Every note of this sounds carefully put into place to make such a cool thing, like building a ship in a bottle. Putting piece by piece in with tweezers. Ahoy.
Like it’s technically impressive, but omg this sound is everywhere now and it all just blends into one another. This would 100% hit harder if it didn’t feel like I’ve already listened to this album 8 times this year.
This is the year of electronic glitch pop ig.
While grandiose and instrumentally impressive, I find that there aren’t many moments in the album that stick with me and make me want to come back and listen to it more than a couple times.
Not saying that there aren’t any interesting moments though. I wish they had included more like their single “Numerology”, as I found that more captivating and found myself returning to that more then anything released on the album.
A really interesting indie/garage rock blend with electronica and breakbeat sprinkled throughout it, Gerling make an incredibly interesting album.
Like some of this stuff you would expect to find off a Boards of Canada album, and some off like a Mclusky album. It has insane range. And for the most part, all aspects and genres are done REALLY WELL somehow. At least the parts that maybe don’t jell the best still make an interesting listen.
Definitely one of the coolest, most interesting ... read more