Sorry for being so late guys.
1. What were your VERY FIRST impressions on listening to the album, say from the first five minutes in (first time)?
My first thoughts weren't great because I didn't like the first track, but then I thought the album got better with the second track, which was really good.
2. Did your first impressions change, i.e., did the album get better or worse as you listened to it (first time)?
My impressions got worse, than they got much, much better as the album drew to a close.
3. Which was stronger in your opinion, the opening tracks (first 2-3 songs), or the ending tracks (last 2-3 songs)?
100%, absolutely, no question, the ending tracks. "Hourglass Infringement," and "Reality Harshness Defender" make this an easy question.
4. On repeated listens (if you did so), did you find you liked the album more, or less? Feel free to be very detailed if you like.
I did not listen to it again (mostly because I'm behind on doing this review!)
5. What is your favorite track from the album, if you have one?
Too tough to decide between three of my favorite tracks from this album.
6. What is your least favorite track from the album, if you have one?
"Cinder Cone"
7. Did you change your favorite or least favorite track as you listened to the album?
Well, "Cinder Cone" was my most disliked as soon as I heard it, but my favorite track was "Herriot Method" until "Neuron Huskie" and "Hourglass Infringement" where I couldn't decide between them.
8. How would you describe the variety of tracks available on this album? Feel free to be very detailed if you like.
Alright so the variety is interesting for this album. I would say that the first six songs were not highly varied, but the last half of the album sounded vastly different compared to the first six songs. The difference was noticeable too, it was like I suddenly started listening to a different album entirely. I would say that the album has some variety, but the number of songs could be shortened very slightly by maybe one or two, and this would increase the variety a great deal.
"Herriot Method" introduced some acoustical elements that were very different and cool.
9. What is the overall mood on this album?
The mood is..exploratory and chill, If that makes any sense. Songs like "Cuckoo," "Herriot Method," and "Neuron Husky" make me think of space and/or spacing out.
10. Is this an album you would listen to again all the way through (for personal, recreational use, outside of listening to it for this club), or are there just a few songs that you would listen to?
Just a few songs, (though there's a lot of them).
11. How well do you already know the band/artist?
Never heard of him.
13. Do you see any way the album could have been improved?
Shorter maybe, other than that, it's pretty damn good.
14. Would you recommend this album to others?
Oh absolutely.
15. Are you interested in listening to more albums by this band?
Uh, maybe.
16. What sub-genre, if any, would you assign this music to?
I'm not that familiar with electronic genres. I don't know.
18. Your overall album rating on a scale of 1-10 (whole numbers please. Also, please BOLD or otherwise make this rating easy to see)?
7/10