 | Colossal Welcome the Problems
4.1
excellent
| Ranking: #93 for 2004 | |
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| 5.0 classic | ohgentlenight | November 20th 09 |
so underrated! i am looking for a resurgence to happen for these guys, just like it did for american football, etc
1 Bumps | Bump |
| 4.0 excellent | brainsheldis | May 31st 09 |
Everyone needs to go listen to this now.
No seriously, right now.
1 Bumps | Bump |
| 3.5 great | Futures | May 16th 24 |
instrumentally this album is really great top shelf math rock, the free flowing noodley licks are catchy as well as technically impressive. with the use of trumpet as well it will of course invoke comparisons to american football but a lot of this album is much more up tempo with much more poppy sensibilities. jazzy drumming compliments the mathy riffs perfectly and the driving basslines are standout. just imagine if american football rocked out a bit more. it's all great stuff when one of the two singers is doing vocals.
sadly the main vocalist for me brings this down quite a bit. he delivers an incredibly low key vocal performance that borderlines on talking with very little range in a lower register. this really doesn't mix well with instrumentals that are crying out for something a bit more genre typical. luckily the other singer on the album takes over for three songs with a much more complimentary whiny high pitched tone, these also happen to be the best songs on the album. a rare case where an instrumental version of this would be preferable. still the highlights are close to best of the genre high and instrumentally it's pretty impeccable, so give this one a listen if you like midwest emo or math rock.
check out: "work in prague" and "the 1/5 compromise"
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| 3.0 good | stevep | October 8th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | August 5th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lassie | August 19th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | NanoJet | November 14th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Mchi | October 30th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | akimbo | April 16th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | crab | January 29th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Emo | August 21st 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tranqyl | April 28th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | DEJ | January 8th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Cerbyrus | September 3rd 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Somie | August 24th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Ulshad | July 10th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | jmh886 | February 7th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | zackseb | September 23rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | tom79 | May 31st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Andrew | January 6th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | jlech | December 21st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | dart200 | August 19th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mevz | December 11th 09 |
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