If your dad wasn't the most close minded person in the world he'd probably love this album
Surrealist music if there ever was. Hypnotically bizarre. But at the heart of it the compositions are pretty phenomenal. The balance of noise and rhythms is beyond engaging. The variety of the music concrète on display is great. And some tracks even being a ritualistic intensity that makes sure the album doesn't get stale. If anything I just wish for a little more out of the record. Maybe a few more crescendos throughout the maze of sonic gardening.
Oh yeahhh it's all "I hate musicals they suck π" until a horny British jazz rock nerd does it π. Whatever. You people.
Great instrumentation, ridiculously creative writing, so jazzy and very pretty. Only criticism for me is I wish the more intense bits were slightly more incorporated rather than just feeling like flourishes. The intense guitar pattern that starts and pops up in Holy Holy, the similar type that appears in Walk Up, all the stuff that feels reminiscent of ... read more
Wow, just like wow. This is crazy. This is a crazy album. An absolutely crushing experience. Makes you feel like the last vestiges of your soul are being blown and worn away. Desolation incarnate. Cold and lifeless but even still incredibly emotional and heart wrenching. And the sonic texture is in a world of its own. The balance this album maintains with its use of often shrill screeching distortion is incredibly impressive. The sound of it all is just immaculately shaped.
Edit: (88 -> 95): Nothing sounds quite like it
88
The amount of different sounds being juggled at certain points in this record is genuinely dizzying. There's So Much detail but everything is put together with such impeccable timing and compositional skill that it all comes together for a seriously dazzling record.
A magnum opus for the mastery of noise, ambient, and industrial sound that Prurient has been developing over many years. Crushing, cold, despondent, hopeless, painful, and yet also beautiful. A true work of art and a benchmark for everything in these fields.
Edit: (99 -> 100): Maybe the single most inspiring piece of art I have ever experienced.
Edit: (92 -> 99): An abyss of artistic inspiration in which I have become more enthralled every day.
A journey that begins by simply entering Iosonoucane's mind. But slowly it reveals that his mind was simply a gateway to a much larger, dark, metaphysical dimension. The journey from here is extensive as you experience the vast ethereal dark, space, and beauty. Through the sounds of ... read more
Geordie is such a little weirdo freak. Morgan is writing the systems of the cosmos with those drums. Hi Cameron!
Xiu Xiu's most explosive, glamourous, and punchy album to date. The album dances effortlessly between shredded guitar tones and weirdo electronics. On the writing front Jamie continues to play chicken with a straight jacket. And Xiu Xiu further cement their place as easily one of the greatest and most consistently engaging, emotional, and interesting acts in all of experimental music.
A truly psychedelic experience. The detail and texture on every song is so methodical. The sound palette is so unique and lovely to the ears. Very little bad to say. Not the most blood pumping of electronic but the strange disassociated atmosphere that Liars choose to exist in is entrancing. Also Brat.
Despondence, wandering melancholy evolving into heart eating misery. An inability to process what is happening or what has happened. A rejection of engagement with living. Coil twists emotion to unrecognizable mindlessness.
A psychedelic, hypnotic journey up the slopes of Mt. Heart Attack to find the eternal drum at the summit. But when you finally claim your prize and hit that drum you remember you never learned how to play drums, you're you. And you just listened to this album instead of learning to make your own music you loser, what an embarrassment. "At least the album was good," you think to yourself, sitting atop Mt. Heart Attack.
A solid and clearly loving excursion into the sounds of the dirty south
solid. good lyricism and good beats. Good hip hop! But a certain lack of true highlights or standouts that keep this thing from being amazing to me. Just very solidly good.
Really solid noise record. Some great textures and atmospheres. Really like how large and full some of the noise waves felt. They really wash over you. Could have used a little more sonic diversity, overall felt mostly like developed improvisation which is good but leaves a little to be desired. Would love to see more dynamics in the future.
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The most horrific suffering imaginable and its completely unknown to the victim
The most horrific suffering imaginable and its completely unknown to the victim
My personal favorite of the series
The most horrific suffering imaginable and it's completely unknown to the victim
My personal second favorite of the series
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