Album Rating: 4.4
maybe subtract Hell Is Cold and War on Terror?
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Album Rating: 4.5
War On Terror is nice but probably the weakest here and kinda drags, don't think I'd knock anything else off
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Album Rating: 4.5
It's breaking up on the re-entry,
Forty miles above the sea
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Album Rating: 3.5
I keep coming back to this, and I am really enjoying a lot of it, but it just hasn't fully clicked on the whole. A big part of it I think is the vocals - I don't dislike them, but for an album so purportedly personal, his whispery tones really don't convey much emotion and make it hard to focus on what he's saying without really focusing or reading along, since there's often a lot going on in the instrumentation
Weirdly it ends up feeling like the collaborators contribute most of the memorable moments for me. I've pretty much settled on the run from tracks 8-11 being the clear highlight, those are all really great songs, with the guitar collaborators on three of those tracks (Ryley Walker, J Mascis, Yasmin Williams) adding a lot. I also love the title track which has more notable backing vocals, and "Hold My Hand" is definitely elevated by Julien Baker's contribution (normally I'd be shocked to say that but even she is more expressive than this dude). I like "Abducted at the Grief Retreat" a lot too, notably because he uses a different effect on his vocals there. Not trying to hate on the guy, I just don't think he's doing the best job of selling his own material here.
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Album Rating: 4.5
I think I understand that perspective, Boney. It's certainly true that in a lot of spots, Ross' lyrics aren't particularly intelligible, given the "whispery" nature.
That said, I feel like the overall delivery has a "vulnerable" vibe, and when I can easily understand them (like in the middle of "Cahooting The Multiverse"), they come across as very touching.
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Album Rating: 4.5
The bon vivant with cancer had a lot to say,
That from the pram to the pine box,
There's a whole lot of weight
Double post, jamming this now after a few days off and it's hitting me hard
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Album Rating: 4.5
I'm a huge Green To Gold fan, but oddly it's most potent for me in the summer.
I wasn't entirely sure how you'd feel about this album, but it does seem like an appropriate addition to the Sowingcore canon.
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Album Rating: 3.5
The vocals aren’t clicking for me. I liked his last one a lot and the music here is great. But the vocals are holding it back
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Album Rating: 4.5
As Sowing knows, I agree with chan. Wild Pink vocals have always been hushed, but this goes to the next level, and I'm struggling to get into this because of them. Jesper, I'm curious: what were the vox like live?
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Album Rating: 4.5
Listened to this at sunset last night while walking our dog. It's starting to click.
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Album Rating: 4.5
shit, See You Better Now into Sucking On the Birdshot is easily one of the top 3 moments on any album for me in the past 5 years
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Album Rating: 4.5
You passed away
In an old folk’s home
You were alone when my mom said bye on the phone
You were a lone wolf
out in the Rockies
Way out there
Way up high
You slowed down
You passed away
Come back down
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Album Rating: 4.5
Wherever we go, when we go for good
Do you think we really meet again like we hoped we would?
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Album Rating: 5.0
I randomly re-spun this today. Every bit the 5 it was last Autumn
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Album Rating: 4.5
I know I'll be free when I die
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Album Rating: 5.0
I don't know why, but this and Green to Gold feel like siblings to me. Both are gorgeous; this brings a bit more energy where as G2G feels more sturdy and rustic. I could alternate listening to them in succession seemingly forever.
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Album Rating: 4.4
this whole thing is incredible but fuck that closing five-song run is something else
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Album Rating: 4.4
shit i said that last page
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Worth repeating eh
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Album Rating: 3.5
this is pretty kewl. worth checking out anything else by these guys?
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