Tropical **** Storm - A Laughing Death in Meatspace recommended by Blank
Did I listen to the whole thing?: Yes
General thoughts: I had really low hopes, because I’m not sure how any self respecting artist would decide upon this band name. Going into it I thought I was going to get some really psychedelic trippy ****, but my expectations were completely subverted when I discovered this is actually an apocalyptic post punk album. Turns out the singer here is also in the band The Drones, a band that I generally dislike. This is way better than any Drones album. I actually greatly enjoyed most of these tracks, there’s a great atmosphere to it all and some really high energy stuff that’s fun to listen to. The latter half has some stinkers like that instrumental Shellfish Toxin (5.5 minutes was way too long for that) and the title track slows things down a lot and it’s a lot less engaging than the rest of the album instrumentally or lyrically. Overall though a shockingly good album. This will compete for a spot on any year end lists I do
Favorite tracks: Antimatter Animals, Two Afternoons
Rating: 7.5/10
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