nameless7357

Diamond Seas is not a version of The Diamond Sea created via 32 live recordings and the studio version; it is an entirely different monster that is uncompromising in its disorienting cacophony, laughing at you for trying to pretend that you understand. It grips your throat and chokes you, bringing you through these slightly different whirlwinds that blend together like the memories of these 30 year old recordings, none of which you can fully latch onto. You are floating, swimming, sinking, ... read more

Shadow Kingdom 2026 exchange for Marie

This album got off to a slow start, or at least I wasn't fully on board. I felt like a lot of the attempts at mixing indie, glitch, and psychedelia fell flat and was hard to "keep up with" so to speak. Especially in the first two songs there were many times where I almost felt like I was just hearing random noise and I struggled to latch on to anything. Nevertheless, as I kept listening I found myself sinking further into the groove and ... read more

Backwards exchange with Axylpik in the Shadow Kingdom discord server

For AOTY readers: part 1 is judging by the cover, part 2 is the actual review

Part 1:

Yeah, no. On it's surface, United Acid Emirates seems like a novelty blending acid techno with vaguely Middle Eastern stylings and folk tunes, but the genre mesh just clashes to a ridiculous degree and is so "churned out" that it feels pointless to listen to.

37/100

Part 2:

I was pleasantly surprised by this album given ... read more

Swans server December exchange for vangoober.

Something, something, Minecraft, something, you all know who C418 is, and while I have been entertained by his soundtrack work in the past, I have found most of his material to be generally superficial while remaining good background music, much like the many young electronic producers today carving out their path in the same vein as C418 with less popularity. I'd be lying if I said that I have never cranked Sweden at maximum volume late at ... read more