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Comment on BEST OF 2011: Animals As Leaders – Weightless by hearwax

hearwax — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:26:00 +0000

It’s funny…I had the same initial reaction through my first few listens as well. But after that I started to realize that there is more unity, focus, and fleshed out ideas on this record than the self-titled. I love both records, but this, to me, is what AAL is trying to achieve.

Comment on Death Cab for Cutie – Codes and Keys by Goon_Diapers

Goon_Diapers — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:05:00 +0000

A lot of people have liked this album, but I just can’t get through it. The vocals are so far forward in the mix. Something about the album just sounds cheesy. I get 2 or 3 songs in and just decide to throw on the Photo Album instead. Or Typhoon. I actually liked Narrow Stairs a lot because they recorded most of the parts together, live, as a band. It ended up sounding a lot less “produced” than Codes and Keys which made it feel more like old Death Cab to me. And I am not one that says a band’s sound shouldn’t evolve. Just in this case I don’t like what it evolved to. A little too slick and shiny.

Comment on BEST OF 2011: Animals As Leaders – Weightless by Mark Bushnoe

Mark Bushnoe — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 05:36:00 +0000

I only gave this a handful of listens, but I honestly got a nearly polar opposite reaction from this review. I liked the feeling of having real drums and a lot of the melodic ideas felt like they elaborated more than the self titled, but it just had a serious lack of hooks for me. I admired the self-titled’s ability to catch serious groovage without really worrying about heaviness and even sounding like the guitar is sitting in your lap at times, and I felt like some of the tastiest grooves on the first album were some of the clean guitar parts. This album doesn’t have anything that can match ‘On Impulse’ for me. I like the overall sound, and the overall idea, but I feel like I was waiting for something to happen that just never did.

Comment on Journal – Unlorja by Christian Segerstrom

Christian Segerstrom — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:28:00 +0000

Fucking excellent review.

Comment on Converge – Axe To Fall by Lucas Goudie

Lucas Goudie — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:28:00 +0000

purple prose

Comment on BEST OF 2011: Beau Navire – Hours by Guest

Guest — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:54:00 +0000

Thanks for the fix and the kind words!

Comment on BEST OF 2011: Beau Navire – Hours by Jonathan W Schmitt

Jonathan W Schmitt — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:46:00 +0000

This is jon from beau navire. Jon Ruiz was not in BN or Spectres. Jon Schmitt is the member. thanks for writing this amazing review! Our friend Jon Ruiz is in Matsuri!

Comment on Orgone – The Joyless Parson by HEARWAX EXCLUSIVE: Stream Miracle Worker’s (Members of Orgone) Debut LP “Copacetic Blues” | hearwax

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 05:00:31 +0000

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Comment on Review Roundup: An Obscure Signal, At Our Heels, Constants, Death in the Park, and Pristina by An Obscure Signal – Creations EP (A Good Mix of Everything) « Djent Reviews

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:58:18 +0000

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