I went into this hoping that it would be decent, especially since I actually enjoyed HanDover a fair amount, but it turns out that they yet again decided on a different sound for this album to not-even-mixed-just-pretty-dang-bad results. The synth choices here are baffling a lot of the time, sounding like a literal retro videogame at points, the opener sounds exactly like something I'd hear in Geometry Dash, the one bright spot on this album instrumentally and lyrically (Solvent) is ruined by ... read more
according to my friend who also loves this band (probably more than me), cEvin and ohGr were barely talking to each other outside of the studio, so that's already not really setting this thing up for success. but i cannot fathom how they thought this was suitable to release?! the synths don't even sound dated, they sound under produced, like someone inexperienced made them. and even if cEvin could come up with a half decent instrumental i still don't think i would care for whatever abstract ... read more