I think this gets hated on just because white light is so good. That was destined to happen for swans, when you make so much music and some of it so good some albums like this one are gonna fall behind the others. It's still pretty darn good though and works well as a darker side to white light. Idk why its got all these weird short interlude tracks kinda threw the album off but I guess the transitions are cool.
Imagine swans kept making music like this lol
Honestly this is a little overhated, this isn't bad, it's just not swans