Joseph_Phillips

So many great reviews already. I don't feel the need to elaborate. We Lost the Sea is one of the GOATs of the genre and this album is beautiful and powerful from beginning to end. It is essential listening for any post-rock fan. This album is the foundation from which they developed their beloved sound and each album since has only gotten better and better.

Triumph & Disaster, unfortunately, suffered from the hype of Departure Songs and I feel like it was judged (wrongly so) by how much it did or didn't sound like their previous album. I've heard it said that it was more metal centric, or not as dynamic and emotional and none of these things could be farther from the truth. If anything, this album is a perfectly balanced improvement and evolution on their sound and what they built with Departure Songs. It has its heavy moments, but ... read more

A near perfect album from the best in the genre. Taijin Kyofusho is one of the best post-rock tracks of all time. I'm only taking off a few points because I'm not a fan of how C.C.S. Logbook just ends, as if it was chopped accidentally and we never got to hear the rest.

This album is perfect from beginning to end, and I can't say that for too many post-rock albums. This was the first band where I listened to longer tracks and finally understood... the way the compositions take their time to ruminate and evolve. Novel sounds, like the guitar that sounds like whales singing makes my heart throb. The tracks ebb and flow, soft and emotional to heavy and angry, but never seem like fluff. It feels like every note is exactly where it should be. Every track feels ... read more