rileyperreault

The Weather Station presents us with a lot of interesting lyricism and songwriting on Ignorance. The title of the album itself communicates the themes of ignoring the state of a relationship or something you love and the ignorance of the environment. My favourite thing about this album is how the lyrics can be interpreted in a climate change aspect or in a relationship based aspect. Take for example, "Tried to Tell You". The lyrics are about turning away from something you love, ... read more

"Why do memories glow the way real moments don't? My altar is full of our love's delusions"

I want to give this album a hug and tell it it's gonna be ok

Acloudyskye has created some really beautiful electronic tracks here that work well and have many moments of awe. But sadly, this album has some shortcomings that keep it from being great. The mixing on the percussion and bass here are wayyyy too harsh and clash with these beautiful singing synths, which results in this album being pretty poorly mixed at times. Not to mention this thing can get pretty repetitive, with one track after another of these big, blown out, and larger than life synth ... read more

apparently this album is soooo amazinggg according to all these dumb idiot critics like pitchfork, but I am rileyperreault, the famous critic on AOTY that everybody loves and knows for making the best reviews on the website. is it really that good? are the four heads on the lake good?

yea

Spiderland is an album that is so cold and uneasy that the title of this thing is somewhat accurate. the sinister and chilling riff on washer, the vampire thing going on in nosferatu man, the overwhelming ... read more