The length is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.

Listened to this on a bus in Paris.

Not bad by any stretch of the imagination but I’d rather just be listening to bootlegs from the internet archive, which maintain the continuity that these tracks lack.

One or two bangers but overall lite fare. Some sad sentiment buried in otherwise upbeat, generic folk tunes. I have faith Sparhawk will continue to evolve and create more masterpieces in the future.

A solid return from Jackson Scott. I really hope he continues to make records in to the deep future. On this one he evolves from the psychedelic guitar sounds of earlier efforts into a more pop-centric summer anthem sound. And it works.

A steady decline since Person Pitch. I had my hopes up due to Deakin's involvement, but Panda continues to edge closer and closer to straight-forward pop. Boring.

Alot to like here. Killer sax sounds, amazing rhthym section. Bob the Bob and Shark are standouts.

Mildly dated lead guitar on the title track. And I'm parked on fence about the late 80s Danny Elfman inspired (or maybe whatever inspired LL here also inspired Elfman...parallel thinking maybe) Tarantella.

More solid work from Barnes.

Kind of tough to grade. The Smile ape Radiohead harder on every subsequent release which is frustrating because of the lack of originality of the project but also enjoyable because I really like the era of RH that they're emulating, in particular the free jazz/krautrock inspired stuff in these tracks. Also I feel like Yorke's vocals have gotten way too pretty and clean and soulful for my taste.

GY!BE's best effort since Yanqui UXO

A sprawler for sure. "Dangling Blanket from a Balcony (White Phosphorous)" feels like a standout on first listen.

So psyched for Sparhawk's solo work.

Sorry to say, this did not hit for me on a first listen. Hoping it will grow on me.

The last track may be one of my favorite songs of all time.

Prayer to God is one of the best songs I've ever heard.

Have listened 5-6x now and it has consistently grown on me. Standouts are Classical, Connect, and The Surfer. Really great infusion of jazz on this one.

Have been aware of Merzbow for many many years and have had several records recommended to me but this is the first I've made it all the way through.

Such a hard one to rate. Relistened to this on vinyl and there is such a disparity between the first and second sides of this record. Side one is composed of listenable, innocuous tracks. Every track on the side two is a mini masterpiece.

Leave it to SY to use their first proper full-length record to release an album full of abrasive, inaccessible spoken word over avant-noise and drone rock tracks. Even with the behind-the-scenes context provided by the wonderfully detailed and descriptive chapters in Thurston Moore's new memoir, Sonic Life, I was not fully prepared for the onslaught of brashness that this record brings. A wonderful surprise.

SY starting to sound like themselves largely thanks to Bert's drumming and Kim's (fucking amazing) vocals