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2014 Ratings: #598
January 21, 2014 / Release Date
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SnowyFighter
60

This is an album by the band Current toys. It is called 2013. It's acceptable. That's about it lol. I really like Under The Influence though.

My Blueberry Life - 7
My Spotless Mind - 5.5
Ramblings Of A Dying Adolescense - 7
Under The Influence - 8.5
Bloody - 5
Anymore - 6.5
Legends - 5.5
Snow - 5
2014 - 4.5

currentjoyys
87

FAVORITE TRACK: Ramblings of a Dying Adolescence

LEAST FAVORITE TRACK: Snow

I feel around this point, Nick started to find his sound. He seemed to know the direction he wanted to take Current Joys in and that direction would be a more gentle, atmospheric and acoustic project compared to the others. Some songs I feel do benefit from having the pace picked up on (like on My Spotless Mind, which he did make more electric on the B-sides) but the new direction is very appealing and having ... read more

KamikazeBengal
71

It's rough around the edges, that's for sure. A noisy collection of songs that seem to either lean more into the indie surf direction and others that veer more into a darkwave/post-punk sound reminiscient of Joy Division or early Cure. The most prominent aspect about this album is the noise, for sure. Whether it be the washed out vocals or literal walls of compounding sounds, the instrumentation seems to suffocate and almost snuff out the vocals at times. 2013 does feel more like a ... read more

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