Dude, I love Elder. Reflections of a Floating World was one of my favorite albums of the past decade. This... is kinda disappointing.
The vocals are just bad and unenthusiastic across the entire album, and the psychedelic instrumentation throughout, while still good, is not up to the standard that I think Elder has set for themselves in the past. There are some moments of bright, shiny, fantastic Elder. But for the most part, I have to say I didn't really enjoy this all that much.
Sick album ...
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