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Blarobbarg · 01-24-2019, 04:35 PM

I chose this so my feelings will be biased, but here we go.

I'm not surprised this hasn't gone over well. I chose it specifically knowing a good deal of people won't care for it- it's either too experimental, or not experimental enough. There are too many heavy, harsh parts, or too many soft parts. It's got a lot going on.

That said, I LIKE all the stuff that's going on. I think that they successfully switch from soft ambient, to harsh blackened mathcore, to post-rock with pop sensibilities. They turn what could be an entirely unpleasant mess of genres into a beautiful fistful of spaghetti thrown at a wall. If that's your thing (and its mine), it will be wonderful. If you wish they'd just relax and stick to one thing, it will be a letdown.

This is a great album. It takes all the elements that made metalcore popular with teenagers in malls back in my teenage years and improves on it, making an album that is equally poppy and heavy.

I'm glad that everyone is giving it a shot, at least!

9/10

01-24-2019, 04:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
Blarobbarg Do good. Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Posts: 2,065	I chose this so my feelings will be biased, but here we go. I'm not surprised this hasn't gone over well. I chose it specifically knowing a good deal of people won't care for it- it's either too experimental, or not experimental enough. There are too many heavy, harsh parts, or too many soft parts. It's got a lot going on. That said, I LIKE all the stuff that's going on. I think that they successfully switch from soft ambient, to harsh blackened mathcore, to post-rock with pop sensibilities. They turn what could be an entirely unpleasant mess of genres into a beautiful fistful of spaghetti thrown at a wall. If that's your thing (and its mine), it will be wonderful. If you wish they'd just relax and stick to one thing, it will be a letdown. This is a great album. It takes all the elements that made metalcore popular with teenagers in malls back in my teenage years and improves on it, making an album that is equally poppy and heavy. I'm glad that everyone is giving it a shot, at least! 9/10 __________________ https://rateyourmusic.com/~Blarobbarg ｡･::･ﾟ★,｡･::･ﾟ☆　^my RYM^　｡･::･ﾟ★,｡･::･ﾟ☆ (◠‿◠✿)