Album Rating: 4.5
I adore this album. Wanted to practice my writing a little bit and this gave me the perfect opportunity. Been jamming this since the second it came out and have been drafting the review alongside. Would love to know you guys' thoughts because i know this is hardly perfect
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The biggest technical issue I think is punctuation-based; you tend to use commas, semicolons, and dashes liberally, yet their usage is usually inappropriate or confused with a different mark. For example:
"the album is like a showcase of everything this band are capable of - creating a mix of their best work yet." The dash is meant to be an interruption of thought, but here it's a logical continuation of the sentence. Should be a comma.
A few awkward phrases here and there as well, most of which are easy to pick on a quick read-through. Some little stuff i.e. "there is heaps" (should be 'are' instead) mixed in with odd stuff i.e. that (in my opinion) addition in the second paragraph. Reviews contain objective elements, certainly, but it ultimately amounts to your subjective opinion--the reader is aware this is YOUR voice, not necessarily theirs.
Hope this helps!
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Album Rating: 3.5
i wasn't into what went down but i'll give this a shot. it looks like this is more my thing
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Album Rating: 4.5
@MarsKid
thanks, I re-read it a couple times and realised how horrible the punctuation placements are. I'm never usually that bad with it so maybe I'm just tired lol. I also tweaked some of the weirder turns of phrase and got rid of the in my opinion bit. Not entirely why I wrote that, probably needed to proof read this a few more times before submitting.
Thanks for the feedback!
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Album Rating: 2.5
Time I gave this band a listen.
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Album Rating: 4.0
I’ll need some time on this but initial impression is it’s not as good as WWD
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@sepia any time my man, glad I could help out.
Another thing I picked up: "Perhaps due to the departure of co-founding bassist, Walter Gervers, with the band opting to use very synth-heavy backings for their sweeping low-end frequencies most eloquently displayed on "Moonlight" and lead single "Exits". " -- incomplete sentence
Regardless, appreciate the review, the comparisons are nicely integrated and help support the rating. Take a POS sir
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Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off
Agreed, their weakest but still lots to enjoy as the review pointed out. Really good read overall, and convinced me that this is a little better than I initially thought. The bass lines in particular, like in Syraps, are one of my favorite aspects of it.
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Album Rating: 3.0
Not feeling this tbh. Production and musicianship are great but... too many repetitive patterns, too many OooooOoooo's, too many stretched parts, not enough inspired melodies. Plus it feels very short (39 min).
Still a nice album, and they definitely needed a "new" direction, but if it comes to fun, I'd take Antidotes over this any day.
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Album Rating: 3.0
I've only heard Holy Fire but I felt like this was a notch below that album. Still good, but nothing I'll probably remember by the end of the year. 'Syrups' is the best cut here.
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Album Rating: 4.5
I love antidotes but there's just something about this album I love so much. Length doesn't bother me too much, some of my favourite records like Maps and Atlases' Tree, Swallow, Houses and Hail the Sun's Mental Knife are between 25-40mins. I like the repetitive patterns because they get really well built on, like in Cafe D'Athens with all the different glockenspiel parts.
This is probably my favourite Foals album tbh.
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Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off
Sowing you haven't heard Total Life Forever? You'd love it I bet, one of the best albums of the decade imo
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Album Rating: 3.0
nope never heard it, I remember everyone saying Holy Fire was a step down from that at the time
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Album Rating: 4.5
Total Life Forever is great sowing. Holy Fire is Foals' worst imo
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I’ve always wanted to get into this band after being impressed by a few songs, but their vocalist has irked me in the past.
This seems pretty great so far though. It could just be the production I’m impressed by, but this could be the album that makes me a fan.
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Sunday, On The Luna and White Onions are 3 absolute bangers.
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
For me, this is tied with Antidotes as their best record. Several aspects from here reminded me of that album.
I mean, White Onions, In Degrees, Syrups, On The Luna, Cafe D'Athens and Sunday are all top notch Foals songs. I'm Done With the World is beautiful and poignant, Exits is a very good first single (A bit weaker than the rest of the songs tho) and Moonlight is a nice little intro. Really enjoyed this.
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If this is reminiscent of antidotes in any way I might check as that's really the only foals I like
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
There's plenty to like for fans of Antidotes in here, way more than in any other Foals' album. Hopefully you'll enjoy this one, Pots.
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Thanks!
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