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sunn o))) (and drone/noise/etc) remind me of mark rothko (which makes it funny they seem to hav made one of his paintings the cover of their new self-titled).

what i mean is that both, on the surface, seem effortlessly prodced, like something you could whip up yourself in five minutes.

but the fallacy in that is that both hav taken EXCRUTIATING detail to make this "easy-to-make-sounding" art very specifically crafted.

last year i tried to get into drone by listening to pyroclasts. ... read more

folk isn't my wheelhouse, and avant-garde folk requires some commitment to appreciate.

i wouldn't necessarily say anco is exempt from that...

but EVEN so, creativity and wonderment and whimsy and authenticness just OOZES from this album.

the latter half of "feels" really hit me harder, as i think that's more in the range of music im used to.

this album sounds like childhood and nostalgia and longing.

but that fact doesn't remove any of the emotional impact; i ... read more

the enduring impression i'm getting of fennesz, coming off of endless summer and this album, is that he doesn't like half measures.

each track, even the tiny interludes, are very intentionally crafted.

this isn't endless summer, but to be frank i prefer this record.

i think fennesz's choices here feel more pronounced. every glitch, every silent moment, every note played on the guitar feels like it was honed towards a certain atmosphere.

and i happen to really, really, ... read more

some pretty unique shoegaze that, for the most part, is built on that "meticulous" tendency iv seen in j-rock.

the latter half didn't really captivate me as much.

which isn't to say they're "bad," so much as they didn't meet the very high standard set by the first tracks.

the rest of the album is good enough, but i think it's on those first few songs that mdg really shines.

faves: prologue..., te wo futte, hades..., danke, yurikago...