This one is a doozy for sure. I'll set aside my bias for this album (since I made the cover art) and rank it fairly.
Without a doubt, I think BREATHE The polluted Air is one of, if not my favorite song --astral-- has ever made. There's something about it that just really scratches my brain, like it tells a whole story. And then there's the rest of the album.
As an experimental album, I think it works well at telling an overarching story and sticks to a tone, but musically ... read more

AstralMusicReal

Retrospective review:

As an experiment, it's cool. As a project, it's ok. There's a weird horror vibe that isn't fully realized, but the way it's integrated it interesting. The song names are overly varied. It's pretty solid though. 6/10

BREATHE The polluted Air: 7/10
helurks: 7.5/10
A Foggy View Of The Stars: 6/10
Pacifist/Masochist: 6.5/10
CLOSECALL: 5/10
The Tape: 5.5/10
a glassBox Full Of Dead Mice: 7/10
...?: 5/10
watchingU: 6/10
heapproaches: 6/10
BITE: 2/10

5mo

ILikeArson✝️

I'm going to be honest, I completely missed this album's drop, and honestly, half of this album is really solid, but then the other half is distorted (what I'm guessing is supposed to be) horror music. Overall it's pretty solid though, and it would be nice if we got an album made up of all of the calmer, more music-y tracks.

5mo*

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