MB Album Club 2022

Trollheart · 03-13-2023, 03:40 PM

Normally I need about three listens to an album before I put up my thoughts, but this time was different. I had some hope with the Spanish guitar and synths on the first track - though even then I thought, bit boring - but when I got dragged into some sort of mass that was it. I'm not really very into choral music and I certainly am not into what appears here to be hymns or cantatas or some ****e. I was completely bored, and also irritated by the album the more it went on. There were several moments when I really thought that's it, I can't take any more, but out of respect to Lisna I made myself get through the whole thing. Of all the hardest things I have done in my life, this was one of them. I breathed a sigh of relief and unclenched my teeth when it was done; all I could think as it ran was "finish, damn you! Finish!"

My head was so woolly afterwards I had to play some Darkthrone to get the cobwebs out of it. Felt like someone had put a bag over my head and dumped me in a church with no way out. Not fun!

Sorry, Lisna: I'm sure they're great at what they do, and others may love them here - I may be the only one who doesn't - but damn, that was the worst album yet. Sorry. Better luck next time.

I won't rate it as you'd be insulted. Suffice to say I won't be playing it again.

SGR · 03-13-2023, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Normally I need about three listens to an album before I put up my thoughts, but this time was different. I had some hope with the Spanish guitar and synths on the first track - though even then I thought, bit boring - but when I got dragged into some sort of mass that was it. I'm not really very into choral music and I certainly am not into what appears here to be hymns or cantatas or some ****e. I was completely bored, and also irritated by the album the more it went on. There were several moments when I really thought that's it, I can't take any more, but out of respect to Lisna I made myself get through the whole thing. Of all the hardest things I have done in my life, this was one of them. I breathed a sigh of relief and unclenched my teeth when it was done; all I could think as it ran was "finish, damn you! Finish!"

My head was so woolly afterwards I had to play some Darkthrone to get the cobwebs out of it. Felt like someone had put a bag over my head and dumped me in a church with no way out. Not fun!

Sorry, Lisna: I'm sure they're great at what they do, and others may love them here - I may be the only one who doesn't - but damn, that was the worst album yet. Sorry. Better luck next time.

I won't rate it as you'd be insulted. Suffice to say I won't be playing it again.

Damn, Trolls! You even enjoyed the Beastly Brothers more?

Trollheart · 03-13-2023, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by SGR

Damn, Trolls! You even enjoyed the Beastly Brothers more?

Close run thing. Let's say I could get a smidgeon of enjoyment out of the Monster Kids that I really didn't out of Pox, sorry Vox.

Trollheart · 03-14-2023, 06:17 AM

OK we're on a new album from today. This is it.

We could also do with a few more noms for after it. Thanks.

SGR · 03-14-2023, 07:17 AM

I'll go ahead and nominate Beach House's Bloom.

03-13-2023, 03:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Normally I need about three listens to an album before I put up my thoughts, but this time was different. I had some hope with the Spanish guitar and synths on the first track - though even then I thought, bit boring - but when I got dragged into some sort of mass that was it. I'm not really very into choral music and I certainly am not into what appears here to be hymns or cantatas or some ***e. I was completely bored, and also irritated by the album the more it went on. There were several moments when I really thought that's it, I can't take any more, but out of respect to Lisna I made myself get through the whole thing. Of all the hardest things I have done in my life, this was one of them. I breathed a sigh of relief and unclenched my teeth when it was done; all I could think as it ran was "finish, damn you! Finish!" My head was so woolly afterwards I had to play some Darkthrone to get the cobwebs out of it. Felt like someone had put a bag over my head and dumped me in a church with no way out. Not fun! Sorry, Lisna: I'm sure they're great at what they do, and others may love them here - I may be the only one who doesn't - but damn, that was the worst album yet. Sorry. Better luck next time. I won't rate it as you'd be insulted. Suffice to say I won't be playing it again. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018*

03-14-2023, 06:17 AM	#4 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	OK we're on a new album from today. This is it. We could also do with a few more noms for after it. Thanks. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

03-14-2023, 07:17 AM	#5 (permalink)
SGR No Ice In My Bourbon Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: /dev/null Posts: 4,327	I'll go ahead and nominate Beach House's Bloom.