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With Act II, the Acts series really starts. Not only in terms of its massive jump in quality, but also because the story really starts here. The album starts with Hunter burying his mother, who purposely kept him away from the world, and Hunter doing what everybody would do in his position. Immediately take the train to the city, to experience love and heartbreak. As you do. He immediately gets a girlfriend and a job within the first 24 hours of being in the city by the way. Hunter has unreal ... read more
I've been getting into The Dear Hunter the last couple of weeks. Absolutely falling in love with lots of songs from acts II, III and IV. Since I already have so many songs I love from those albums, why not go through all acts in order and actually follow the story? It's obviously the intended experience, because I'll be able to recognize every motif that's called back to on future albums. I actually wanted to go in order as soon as I decided to finally check the band out, ... read more
This album grew on me so damn much. After having listened to most of Porter's music, and giving SMILE :D time to really sit with me, I've grown to appreciate it way more than back when I barely knew who Porter Robinson was. My biggest problem with the album back then was Year of the Cup and Kitsune Maison Freestyle not being as good as the rest of the album. I really like these songs now. Year of the Cup has some of the realest lyrical content on the whole album, delivered in the ... read more
This album is rough. Gaerea make a drastic shift from their 'black metal incorporating modern metal elements' sound into a 'modern metal incorporating black metal elements' sound. The result is way more generic music that inspires no emotion. The lyrics have dumbed down and become very surface level. They're saying exactly what they mean with zero depth to it. The problem with that is that they're saying pretty cringy stuff. Black metal hides the cringe with ... read more
It's been a while since I've listened to a new prog album, but this one has me feeling like I'm discovering the genre for the first time all over again. The Spark of the Archon has me feeling like I'm 17 again discovering Cockroach King by Haken for the first time. This album's sound is just so fun. There's sweeping orchestral parts and phenomenal clean vocals, which make the album feel really grand and ambitious. The story and lyrics are extremely corny, but if ... read more
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My idea for a good review is one that takes at least an hour to write. I take my reviews pretty seriously, so I appreciate anyone who reads them in full. They take a LOT of time.
I’ll probably only give positive scores, because I listen to almost every album a bunch of times before I write a review.
I’ll probably only give positive scores, because I listen to almost every album a bunch of times before I write a review.
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