Finesse

The absolute pinnacle of british engineering (omg reference). On every listen of this album i find a new track to be obsessed with and i think thats pretty beautiful. I think more than any other album of archy's it is an entire experience that you have to pay attention to, because while there are tracks like comet face, stoned again, cellular and energy fleets that are musical masterpieces, you can still hear some amazing fuckign music if you just pay a little bit more attention to the rest of ... read more

Simultaneously having some forgettable same-y pieces and having some of the most unique musical experiences in archy's repertoire, the album is very much an experience and a collection of songs that can define the pace of a playlist and be the reference to many in jokes at the same time. I'd like to highlight the difference between the locomotive and tracks like half man half shark and vidual. While i have stated that some tracks are forgettable they are all still good tracks, they just get ... read more

If not for me listening to this album in my era of getting halfway through and getting distracted this may have been rated higher but the fact remains that this album has so many highs in terms of vocals and musical talent and just sheer fucking mood and tone it deserves this rating from me (music enjoyer with no musical experience, in other words a casual enjoyer) still archy marshall manages to be the man behind my favourite band