The Album Club 2017

**Frownland** · 06-15-2017, 10:59 AM

I started listening to the album and it's pretty great, but I didn't have time to finish it for a full review. I definitely will though. And yes, the drums are dynamic and badass.

It made my math rockish album I wanted to submit look really lame, so my next one will be Mdou Moctor - Afelan.

**Frownland** · 07-01-2017, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I started listening to the album and it's pretty great, but I didn't have time to finish it for a full review. I definitely will though. And yes, the drums are dynamic and badass.

It made my math rockish album I wanted to submit look really lame, so my next one will be Mdou Moctor - Afelan.

Still this.

Also sorry on missing this review. I listened to the album twice and it wasn't enough to absorb what it was about and I won't have time before Monday to give it an appropriate amount of listens.

OccultHawk · 06-15-2017, 11:05 AM

It really is a gem! Not much online presence either. How did you discover it, Exo?

**Exo** · 06-15-2017, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

It really is a gem! Not much online presence either. How did you discover it, Exo?

Saw it on a random best of 2015 list and gave it a listen. The band themselves are very reclusive. They barely have any live performances and don't post on social media often or if ever. I don't have a facebook and I think they do but don't really post on it. They just released a new album/EP in April called "Circular Reasoning". I just picked up one of the 500 vinyl copies they printed off. It's a three track album with the last being the longest but more of a improvisational piece, or at least that's what it sounds like. Tapestry'd Life is definitely their most put together product. I love what they're doing. Very mysterious.

OccultHawk · 06-15-2017, 02:53 PM

Do you mind saying what publication's best of list?

**Exo** · 06-15-2017, 02:56 PM

I believe it was actually the Reddit /r/listentothis best of 2015 post.

https://www.reddit.com/r/listentothis/wiki/bestof2015

Under Set 3.

OccultHawk · 06-15-2017, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Exo

I believe it was actually the Reddit /r/listentothis best of 2015 post.

https://www.reddit.com/r/listentothis/wiki/bestof2015

Under Set 3.

Is it the time signature switches that make it math rock?

**Exo** · 06-15-2017, 03:19 PM

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Is it the time signature switches that make it math rock?

I'd assume so. I really don't give a **** about genres though.

Trollheart · 06-15-2017, 05:44 PM

Pretend - Tapestry'd Life

Yeah, I tried but this just isn't for me I guess. First time I listened to it was a bad idea as I was really tired, and fell asleep. Gave it another shot and I can't even get more than halfway through it. I'm just bored out of my mind. The vocals are, to me, dreary and uninteresting, the time changes are annoying and this great drumming some of you are talking about just ruins any chance I had of getting this. Not saying it's a bad album - some of you seem to really like it - but not one I'll be returning to. Two ten-minute tracks on it kind of did me in.

Couldn't even be bothered matrixing the **** out of this ****er. I can give it maybe 4/10. Sorry.

**Exo** · 06-15-2017, 05:46 PM

I like the divisiveness.

06-15-2017, 10:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I started listening to the album and it's pretty great, but I didn't have time to finish it for a full review. I definitely will though. And yes, the drums are dynamic and badass. It made my math rockish album I wanted to submit look really lame, so my next one will be Mdou Moctor - Afelan. __________________ 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

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OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	It really is a gem! Not much online presence either. How did you discover it, Exo? __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

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OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Do you mind saying what publication's best of list? __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

06-15-2017, 02:56 PM	#6 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	I believe it was actually the Reddit /r/listentothis best of 2015 post. https://www.reddit.com/r/listentothis/wiki/bestof2015 Under Set 3. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

06-15-2017, 05:44 PM	#9 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Pretend - Tapestry'd Life Yeah, I tried but this just isn't for me I guess. First time I listened to it was a bad idea as I was really tired, and fell asleep. Gave it another shot and I can't even get more than halfway through it. I'm just bored out of my mind. The vocals are, to me, dreary and uninteresting, the time changes are annoying and this great drumming some of you are talking about just ruins any chance I had of getting this. Not saying it's a bad album - some of you seem to really like it - but not one I'll be returning to. Two ten-minute tracks on it kind of did me in. Couldn't even be bothered matrixing the ** out of this er. I can give it maybe 4/10*. Sorry. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018*

06-15-2017, 05:46 PM	#10 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	I like the divisiveness. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE