The Sciences

Sleep - The Sciences
Critic Score
Based on 11 reviews
2018 Ratings: #24 / 890
User Score
Based on 602 ratings
2018 Rank: #129
Liked by 48 people
April 20, 2018 / Release Date
LP / Format
Third Man / Label
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
Exclaim!

To the sober ear, the drawn-out chugging riffs, which are the foundation of the band's sound, come off as stretched and border dangerously on the verge of repetition. But stoned, those riffs are ploughing the fields of your mind, pulling you into a deep hypnotic state washing everything away with rich distortion.

86
GIGsoup
The album is, in the purest and most straightforward sense, a logical and hugely satisfying progression for Sleep and a very worthy follow-up to their previous work.
84
Pitchfork

The essential trick of The Sciences—and the reason it feels like more than an overdue cash-in—is these 40something dudes have managed to grow up without growing old. Their minds are still focused on weed and the escape that it offers, but that’s just the gag; these riffs, rhythms, and the mantra-like singing of Al Cisneros are a drug unto themselves, evidence of a band that’s improved upon their animating idea.

83
Consequence of Sound
The group seem rejuvenated with a long road ahead of them, something no one could have expected prior to this release. Further, it confirms why they are considered the greatest stoner doom band of all time, one of doom metal’s greatest treasures, one of metal’s biggest crossover acts in the broader underground musical world, and one of the greatest heavy rock bands to roam the planet.
80
Tiny Mix Tapes

The Sciences is good because, unlike a lot of music influenced by Black Sabbath, it distills the greatest aspects of Sabbath and presses them on into infinity: the huge riffs, the psychedelic backdrops, the wayfaring solos.

80
AllMusic

The Sciences may not be as daring and ambitious as Dopesmoker, but it finds Sleep working at the top of their game in the studio, and their resinous howl is still a weird marvel to behold.

80
Rolling Stone
With freight-train heavy riffs so indebted to Sabbath's Tony Iommi that he should get royalties, trippy lyrics about diverse subjects such as weed, ganja and pot, and endless groove for days on each of their songs, they've made an album that sounds exactly how Sleep should sound in 2018.
80
Mojo

After splitting up in disillusion over the London affair, Al Cisneros’s crew reconvened in 2009 for sporadic activity, and have customarily not rushed into nailing The Sciences, nor departed from their rubric of Burroughsian ganja myth-spinning ... set to eardrum-busting, down-tuned slo-mo jams.

80
The Needle Drop

Stoner metal titan Sleep makes a hell of a comeback with The Sciences, which encompasses both the band's classic sound and influences from the members' other creative endeavors over the past 15 years.

BradTasteMusic
91

Ahhhh now this album is a nice refreshing break from the emo that all my watchers constantly corner me into listening to. Just heavy riffs... rewarding songs with massive song lengths... it just feels good.

I cannot get behind these vocals though, they are certainly dull in comparison to what I would expect from a "Doom Metal" sound.

Aoaystheory
90

(Anybody who rates this low) : Bet you weren't high enough, bro

JoaoSantos
84

We. Live. In. A. Society.

LarbEsaan
90

This shit is THE DOPE, THE DOPE

nk21pro
79

i m lying on the floor listening to this cuz headphones became too heavy from all the riffs like F*ck man!

waltusieggman
30

Maybe I would get the drone a year ago, now not so much.

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Track List

1The Sciences
3:03
74
2Marijuanaut's Theme
6:39
87
3Sonic Titan
12:26
86
4Antarcticans Thawed
14:23
82
5Giza Butler
10:02
86
6The Botanist
6:27
79
Total Length: 53 minutes
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Added on: April 19, 2018