still his best, most well-rounded project to date. truly don't understand how this isn't considered an album with the story it tells, charles hamilton is a groundbreaking producer and rapper.
what if i dragged out all of my banger songs to have unnecessarily long outros and turn what could have been an incredible, beautifully produced 45 minute album into 70 minutes
i feel like aoty has a weird fixation on pointlessly long projects
muspelheim's grandfather just dropped a better album than jpegmafia and car seat headrest all in the same week.
ik this may seem like a negative score but i just wanna say this was a lot better than i thought it would be, there's a lot of potential here
![Nmesh & t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者 - ロストエデンへのパス [The Path to Lost Eden]](https://cdn2.albumoftheyear.org/100x0/album/78163-.jpg)
really loved the telepath stuff but i wasn't huge on the nmesh stuff.
okay i actually want to say something more productive here since i'm not a big hater of xeno or his style like others on this website, but i wasn't too huge on this. i'm not entirely sure what he's trying to say lyrically but xeno if you're reading this here's what you need to generally improve:
- production here just was not that good and i hate to say it. i think it's too wonky but i think there would be more potential if the beat changed with the chorus ... read more
listened out of curiosity and wanting to listen to opera, and ended up pretty disappointed with the kind of uninspired sound it produced.
![t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者 - アマテラス [Amaterasu]](https://cdn2.albumoftheyear.org/100x0/album/204614-.jpg)
![２８１４ - 新しい日の誕生 [Birth of a New Day]](https://cdn2.albumoftheyear.org/100x0/album/38707--atarashii-hi-no-tanj_133223.jpg)
![輕描淡寫 [Understatement] - 小圈子 [Small Circle]](https://cdn2.albumoftheyear.org/100x0/album/104966-.jpg)
i liked the opener but this isn't the immersive dreampunk i was hoping for, it feels kinda just like simple bandlab chords.
as decent as the production is i honestly think more people should have been annoyed by the whole ai thing
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On thelovus's review of Brady Lokey - Love Letter To No One In Particular
"@thelovus recommended one of muspelheim's albums to you"
On Charles Hamilton - The Pink Lavalamp
"@BruhBay1 I'm sorry I'm not trying to be contrarian but I really don't get the hype around that song. Maybe 30 is a bit dramatic as just a general reaction to the 98% I saw but there were some genuine bangers on this album that got overshadowed by that intro which didn't really deserve it in my opinion."
On thelovus's review of Brady Lokey - Love Letter To No One In Particular
"@thelovus Yeah, they're both from VB from my knowledge, Muspelheim's bandcamp says so."
On Charles Hamilton - The Pink Lavalamp
"@BruhBay1 it's not my fault typo"
On Charles Hamilton - The Pink Lavalamp
"@BM30 i swear this is not an attention span issue you can check my reviews on his other projects i'm definitely not a hamilton hater. i simply believe that the outros did a lot to detract from the songs and that the album could be cut to be much cleaner and more enjoyable."
On thelovus's review of Brady Lokey - Love Letter To No One In Particular
"@thelovus do you know any virginia beach producers then? i think muspelheim and totojira are local. for me the biggest issue here is the production but the vocals have potential."
On thelovus's review of Brady Lokey - Love Letter To No One In Particular
"what part of virginia are you from bro?"
On D603136's review of Totojira - DOGHOUSE
"@d6 hopefully better than matador. you gotta listen to muspelheim soon dude if you enjoyed totojira/kishi cinema that much."
On D603136's review of Totojira - DOGHOUSE
"hes been very careful on how he phrases it by saying "last TOTOJIRA album" so maybe he's cooking up something else on a new name that could be false hope though"
On Xeno Ray JNB - Everything is Chrome: CHROME pack
"@discsofwave I understand but for it to really be an EP it will need better sequencing IE track 1 and 4 together and tracks 2 and 3 listed as bonuses or something. I feel like calling this an EP and releasing it as such is a bit misleading but it doesn't really have anything to do with my score here."
On juneyjune's review of Baga Pistachios - From "Paradise"
"blud no way u rated this higher than the thorn in monte carlo"
On D603136's review of Come On, the Christian Fish - heavy is the fist
"honestly gotta disagree but i like the review. this album CLEARS the self titled you have to consider how much more work it took for the guys to make this project compared to the other one which felt kind of lazy to be honest. i think this one's lengthy, atmospheric, post-rock sound was the right direction i just feel like the wrong people heard this album first. however, when it comes to the come on the christian fish trilogy, expedition 331-5a clears."
On desert sand feels warm at night - 我思う、ゆえに我あり [I Think, Therefore I Am]
"@lilyth_ all good goat fully understand the annoyance i'll be more conscious of it in the future."
On desert sand feels warm at night - 我思う、ゆえに我あり [I Think, Therefore I Am]
"@lilyth_ if youre talking about lockedinlocke thats my brother and he's the same way. you'll RARELY catch me rating an album 0 but i guess tracks are different to me."
On desert sand feels warm at night - 我思う、ゆえに我あり [I Think, Therefore I Am]
"@lilyth_ i honestly found them to be 0 worthy but i promise it wasn't in a review bomb fashion. for me they're pretty irredeemable to the album. for me that's how i review a lot of tracks though, i can love them or hate them to some extremities."
On desert sand feels warm at night - 我思う、ゆえに我あり [I Think, Therefore I Am]
"@lilyth_ yooo leave me alone i like it when muspelheim does it (uhoh! is an amazing track) i liked the first few tracks of desert's pyramid album, i liked the 12 minute one on new world disciples, and when telepath and 2814 do it it's dope. in this case i really felt like they messed with the sequencing and bloated the track list. sand has better albums."
On Muspelheim - Expedition 331-5A
"@Mmmvbnn2 it did friend love the list. CRAZYYY underrated score on mt hurley though that song is like pure euphoria."
On aelz's review of His Majesty Lives ハ・ホ・ヘ - 遠くへ行き過ぎてしまった、貴方 [You Have Drifted Too Far, Dear]
"no way what did you make him sample?"
On arrows2013's review of Muspelheim - Expedition 331-5A
"@arrows2013 not drone or dark ambient. you should give it a try.
definition i found online: "Utopian Virtual is a captivating and futuristic music genre that seamlessly blends elements of electronic, ambient, and vaporwave.""
On Cybershock - the fallout
"@ILikeArson Hey man I'm sorry for giving that new EP a bad review too, you're a great producer keep up the good work."
On Task's review of Baga Pistachios - From "Paradise"
"totojira's projects are always well-packaged, to me the big misleading part is how fucking amazing the instrumentals start just to be shit on by the guys on the mic. totojira produced some amazing beats just for iiviivix to fart on."
On Baga Pistachios - From "Paradise"
"@PORPOL He doesn't need to be giving these people a platform he needs to be working with people on his level."
On LJJsutt's review of Come On, the Christian Fish - Come on, the Christian Fish
"Thank you for checking this out! I completely understand your takes, but I highly recommend you check out their new album when it releases. They've posted snippets and the new single they've just dropped is hype. No background voices, just straight fire instrumentals."
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