after is getting closer to actually doing something interesting with the "frutiger aero" aestethic, nice to see

maybe im just a shoegaze fanatic but i really dig this variant of rage that's more focused on these towering, slow-burning soundscapes

single-handedly raised the gpa of an entire generation

In an era where Four Tet is settling into strains of ambient downtempo and Quadeca has been fully oneshot into AOTY fan-service, the folktronica GOAT Mid-Air Thief makes his triumphant return with....more electronic noodling

Regrettably, I think Mid-Air Thief has fallen for what I call "Untrue Syndrome," which is when the praise of a magnum opus prevents them from meaningfully following it up. I mean, he did say this album was made quickly after he gave up on a songwriting album. ... read more

i find it funny thinking that if this album was released in 2008 it would prolly be panned as a bunch of stock corporate music

edit: 75 -> 60 wore off on me, they nailed the frutiger aestethic but i think they need to do more interesting songwriting or else the novelty wears off fast

reminds me of nintendo music. good

i think this album would make a swiftie instantly explode

edit 85 -> 90: waow

I really wanted this to be Mid-Air Thief 2 but instead it's just Mid-Air Thief 0.5 :(

It's just overcooked, loading up with so many stems and vibey aquatic samples that every song turns into the same thing. I think stripping back the ambition here at least slightly would do wonders on future projects.

close enough, welcome back velocity : design : comfort

Consistently good at the cost of being great. Each song feels like it should tick the box for a much greater project overall, but I guess they all just have such similar instrumentation and structure that collectively the whole project is kind of bogged down.

I really don't care about how generic the chord progressions are on this project, I think this album probably has the most chilling soundscapes in the entire Korean indie space. Huge thousand-yard-stare vibes here.

feels a bit too disjoint tbh

i get bcnr now

Seeing panchiko evolve into from an internet curiosity to a reunion getting their grips again to a legitimately unique band has been insane

i love generic crecendocore post rock i love generic crecendocore post rock i love generic crecendocore post rock i

Another single from Jamie's new LP, and honestly this is just kinda mid. I guess Jamie xx was trying to go at Fred again-ish stutter house with all of the deadpan vocal samples, but it distracts from the backing track badly. Maybe this will grow on me by release.

Parannoul fuses the sound of his last two mainline LPs into this new, noisy project he suprisedropped last week. I really like this over After the Magic, it's as aggressive and cathartic as TSTNPOTD while still maintaining the optimism and whimsy of After the Magic. To be honest though, it doesnt reach the briliant unique digitized-yet-authentic feeling of TSTNPOTD. As @vermillion said over in the comments, you could assign this album to any shoegaze or midwest emo band from the 00s and it ... read more

Let's start playing robots into here. Get it? Cause you know...it's...okay fine I'll just talk about the album.

This album is basically an infinite kaleidoscope of James Blake's and Yachty's modern stylistic range, continuing to flesh out the left turns both of them took on their last albums. The tools of future garage, trap, ambient house, and alternative R&B are twisted into contorted forms of neo-psychadelica, shifting in utterly unpredictable manners I ... read more

Simple by the numbers dance anthem with a vocal sample that ranges from mid to pretty good. I liked the sudden drum breakdowns but they could have been mixed better. Overall it's just OK. Hope the whole album isn't like this

You need to unlock the "partial ego death at 1 am" storyline to truly understand this track