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90
Romaplasm is an album tailor made for the repeat button, compulsively listenable without being exhausting. Wiesenfeld has managed to make a party record without the hangover, one that’s just as exhilarating as a geeky pleasure — and just as much begging to be shared.
8y
85
Even when choosing to relegate himself as a backdrop, this is perhaps the most simply alive Baths has yet sounded on record, retaining enough of his emotional heft, while allowing for an entirely new collage of flashy, elated songcraft. This is Baths triumphant.
8y
80
In its own way, Romaplasm is just as rich as Baths' other albums, and the tension between its fantasy world and real-life concerns make for fascinating listening.
7y
80
It’s all reassuringly consistent and distinctively Baths, managing to be both personal and kinetic as well as fantastical and otherworldly. He may not have switched up his style between albums, but now with this hat-trick of gems, there’s no need.
8y
80
Geotic’s soft textures are worked into moving vocal-pop songs, here, the most instantly satisfying Wiesenfeld has written.
8y
79
Without abandoning the conundrums that made Obsidian so emotionally indelible, he’s embellished the worlds of his songs with color from the dreams in which he’s immersed himself over the years. The setting may not be real, but the sentiment rings true.
8y
75
Romaplasm ... is clearly an album made by an artist who has made the choice to create in a way that works for them, blending innovative electronica with the storytelling of a comic book artist to produce a truly innovative LP.
3y
70
Romaplasm sees Wiesenfeld embracing computer-generated ebullience while maintaining an understandably hesitant air about him.
8y
60
Wiesenfeld is writing songs as a vehicle for his message, as opposed to the songs being the message. This is where fans will be split. Either you'll like the new Baths, or you'll see it as a little boring or schmaltzy.
8y
60
The manic arrangements sometimes overwhelm, but there are worse places to drown than Baths' ball-pit of an imagination.
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3y
Sighhhhhhhhhhhh.
I liked Baths' debut for its textured beats and I liked his second album for being more ambitious/darker in comparison, even if some songs didn't pan out too well. This 3rd album is trying to have its own cake and eat it too, but it sadly fails to be appealing to me whatsoever. That mostly has to do with the vocals being absolutely nasally and hard to listen to, making me tune out anything that's halfway decent about a majority of the songs here.
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I have nothing against Baths, but his vocals are annoying, the production starts to feel dull and samey by the end, and the stories he chooses to tell throughout the album lack a depth that would be desired for a highly regarded artist such as him.
very simple, cutesy art pop from someone who i'd expect a bit more from other than just songs to vibe along to, judging on his past releases. not to say it's bad, it's a pretty pleasant listen, but it's a bit too one-dimensional for me to have any huge standouts.
в сравнении с двумя другими прослушанными альбомами у артиста - пластиковая неинтересная хрень, от которой натурально устаёшь
The production had potential but unfortunately Baths sounds like Olly Murs if a group of cyborg bats invaded his vocal cords.
Best song: Broadback
WORST SONG: Abscond
Sighhhhhhhhhhhh.
I liked Baths' debut for its textured beats and I liked his second album for being more ambitious/darker in comparison, even if some songs didn't pan out too well. This 3rd album is trying to have its own cake and eat it too, but it sadly fails to be appealing to me whatsoever. That mostly has to do with the vocals being absolutely nasally and hard to listen to, making me tune out anything that's halfway decent about a majority of the songs here.
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Track List
| 1 | Yeoman 4:28 | 82 |
| 2 | Extrasolar 4:37 | 74 |
| 3 | Abscond 4:35 | 78 |
| 4 | Human Bog 4:23 | 71 |
| 5 | Adam Copies 4:02 | 71 |
| 6 | Lev 2:13 | 73 |
| 7 | I Form 4:16 | 86 |
| 8 | Out 3:56 | 79 |
| 9 | Superstructure 4:03 | 76 |
| 10 | Wilt 3:41 | 69 |
| 11 | Coitus 3:32 | 69 |
| 12 | Broadback 3:36 | 77 |
Total Length: 47 minutes
