A very atmospheric album, but it also has a fair amount of both bite and variation. There's moments with a little bit more distortion or powerful instrumentation, but never enough to overpower the overall ambient vibe. I don't think it's a perfect ambient record but I do really admire it's ability to work for both passive and active listening.

It's pretty cool, but a little too far into the Post-Hardcore side of things for me. I like the more shimmery emo bits but the PHC sections just lose my attentions and make everything blend together. An Illusion to Italy or If I Knew The Numbers (A Stalemate) were my two favorites, but For Meg was also very cool and I loved the distorted outro.

Definitely the most directly ambient album I've heard by MDF so far. I think his previous albums are more comfortable in being described as ambient-adjacent territory (Noise, New Age, Post-Rock, Etc) but this album feels like a direct execution of ambient itself. It's not necessarily something I could listen to with intense focus, which I did not, but as background music it has a really nice subtle touch. The progressions are vaguely hopeful and I feel simultaneously a lot of emotion ... read more

A decent enough EP, but nothing that interesting in my opinion. It stays pretty firmly in it's lane and it feels pretty standard in the world of 90's Post-Rock. It's still in that stage of Post-Rock's development where a lot of the bands weren't necessarily doing the Crescendo-Core thing which is pretty much what has defined the genre in the 2000's and beyond, so it's always nice to explore more of that, but it's nothing too great in terms of execution.

I don't think anyone needs further perspective on why this album is great, but if I had to highlight just one thing from this record it would be the melodies. I think it's usually cliche to cite a song or album as being great for being "melodic" but it really does apply to this soundtrack. The piano (and occasionally synth) melodies provide the most essential layer for everything here, and I think even without the washes of texture coloring everything it would still be a ... read more

Fun emo, but nothing substantial or unique. It's a nice time but most of the material on here isn't particularly groundbreaking or a flawless execution of the ideas already cemented in the genre. It's a good execution, and there's some very nice moments, but not really an album of note.

Amazing in it's consistency, all of these songs are pretty much equal on all fronts. The vocals are always on point, as are the guitars, but the dynamics completely steal the show here. The way these songs absolutely explode and subsequently get too big and fall back apart into softer moments is so beautiful and this album may be one of the best in the genre at doing that type of structuring. My main issue is that it can get kind of repetitive; like I said before, it's an extremely ... read more

Very enjoyable, and surprisingly not super redundant. I was worried an album like this by Parannoul may come off repetitive both on individual songs but as a collective, but to my surprise that was pretty much all but avoided. There's not as much textural or structural intricacy as previous MDF albums, but it's still a very weird listen with probably the most traditional crescendo core essence on songs like Track 2. One of the better MDF releases so far!

Still not great, but I enjoyed it a fair bit more than Filth. I feel like this drawn out almost miserable style of Sludge Metalish No Wave perfectly fits the band's writing at this stage, I just wish there was more groove and some moments adjacent to Filth because this definitely gets boring after a while.

A lot more of a traditional Mutant Disco influenced No wave album. The Post & Dance Punk influences are on full display here, and it's pretty shocking given how far Filth would deviate from this sound. Both are obviously experimental and industrial, but the groove and overall quality of this thing is so much better, it's actually a pretty fun time. It's still repetitive and sometimes forgettable, but a lot better than Filth.

Really sloppy and kind of boring. Some of the grooves and lyrical ideas are interesting enough, but a majority of the time the songs just drag on and really blend together. Stay Here is a solid song, but still nothing crazy and the fact that that song is this album's highlight shows how weak this project is.

Pretty cool but also noticeably overrated. This being the best MDF album is pretty ridiculous, which is not to say it's bad, but it's also definitely not the best. I think this album succeeds a lot more on the Ambient and Drone front rather than the Post-Rock side of things (something I frankly don't hear at all besides the longer nature of songs and more atmospheric focus, but it's overall a cool experimental project and a valuable middle ground between both aliases.

Very nice synthy twee stuff. I like the rare bits of more noise elements like on Only Acting and Rest Stop, but I also really enjoy the peppy Indie Pop sound most of this album lives in. I don't think it's as good as people say but it's a very fun album that definitely grabs and keeps your attention.

Not bad at all, but definitely a demo tape. These songs are half baked and the production is really distorted most of the time, making it overall just a kind of confusing and unfulfilling listen. The music and vocals are obviously good, a lot of these songs are way more slacker than I'm used to from the band, but it's still Duster and at heart the music is still solid.

Very shitposty, but all things considered just fine covers. 21st Century Schizoid Man is far and away the best and feels like the most honest attempt at a cover, but the the other two or better just to laugh at rather then to really listen to.

A solid split! I can't say I'm familiar with Jimmy Eat World or Sense Field but this made me really want to check them out because they honestly blew Mineral out of the park. Mineral does fine on here but it's not as exciting and definitely not as well produced as the other two artists' songs. The second and third tracks are a lot more Emo Pop and have a significant amount of bite behind them, which again just makes the Mineral track just sound kind of wimpy in comparison. ... read more

Just kind of boring to listen to. Some of the music is cool, especially on Track 2, but a lot of the time it's just doing the bare minimum. The vocals are pretty painful to listen to as well, the production and meh performance just makes them really not fit with the music and definitely doesn't make them fit with the sound of Mineral.

By far the most cohesive and enjoyable MDF album yet. There's a pretty consistent range of sounds and genres that he plays with, and unlike some other releases by him (under this name and not) I think he really succeeds. I feel like this album is definitely the closest to a middle point I've heard between his work under Parannoul and Mydreamfever: it heavily features piano and vocals, but it's a far cry from the more Shoegaze and Indie Rock that is typically associated with his ... read more

Fine, just kind of boring. The mix of harsh drones and serene piano is a really interesting microcosm of what this Mydreamfever alias has come to be, so it's nice to see it represented even on the earliest release. It's mostly indistinguishable drones, people hyped this up a lot more than deserved, but it's still nice enough.

Pretty cool, even if the more Musique Concrète stuff isn't my thing. The more directly Ambient and New Age kinda stuff is my preference from this LP; the middle to end section of Strange and Funny World is my main motivation for this project to be as high as it is. The first song is kinda meh but the third and final song is nice enough to keep the project fairly high.