The Identity Matrix Presents: Listening Log 2017

The Identity Matrix · 05-10-2017, 11:34 AM

Artist: Megadrive

Country of Origin: United States

Album Title: 198XAD

Genre: Electronic (Synthwave/Dark Synth)

Year of Release: 2014

Track Listing:

Infiltrate: 8/10
Acid Spit: 9/10
NARC: 9/10
Memory Dealer: 9/10
Osaka Sewers: 8/10
Exoskeleton: 9/10
Murderlize 'em: 9/10
Haunted (Hunted): 9/10
Edge of Reality: 9/10
Video Stalker: 9/10
The Reducer: 9/10
Slum Lord: 9/10
Zero Point Non-Response: 9/10
Only One: 10/10

Final Score: 8.9/10

Pros:
Masterful synth work, Dig the melodies on this one.

Cons:
Can get a little too weird on some tracks where it throws off the mix.

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/7wl7k8KQXr848X8YTT2Jra

**Frownland** · 05-10-2017, 11:48 AM

I'm not very precise with my ratings. A 10/10 means that I will likely eternally enjoy the **** out of that album. Even an album with some flaws that are easy to look past can be a 10/10. I also think there are a bunch of perfect records though, but we might define perfection differently.

The Identity Matrix · 05-10-2017, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I'm not very precise with my ratings. A 10/10 means that I will likely eternally enjoy the **** out of that album. Even an album with some flaws that are easy to look past can be a 10/10. I also think there are a bunch of perfect records though, but we might define perfection differently.

I get you. A perfect 10 for me would have to have every track be 10/10 for me. That has yet to happen. With Is This It, I found Soma and Trying Your Luck to lack some of that energy that propelled the rest of the tracks on that album. I still love those songs, but when I can easily tell you they are slightly worse than the other tracks on the album then they don't get 10s. Maybe my main issue would be I'm too comparative. When I'm finalizing scores on tracks, I tend to compare them too each other and songs of the same genre. I have set standards by using the best songs that I have heard from those genres. Honestly though, the scoring is more for organizational purposes than anything else. If I need to decide between which album is better, I just go to my scores. But if I'm recommending someone an album or two, as long as they are above a 7 I feel comfortable saying this album is good and you should listen to it.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 05-10-2017, 02:35 PM

Leviathan > Blood Mountain
Crack the Skye > Blood Mountain

***s

**Frownland** · 05-10-2017, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

Leviathan > Blood Mountain

That's fine.

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Crack the Skye > Blood Mountain

That's objectively wrong and punishable by death.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 05-10-2017, 02:37 PM

oh, i just assumed you had heard Crack the Skye before. my mistake, guess you haven't.

**Frownland** · 05-10-2017, 02:38 PM

It was the beginning of the end of good vocals in Mastodon.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 05-10-2017, 02:39 PM

the song-writing is phenomenal and it has arguably their best work instrumentally

**Frownland** · 05-10-2017, 02:40 PM

Their best instrumental work would be Capillarian Crest, which is on Blood Mountain.

The Identity Matrix · 05-10-2017, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frownland

Their best instrumental work would be Capillarian Crest, which is on Blood Mountain.

This is true.

05-10-2017, 11:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I'm not very precise with my ratings. A 10/10 means that I will likely eternally enjoy the **** out of that album. Even an album with some flaws that are easy to look past can be a 10/10. I also think there are a bunch of perfect records though, but we might define perfection differently. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

05-10-2017, 02:38 PM	#7 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	It was the beginning of the end of good vocals in Mastodon. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

05-10-2017, 02:40 PM	#9 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Their best instrumental work would be Capillarian Crest, which is on Blood Mountain. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x