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| 4.5 superb | Waiting around to die | September 7th 18 |
In before the ADHD virgins who cry when a songs over 4 minutes. Their best yet. Stellar.
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| 3.6 great | Xenophanes EMERITUS | September 4th 18 |
While a lot of content could have been trimmed (that last 10 minutes of The Task for example), Sumac have done
a 180 and made an unexpectedly nuanced record. Compared to the oppressive density of “What One Becomes”
or the never-ending-noise that was their collab with Keiji Haino, “Love in Shadow” comes off as a light, and
almost melodious affair.
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| 3.6 great | Erwann S. STAFF | October 3rd 23 |
Love In Shadow is SUMAC fully diving into improv waters, and it sometimes works and sometimes it doesn't. It mostly works when it goes for the band's trademark pounding aggression, and it works less when they go for atmoimprov stuff. The fact that this 66mins abstract sludge record never bores is, however, proof of the band's capacity to provide a flawed yet fascinating release.
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| 3.5 great | Bedex | May 29th 19 |
Did not like this one nearly as much as WOB. It's interesting that they have pretty much the same avg rating because they felt very different. This one is quite erratic, and although individual sections are quite cool - I liked for instance the funeral doom-influenced heaviness of some riffs in track 1 - they are just arranged really oddly, even within tracks. Chaos and bizarreness can be interesting and amazing, but they weren't here here. The last track is the one exception, with a very coherent transition from noisy ambient to classic SUMAC material and a great track overall. Singlehandedly bumped this from a 3.4-3.5 to my final 3.7
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| 3.0 good | Chino smoking it up! | January 24th 19 |
yeah! fuck yeah....ok...nah...oh cool!...great atmosphere uuuuh...what then? ok lets go...nope...awesome drums...calm down guys, they're experimenting for other bands.rRecd Track - Attis' Blade
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| 4.0 excellent | grandfather | September 18th 18 |
The disparate ups and downs make this record a
very interesting journey. It's a taxing listen,
but I think it's also the most complete
manifestation yet of what the band is all
about.
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| 2.5 average | Tool1 | February 26th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Deebo05 | January 5th 24 |
| 3.5 great | jhop | February 7th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Jerrad | July 14th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | VlacDrac | November 12th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Adol | October 22nd 21 |
| 3.5 great | Rausku | December 1st 20 |
| 4.5 superb | cb123 | October 13th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tyll | October 13th 20 |
| 3.5 great | rid | January 17th 20 |
| 3.5 great | wrecked | December 26th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Stakis83 | November 15th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | jami98 | October 12th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Floofus | August 16th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | JOK | June 28th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | JS19 | March 17th 19 |
| 3.5 great | crab | February 16th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Moraff | February 3rd 19 |
| 3.5 great | Coast | January 16th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Lalka | December 28th 18 |
| 3.0 good | kx8 | December 15th 18 |
| 3.5 great | junyi15 | December 11th 18 |
| 3.0 good | K4nOo | December 4th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | alman219 | November 12th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Greem | October 20th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Verlix | October 19th 18 |
| 2.5 average | psim | October 19th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Macck | October 18th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Trey STAFF | October 17th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | KSR0203 | October 17th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | jmh886 | October 16th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Inveigh | October 14th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gbhill | October 13th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | gnimas | September 29th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | botb | September 28th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | XingKing | September 28th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | SYL | September 27th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Prole | September 27th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Risodo | September 26th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | El Olam | September 26th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | tycobb | September 24th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Solanum | September 24th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tritium | September 24th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Spluger | September 24th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Faraudo | September 24th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | LedZep94 | September 23rd 18 |
| 3.5 great | gilly | September 23rd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | sputnik1 | September 23rd 18 |
| 5.0 classic | loulou | September 23rd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | hesperus | September 22nd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Elynna | September 21st 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | rafalafa | September 21st 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thor | September 18th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Wolfe | September 14th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | clavier EMERITUS | September 5th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | trilo | September 3rd 18 |
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