The Oil
4.1
excellent
| Ranking: #59 for 2009 | |
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| 3.5 great | Thomas S. | August 9th 10 |
Pretend's Bones in the Soil, Rust in the Oil was painfully overlooked in 2009. A sprawling debut that combines the beautiful subtleties of post-rock's greatest with the endearing honesty and uncertain melodies of American Football.
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| 4.5 superb | Alabaster Jones | February 2nd 17 |
It's really no wonder Pretend take six years in between full-lengths when you take into account just how insanely complex and intricate their songwriting is. Complexity alone isn't going to make a band special, though, but Pretend knows that just as well as any other. Bones In The Soil, Rust In The Oil is a beautiful, diverse, and charming post-rock/math rock album. There are absolutely gorgeous guitars here, but the band place an emphasis on vocals and drumming that most post-rock bands simply don't do. The "twinkly" sound of the guitars isn't static either, as the band lends themselves to some heavier moments on tracks like "Holy Destination". It's wonderfully produced as well, as even though there's a lot going on instrumentally, each instrument is given space from the other so that the listener can fully appreciate everything they're doing. It's a huge album at nearly eighty minutes, but it's a downright exceptional listen if you're up to the task. It might take until 2021 for Pretend's next record, but considering the quality of this and its successor, it's worth the wait.
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| 0.0 | Spacesh1p | December 8th 15 |
Drags a little bit in the middle but picks up again in the last 20 minutes or so. Nice album, it's technical, but not overly so. Quiet beautiful and emotional.
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| 4.5 superb | Lacking | February 17th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | Toolock | December 30th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Halez | June 18th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Glovoc | April 13th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | john | January 5th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | Oobaloo | December 2nd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Roidv | August 21st 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Gillie | July 5th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Emo | June 15th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | crab | December 27th 18 |
| 2.5 average | JS19 | February 14th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tranqyl | February 1st 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | bmelt CONTRIBUTOR | January 25th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Vlahka | May 8th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Ben STAFF | April 15th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | scx | September 26th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ankit | May 8th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Tom Read CONTRIBUTOR | March 10th 16 |
| 3.5 great | tom79 | January 19th 16 |
| 3.5 great | benhxc | October 31st 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | akimbo | June 15th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Verisim | December 31st 14 |
| 4.5 superb | amenra | December 17th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ulshad | June 5th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | mttgry | May 2nd 13 |
| 4.5 superb | maciej | July 12th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | lerem | May 26th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | dcha | October 29th 11 |
| 3.0 good | cb123 | July 4th 11 |
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