There are some great tracks here but it’s slightly monotonous and boring… sleep token has the potential to make some gorgeous, experimental music but they have grown too comfortable in their romantic sound. To me, it seems like they’re sticking to a script, like they’re pandering to booktok. It’s not terrible, but it is frustrating.
hyperpop scratches my brain but revengeseekerz hits it with a pressure washer
I can recall first listening to this album – I was driving through a forest, late at night. Honestly, I could not have asked for a more perfect setting. The Mantle moves so beautifully, vividly, and effortlessly. In listening, I found myself lost in a narrative, constantly drifting off into different realities. In one, I’m a wrongfully exiled knight trudging through the forest's undergrowth, I hear a spine-chilling screech in the distance and instantly know it is the enemy I ... read more