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not a big fan of this which is a shame bc by pure album cover art this is one of my favorites out of all of hs. anyways, i'll go through all of the songs i had actual thoughts on rq

for songs i liked out of this comp, 1234 surprised me the most. it was a bit of an earworm for me, similar vibes to blvst bevt from several years ago. and ofc netstalk neglector was really good this was a we're back moment until uhh the rest of the album started coming out.

as really big usao fan ... read more

ah... it's a little treat for me....

i don't think it's the cleanest or most coherent he's ever sounded but more than anything else i had a fun time listening to this. something about divineforce just hits right i was obsessed with the song earlier in the year. blehhh!!!

this guy is the reason i started playing osu again. gumbarlzo ended up being a very pleasant track. doesn't feel drawn out despite its actually length, and has a lot of elements of some of my other favorite tpz tracks like netstalk neglector (0:55 at gumbarlzo is a bit similar) and himitsu cult (mostly the melody). this time, he also did a portion with odd rhythms that landed very well, much more so than something like chaos time which does the same thing. of course, if i'm talking ... read more

i've never been big on irregular nation tbh but this is the first one that had a lot of songs that really blew me away. i felt like kobaryo/srezcat breath of the clear stream was the least impressive and just had the least impact on me. for the standout track, i've listened to usao/shandy kubota - lost frequency so many times yet it's never gotten old for me.

additionally, aran - be on your mind is very cleanly executed and catchy, and t+pazolite - zanshi midnight is a ... read more