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84
The band’s shape-shifting compositions create a forward momentum well suited to a journey through different levels of Hell on Earth.
3mo
83
The outstanding album from the Philadelphia electro-psych trio is reclusive, cryptic, late-night paranoia music. Their oblique songs can evoke an entire landscape of feeling in very few words.
3mo
82
After establishing themselves as one of the most unique acts on the indie-rock landscape for three albums in a row, it’s heartening to see Spirit of the Beehive take their music even further.
3mo
80
Spirit of the Beehive's unsettling compositions are not for casual listening. On ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH, every fragmented idea is thoughtfully ripped apart and stitched back together with the gusto of a delirious genius.
3mo
80
The trio seems more determined and passionate in how they concoct their witches' brew of ideas, knowingly aware of how the plot unfolds while convincing us that anything kept a secret doesn't matter.
3mo
70
SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE make willfully unorthodox music and seem to dare listeners to keep up with them and make sense of their art, but those who make the effort are rewarded by the band's unbridled creativity and warped yet radiant sense of optimism and excitement.
3mo
70
Spirit of the Beehive's sonic mayhem makes up for some occasionally lackluster songwriting.
3mo
70
Spirit of the Beehive takes you on a sonic highway of left turns and fractured noise to lure you into dead ends and unsolvable mysteries—because ultimately ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH is about the journey, not the destination.
3mo
I was really hoping I would enjoy this record. I’ve been in the mood for some more unconventional music lately and the highly rated reviews had made me very excited. However, SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE missed the mark and didn’t manage to leave any sort of impact with me on “ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH”.
You’ll probably notice that this review is much shorter in comparison to other reviews I’ve been writing lately, and to be honest that’s because ... read more
You’ll probably notice that this review is much shorter in comparison to other reviews I’ve been writing lately, and to be honest that’s because ... read more
This is one of those ones where you listen to the whole thing and you're like... wait, what? And then you listen to it again... and then a third time, and you're still confused as to whether you liked it or what even happened at all, with brief passages that snap in and out of sense, then dissolve into a bowl of distortion.
The new album from Spirit of the Beehive, ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH, is like an acid-infused hallucination that feels like a century long but only lasts a few fleeting moments. The cacophony of distortion, psychedelia, and dreaminess can be downright bewildering, but the serenity is like the comedown from the dizzying high that gives you the sense that you've come out enlightened.
The fourth album from Spirit of the Beehive, serving as my personal introduction of the group, is certainly a strange ... read more
The fourth album from Spirit of the Beehive, serving as my personal introduction of the group, is certainly a strange ... read more
Users are getting things so wrong this year lol. Not the best of the year, but shouldn’t be struggling to stay green, sheesh!
Every opportunity that there's a newly released epileptic album, I shall engulf it whole-heartedly. Understanding my own chaos is difficult but it's less chaotic when I listen to this kind of music. It gets noisy but I like it there.
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Track List
| 1 | ENTERTAINMENT 2:44 | |
| 2 | THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN’T DO 2:59 | |
| 3 | WRONG CIRCLE 2:51 | |
| 4 | BAD SON 2:51 | |
| 5 | GIVE UP YOUR LIFE 2:54 | |
| 6 | RAPID & COMPLETE RECOVERY 4:01 | |
| 7 | THE SERVER IS IMMERSED 2:49 | |
| 8 | IT MIGHT TAKE SOME TIME 2:38 | |
| 9 | WAKE UP (IN ROTATION) 2:56 | |
| 10 | I SUCK THE DEVIL’S COCK 6:40 | |
| 11 | DEATH 3:18 |
Total Length: 36 minutes
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3mo
Listened to this 3 times and still don't know what to make of it. Glad the scores creeping up though.
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Added on: February 3, 2021