Quadeca - Dark Magic
85

It's great! Despite me not loving it as much as other Quad singles I still think this song is great!

Mastodon - Crack the Skye
94

Some of the most perfect metal I have ever heard. It's quality presented in between everyone, and by the end you are fully engrossed into its epic and dramatic nature.

Favorite Songs: All

Least Favorite: None.

Spirit Adrift - Curse of Conception
78

It's very good, but nothing super stands out to me. I came out of this record not really loving any song besides my favorite and sort of forgetting about everything else. Still, it's an enjoyable record with a cinematic sound that at points is a joy to listen to and other times just alright.

Favorite Songs: Starless Age (Enshrined)

Least Favorite: To Fly on Broken Wings

Geese - Projector
79

A very good starting-out album for Geese. While it never bored me, I did find myself losing interest and songs not super wowing me, but I had a great time, and this album for sure shows the potential in Geese. It's fun, it's jamming, and it's just a good time!

Favorite Songs: Low Era, First World Warrior

Least Favorite: Fantasies / Survival

Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats - Nell’ Ora Blu
93

An album that drowns in vibes that are so palpable that I can't but smile the entire time I listen to it. while also having my eyes closed and my entire body floating.

Favorite Songs: Il sole sorge sempre, Giustizia di strada - Lavora fino alla morte, Vendetta (tema), Nell'ora blu, Pomeriggio di novembre nel parco - Occhi che osservano, Solo la morte ti ammanett

Least Favorite: Cocktail party

Nick Drake - Pink Moon
92

It's so lonely yet so calming. I feel so sad yet so happy. This album is an experience that is so hard to define besides the fact of how you feel by the end. It will be beautiful.

Favorite Songs: All

Least Favorite: Free Ride

I Fight Dragons - The Near Future
73

The most Disney Hope core ever made.

Favorite Songs: Chicago, Always

Least Favorite: Perlude

Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
98

Holy shit this was fucking mind-blowing. From the hard-hitting metal to the slower Pink Floyd-esque prog parts, with killer vocals that both growl and melodic, Absolute Elsewhere is everything you can ever want in a metal album.

Favorite Songs: All

Least Favorite: None

Steppenwolf - The Second
60

A fairly surface-level '60s psych rock record. I have really no notes; almost anything is more impressive or unique than this.

Favorite Songs: Don't Step on the Grass, Sam

Least Favorite: None

If These Trees Could Talk - The Bones of a Dying World
87

A post-rock record that sounds exactly like what the album says. It's both foreboding and epic. While some songs I do feel are a bit filler-like, I find most of this record to kick major ass.

Favorite Songs: Solstice, Swallowing Teeth, The Giving Tree, Berlin,

Least Favorite: The Here and Hereafter

Jeremy Zuckerman - Avatar: The Last Airbender – Book 2: Earth (Music From The Animated Series)
70

Weirdly musically, I enjoyed this one less, but it had stronger songs. Higher highs, lower lows. Still it's exactly what you expect and I'm so glad it's out on streaming

Favorite Songs: Aang & Roku, Secert Tunnel, The Mystical Swamp, Toph, Ursa, Aang & Hope, Aang Takes Down the Drill, Leaves From the Vine

Least Favorite: Not one specifically.

Ricky Montgomery - Montgomery Ricky
78

The debut from LA artist Ricky Montgomery, I think, showed true artistry from the Vine star. I think that while it has low points, it shows a great launching point that it seems Ricky either didn't pursue or had a hard time coming back from his mega hits of Line Without a Hook and Mr. Loverman. Still, I came out of this record enjoying it quite a bit, even if I thought the middle was a bit eh.

Favorite Songs: Line Without a Hook, Cabo, My Heart Is Buried in Venice, Mr. Loverman, ... read more

The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
84

A real loud weirdo-kinda album that I think only freaks like... fuck... AM I A FREAK?!

Favorite Songs: Here She Comes Now

Least Favorite: None

Adrianne Lenker - songs
90

review

Favorite Songs: ingydar, anything, come, not a lot, just forever

Least Favorite: half return (still great it's just my least favorite)

Tyler, The Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
83

Review Here: https://www.albumoftheyear.org/user/beta865/album/635460-call-me-if-you-get-lost-the-estate-sale/

Tyler, The Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST: The Estate Sale
82

This is a review of both the normal album and the estate sale. So the score reflects everything.

So far in listening to Tyler I have loved almost everything, but coming out of this album there's a strange hole that I feel I have. I'm not here to say that this album isn't great since my score definitely reflects that it is, but nothing fully grasped me as much as other records, and I found the overall vibe of this record to be something I didn't find myself being engrossed ... read more

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity
94

A kick-in-the-teeth, high-octane record that leaves you wanting more by the end. Truly something special from start to finish and overall just...

Favorite Songs: Robot Stop, Big Fig Wasp, Gamma Knife, People-Vultures, Mr. Beat, Evil Death Roll

Least Favorite: Wah Wah.

Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy (Face to Face)
100

Car Seat's Tour De Force. It's beyond mesmerizing what this record produces sonically and how the entire band comes together to create this heavenly soundscape, especially on the last 3 songs. The second side to this album, Face To Face, fucking destroys Mirror To Mirror so handily with just its last 3 songs, and yet it has 2 more before that. This record is raw, emotional, beautiful, and perfect.

Favorite Songs: All

Least Favorite: None

Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
90

While I like this album a bit less than others, I still find it to be just as enjoyable and have some of the best Car Seat songs. Very high highs but not as many highs as other albums, while not having as low lows as others.

Favorite Songs: Fill in the Blank, (Joe Gets Kicked out of School for Using) Drugs with Friends (But Says This Isn't a Problem), Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales, Connect the Dots (The Saga of Frank Sinatra)

Least Favorite: Unforgiving Girl (She's Not An)

Various Artists - Singin' in the Rain (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
60

I'm just not a huge musical guy. I understand that this is objectively great, but it's just not my thing.

Favorite Songs: None

Least Favorite: None

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