mykepsych Jan 21 2008 Extremely interesting album - gonna write more about this soon!! jooooselol Oct 03 2021 2.50 stars This will probably be the most “obscure” album I will ever review. The Mental Answer 1 is basically like Xiu Xiu’s “A Promise” but with a completely different outcome—along with no actually lyrics. Both tracks on this are called “untitled” which add to the overall eeriness to this album. It starts out with complete noise, Which puts us at probably life’s greatest question: Is it all worth it or not? It goes like this for nearly 30 minutes, a long time for contemplating. Now, my issues with this album come with the overall ending. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea covers this same topic but has a way better ending, sonically and conceptually. If one day, someone convinces me that In The Aeroplane Over The Sea’s ending isn’t as great as I say it is, I will change my current score for that album, which is a 10, to a score lower, But I will still rank it fairly high. I’ve said before Two Headed Boy Pt. 2 never really fails to get me emotional. Now with the Side B untitled, we have the eventual Mental Answer: It’s not worth it, and that’s where I start to really disagree with this album.For Side B, We hear the aftermath of what would’ve been the end of someone’s life. It’s chaotic, and genuinely sounds terrifying. Deathconsciousness explores mental health in a similar way. The difference being, it’s just way better, even if I disagree with the concept. What Mental Answer 1 mostly suffers from is the misguided concept. Challenging one’s perspective of mental health through art is difficult, especially in music. Despite this, people have put this concept to use, and have succeeded in doing so. The concept of mental health has been succeeded with albums such as Deathconsciousness, and even with A Promise (the much better experimental album) But The Mental Answer 1 doesn’t succeed in that, and we’re eventually left with the question with, why does this exist, if it’s whole purpose is to show why nothing is worth living for, leaving for a disappointing ending similar to that of Superflat. I still have to give the album credit, mostly because of the first half, as it builds a concept leaves us at the edge of our seat, but the second half of this album tears that all down, and that will never fail to confuse me. 5/10 Best Track: Side A’s Untitled Attribution: https://www.instagram.com/p/CXERRweuDBa/?utm_medium=copy_link texastentialism Feb 13 2022 1.00 stars Beyond goofy texastentialism Feb 13 2022 1.00 stars Beyond goofy texastentialism Feb 13 2022 1.00 stars Beyond goofy donutsrym Jan 16 2022 5.00 stars the greatest live concert ever The audience clearly love it! cyeru 15 Nov 22:44 GMT Hope this nigga gets shot docperkins Jun 29 2012 4.00 stars Usually compositional naiveté and epistemic precariousness lead to bad music, notwithstanding the widespread assumption in ‘underground art’ milieus claiming that naiveté plus lack of musical skills can work as antidote to ‘alienation’ and mass-production viruses, the two en guard whores of music industry, which are powerful enough to reach even ‘avant-garde’ music-makers who would give a finger and a kidney to get their products well-sold in the market, and revered by critics they apparently despise. However, there are exceptions to the rule, and Bertoia is one of them. Find therein two no-insight/ mega-insightful works by the ‘last’ experimental primitivist in the west, and let us remember to never insult his fractal pseudo-didgeridoo, quasi continuum-marimba clusters of sounds by calling them minimalism. In order to convey part of the magnitude of Bertoia’s achievements, I would suggest that his aesthetics bear the most proficient conceptual counterpoints from outside the spectralist paradigm to Horațiu Rădulescu’s ‘Clepsydra; Astray’ and ‘Inner Time II’. If you enjoy these two works, do not miss Unfolding. aplasticfeast Aug 21 2008 5.00 stars HOOOOOLY SHIIIT!!!! Aasinsilta178 Sep 08 2022 4.50 stars gorenoise VGRQEIGEIAOTAOODAODAODFJFOA FDBMBBMBMBMBMBMB B MBMB BMBMBMBMBSHDOOIJOFIFJODPOFG yhay mum agm yuajthougtds these are my thoughts msmsmammsmsmsmssmmsddmsdsdsmsmsmsmsmsma when i listen to this i thsieaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee idiisdfmjjbfbfbgjgrabkvdmvbdkfvkdfjv inspiring too gfgffg SCare witch project was good fgfgfggffgfsfgsgfgsfgfggfsfgfgfgssfggfsgfsgfsgfsgfsgfsgfsgfssfgsfgfgssfggfssfgfgsgfsfgsfgsgfsfgsgfsgfsgfsgfsgfsgfsgfsgfsgfsgfssfgsfgsfggfssfffffffffvbnmkiuytgvderthjujhgmovie loved it loeing ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss should do/go more aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa deez nuts demo 2007aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa yaojushua Jul 03 2013 4.00 stars Live tracks. ssguiss May 30 2022 3.00 stars i'm exploding texastentialism Feb 13 2022 1.00 stars Beyond goofy de0th Mar 30 2022 i am spreading negativity stavx79 Nov 16 2010 1.00 stars This is so bad,it hurts! It FUCKING hurts!! aaoi Sep 30 2020 i hate to be so reductionist on the matter, but this is the closest music i've heard TheZombie21 Nov 28 2020 1.00 stars WHAT the mic they used is bad. Bad recording of rain quality. Most of it even sounds like earrape. I rather listen to rain sounds on youtube any day than this mediocore recorded rain sound. This is not music. Technically and definitely. I don't get it zwts Jul 22 2013 4.00 stars Little known fact: This album loops perfectly. Once you've personally discovered this, there's no hope of redemption. aaoi Nov 01 2020 brooooooo sex daffyduk Sep 23 2020 2.50 stars male vocals what a stellar album by mr duncan. this proves a number of counterpoints and sexologists and accentuates erotica and debauchery. and and and regardless of how seminal it is :flushed: it is sexually deviant and bewilders listeners with its sole audible epiphany. our story starts in the wonderful exotic nature in Tijuana where Duncan emigrated to perform this unparalleled radio piece. Coincidentally, Duncan's internal organs start to act up on his itinerary. Duncan finally made it to nighttime to profoundly perform his amoral experiments and tinkering about. Duncan proceeded to barge into 3 uncompromising sex shops in which he was thrown out of all aforementioned shops only to encounter a very charitable mortician, colloquially known as "the purveyor of the deceased" and finally hash out and culminate right there. Culminating in a vacant hotel room, where scandalous Duncan looks forward on plowing his brand new (impulsive?) purchase, tentatively renting a room for him and his significant other to explore each other much to Duncan's demise. 15 minutes in, Duncan finally does the incredible wahoo. He did the inescapable. A provocative question is "what did he do with the body?" hopefully returned it back to its respective owner. It is never disclosed but you can faintly hear the deed being done in which complements this "album" AWESOME !! this perennial heap lie for eons in infamy Electricwatersheep Sep 09 2022 4.50 stars +3 In the year 2022, the internet is turning into an increasingly dystopian reality. Social media has been designed to profit off of you and your data, and in doing so it creates a social environment in which you are incentivized to put as little thought into your posts as possible. It enables impulsive behavior and, consequently, it becomes a nightmare if you want to engage in a genuine exchange of ideas. That's why I don't really use social media personally. But aside from that, we're looking at the logical conclusions of capitalism, in the sense that it has seeped so far into our lives that its consequences are quite literally staring us in the face on a daily basis. Roxy, being raised online, knows this all too well. And that is why the album Meta exists: this album is Roxy's scathing, brutally honest critiques of the modern online ecosystem. Whether we're talking about MrBeast's facile attempts at philanthropy, where he's at best a band-aid solution to a systemic problem and at worst the face of online slacktivism, or the way in which social media is designed to engineer our thoughts (as with Twitter's character limit and the general trend towards short-form content), every single frightening development that has been brought to us in the past 5 years is here. What Meta ultimately highlights is that the modern internet has framed our thoughts and actions such that we lose control over them. People obsessing over the YouTube algorithm, attempting to become part of a witch mob by spamming L + ratio, interpreting the world from the capitalist standpoint of engagement and profits, these have all become part of our lives. Even just the phrase "L + ratio", is a byproduct of social media's intense need for you to engage on their services. These corporations do not have morals, they only have one goal: profit. For them, since their services are free, they make you the product instead. And since they need you to be a product, they also need to exercise control over you. Now I'm not saying we're living in an Orwellian society or anything like that (we don't speak in newspeak and the control of thoughts is not even close to being as extreme as that would imply), but albums like this are highly necessary for understanding the situation we find ourselves in. The fact is, the internet is no longer a niche thing that is mainly populated by nerds online. The internet is real life now, and these things have real consequences. And with the way things have developed, it's clear to see that the direction that social media companies are heading towards are overwhelmingly in their interests, as opposed to those that better humanity. As a reviewer, I tend to emphasize what a song will sound like as opposed to what it's about. However, the lyrics are so important to this album that I need to start there. The entire album is littered with uncompromisingly harsh depictions of the internet we all live in today. Even on the first track, web67, the first two words we hear are "strategize, depersonalize", clearly in reference to how modern social media is a downgrade from the internet of the past, in the sense that it limits the ways that it allows you to express yourself, at the same time engineering itself to be as profitable as possible. In the real world, your home feels like yours, yet on social media, your profiles and your friend groups only feel like the product of a template. We use cookies to ensure We get the best experience from Your web usage. packs a ton in just 2 minutes, its opening skit being a portrayal of an imagined future where smart products can read your mind, and the second half being a commentary on how they know you won't read that end user license agreement, leading to a more general commentary on how the internet makes us lazy. This tank and Bob were against Google+ is about online slacktivism, and the fact that despite massive online protests, people have little control over these companies. Last to Take Hand off My Body Keeps It is a song about gaming the algorithms in order to give you the most attention possible. What Content Do You Prefer from Me?, building off of this, highlights how the "game" of making content is extremely volatile. "Play the game every day"; pump out as much as you possibly can, all to become the center of attention. It also gives light to the scary notion that you, in playing the game, are entirely replaceable with someone else. Let's Go Omega Boys!!! is a complete and utter takedown of Twitch as a platform, how Twitch incentivizes its largest streamers to put as little as possible into their streams, while also continually rewarding its viewers in doing so. Unproblem (Exposed. Let's Rock.) is about the spectre of what we now call "cancel culture", people digging up the horrible things you've said in the past and proceeding not to allow you to learn and grow from your own mistakes. It presents this as a predatory force, putting down others while congratulating itself for immediately taking the moral high ground. Then the message reaches its peak in the final minutes, in what is essentially Roxy's call for people to not assume the worst of others: "I don't want to be idolized and held to high standards, but neither do I ever want to try to be bad. I'd like to think many are on the same page with that. If we could cease assuming the worst of people, maybe we'd hurt less." Nobody is perfect, and all people are capable of doing bad things. That is why this mode of public shaming does more harm than good, because it gamifies morality and turns it into a spectacle for all to enjoy at their leisure, lest its subjects are unable to learn and grow from their past mistakes. Speaking of gamifying things, Rate BYetheting + + paints a picture of how discourse has been gamified, highlighting how social norms online have conveniently been shaped by the path of most engagement. The numbers on screen reward those who disagree. L + ratio! Just take the L already! (Nothing) B3at$ Philanthropy is clearly about the YouTuber MrBeast, noting how he has become the face of online slacktivism. Instead of calling for systemic change that would solve the roots of the problems of society, MrBeast's brand of philanthropy is closer to that of a game show than it is charity. This is because he has to constantly create spectacles and build himself up in order to create his altruistic image, meanwhile his watchers feel like they are doing something good merely by watching him. Every single one of these tracks illustrates how the internet in the current era has created a fierce environment where our channels of communication are the products of psychological tricks employed by social media companies, in which only those with a thick skin can hope to deal with the worst of it. Meanwhile, those that have the most influence use it in very shallow ways, often under the guise of "content". When people say things along the lines of "Twitter is toxic", they are only scratching the surface. That statement shifts blame on its users while ignoring how it's designed to be that way. Twitter is toxic, in part, because Twitter needs toxicity to be profitable. These social issues are overwhelming, and while Roxy doesn't explicitly dive into how these companies profit off of this over the course of this album, she does a lot to illustrate what this results in. Roxy's satirical portraits of the modern web are a spotlight on the absolutely disjointed and dysfunctional state of social media, a world in which all social interaction is a game -- one which we are all losing. I've gone into a bunch of detail regarding this album's lyrics, and that is completely necessary, but the album also contains some of Roxy's best production work as well. The best way I would describe it is that it's a more current take on the mechanical sounds she previously indulged in with KINREK, but much more intense and avant-garde, on top of heavily incorporating her now-trademark collaging techniques. Nearly every track is incredibly perplexing, occasionally reaching qebrµs levels of craziness, with song structures that also feel like they have a mind of their own. Despite this, no single second of this album feels like it doesn't belong. Like previous Roxy albums under her real name, the vocals take prominence, and I find it super impressive how she's able to place the vocals in a number of different instrumental contexts and keep the album sounding cohesive. Despite the super diverse array of sounds being played with, she never sounds out of place on top of these instrumentals. One of the most traditionally song-like tracks here is Last to Take Hand Off My Body Keeps It, which even has a chorus! This track has a very satisfying build to it, its moody synths providing a wonderfully nocturnal atmosphere. On the opposite end we have songs like Unproblem, which is completely unafraid of establishing a musical direction, then completely diverting away from it, all in service to the narrative. Songs like (Nothing} B3at$ Philanthropy feel like multiple songs crashed into eachother, but in the best way possible. Tracks like this make the album such a strange and unpredictable experience and are shining examples of the depths of this album's incredible musical experimentation. Let's Go Omega Boys!!! starts as a dizzying collage, and throughout its length is subject to some of the album's most hyperactive percussion. Then I have to take note of the 32 minute track near the end of this album, Hellsite, an extremely dense drone track in which a soaring drone hovers over an intense variety of electronic sounds bustling under it. It sounds like a track from Field Recordings from the Edge of Hell, but if it were soundtracking a futuristic warfare. I can imagine that this track would prove exhausting for many people after an already intense listen, but I absolutely love the textures. As the main drone hovers over the madness, it comes off as being incredibly apocalyptic. It's a properly suffocating piece of drone to listen to, as the mix is so dense that it leaves essentially no room for the listener to occupy it, yet this is also in service to how apocalyptic it is. It feels like I'm watching robots fighting eachother from the safety of my UFO as the Earth burns dry. I'm sure that is intentional, at least in part, but it's a very fitting statement for this album all the same. While listening to this album, I had a lightbulb go off in my head. I had a set of words spontaneously appear into my brain, and I think these words sum the issues discussed on this album up perfectly: "environments are more powerful than individuals". Environments create the conditions of existence, and they allow for a finite amount of possibilities to occur. Humanity has gotten so large, however, that we are now in direct control of not just the environment of the physical world, but also the digital world. The physical and digital environments that we are creating for ourselves are resulting in completely unnecessary suffering. In an equitable world, social media wouldn't need to operate off of the amoral pursuit of profits. It wouldn't need to make itself addictive, and it wouldn't encourage impulsive thoughts and behavior. We may live in the "information age" but there's way more misinformation out there than not, partly because social media encourages that things be dumbed down. The information age was supposed to tear down thought bubbles and allow for universal access to all information. While the latter part of that is true, the unfortunate reality is that thought bubbles have persisted into the online world and have even been strengthened over time. While I don't think all of these issues are 100% the fault of social media, they absolutely are not blameless whatsoever. Social media companies have everything to benefit from these thought bubbles being formed, and they have everything to benefit from all discussion lacking proper nuance. That is why their inherent design facilitates this. When you understand the way these apps are designed, the only reasonable conclusion is that they are designed to keep people on them for as long as possible, even if that is at the expense of our wellbeing. And that is a reality we unfortunately have to live with. The environment that we have designed is not one that encourages thoughtful, rational, nuanced debate, and it doesn't encourage people to be friendly to others, nor does it encourage people to think in healthy ways. So long as profits are the mission statement of social media companies, this will continue until the bitter end. I know this review may look half-way between some random person's essay and a music review, but these topics, the topics of this album, require a lot of depth to properly discuss. Meta is a sharp, incisive and extremely blunt listening experience, not sacrificing on this depth in the process. On top of sporting a fantastic production representing some of her best sound design to date, it's also one of her strongest lyrically. It's one of the most thoughtful critiques of the online world in musical form to date. It illustrates, in no small detail, how the way we interact with eachother is entirely framed by the capitalistic goals of the companies that operate them. This, in turn, shapes our lives to an incalculable degree. While I don't think this album is entirely perfect, it gets pretty damn close. It's a stunning portrait of the current state of the internet, in all of its most fucked up aspects. No other album I know of sums up these extreme flaws with social media better than this one does. Far from being a "phone bad book good" sort of affair, this album shows us the real downfalls of our current generation. And to top it all off, the actual music delivers just about as well as the message. Being on the internet can be a real breakneck experience since everything moves so fast, and Roxy delivers on the complexity and volume that this implies. Sonically it's often very intense and mechanical, with the occasional aural oasis to be heard to break it all up. In writing all of this, I understand that the internet has plenty of good to offer, and it is possible to use social media in a healthy way. Roxy's entire discography is, in no small way, built out of the unprecedented levels of freedom that the internet allows. But laying a blind eye to these problems just makes them worse. It is difficult to come across such a brutal takedown of these problems in spectacular detail, let alone in musical form. For all of these reasons, Meta is a masterpiece, as well as one of my personal contenders for 2022's album of the year. As far as I am concerned, no other album is this bold in taking on these issues, and certainly not this successful in doing so. Remember to like and subscribe, and hit that notification bell so that you become part of the Electricwatersheep army and never miss another Electricwatersheep review! oh my fucking god that is so long why did you add that thanks tay asphalticreritia Jun 30 2021 1.50 stars +3 the lyrics are cringy, they try to make this song a "body positivity anthem" but it fails painfully. We mustn't put overweight people down, they should feel free and proud of themselves and enjoy their lives without society's pressure... BUT you don't need to slag off the "skinny bitches". Those people deal with different things and they should also be respected. In fact, the word "bitch" is unnecessary. The music itself isn't too bad, I think it's OK but the lyrics kinda ruin this song. Sometimes I'm ashamed my mom loves this song just because "it sounds happy"... I hope I won't say the same when I'm a 40- DevonReviewsSingles Apr 03 2015 1.50 stars +2 This pile of insipid dreck and "Dear Future Husband" pretty much prove that Ms. Trainor is manufactured to be the pop icon for the Tumblr demographic. At least Nicki Minaj added she was "just kidding" after she said 'FULL ALL THA SKINNY BITCHEZ DOWN IN THE CLUB" or whatever such nonsense in "Anaconda." This is just a condescending piece of hypocritical garbage and it also sounds annoying. Oh yeah and Megan Trainor isn't even fat. She's just a little chunky at the most. This coming from a fat guy so I know my stuff. ConnecticutCottage Aug 11 2014 1.00 stars +1 The song is okay, but my rating is as such mostly due to the message of the song. The song glorifies the fat acceptance movement, and the idea of letting people think it's okay to be overweight, and that is just not okay. And I'm literally morbidly obese LukeOnDemand Jan 07 2021 0.50 stars +1 Why. Imagine the musical equivalent of big sweaty balls in your mouth. This might be the longest, most ear grading 17 minute EP I have heard in a long time. Best track: NFS (But trust me, it still is horrible.) Worst track: SHEEP I rate this a .83497 out of 10!. It gets baked either way. I saw no one has written a review and figured since I love this shit and never have too much of a critic I'll take that chance. This album destroys. While my personal choice of music involves BLAST BEATS AT OVER 200 BPM, I admit it gets bland after awhile, like most newer metal bands and even the old school who are still around. So I seek out music that is a bit different.... Like Gore Bash. Finding them by accident on Poo-tube I was hooked on there Mid-tempo( but fast) Riffs and laid back( but crushing) drums and disgustingly awesome vocal approach ( which I admit i generally dislike using vocal FX in excessive amounts, just being honest). The fact that there is just ONE guy in the band just raises the bar for my expectations on my project that I still have not finished. Back to the music. The opening track and Album title GORE FOREVER sets the mood. Quick and punchy this one kicks you in the nuts, even with a handful of changes. Again bands nowadays try to cram as many notes, tempo and arrangement changes that they forget one simple thing: Rocking out( and not in a gay way)I like that style, at the same time I like this downtuned groove and weed laced rhythm of Gore Bash. It does not disappoint whatsoever. If you beg to differ kindly find something else to listen too( like the sound of your nuts in a blender) Gore Bash IS Gore' and Roll' and will be as long as we give him a chance. Stay High, Lay Low. Blake stelisww Jul 09 2022 +4ok i will call it car drone hah dog_sex_cult 03 Dec 01:32 GMT Not interesting and not power electronics either. Turned into a loser is probably more apt. lookAghost Apr 07 2011 3.00 stars +15 WHEN WE DRINK WE DO IT RIGHT GETTIN' SLIZZARD // SIPPIN' SIZZURP IN MY RIDE (IN MY RIDE) LIKE MIKE ISARD Favorite my reviews. ​​ jbro00 Jan 03 2022 3.50 stars Pretty good album, but the mixing could be worked on. I really enjoyed this album and think there were some good ideas that pulled from a lot of other good indie bands. However, the mixing sort of kills it a bit in my opinion. There are certain songs where little things are a bit off, such as the reverb coming off as way too heavy, or the vocals being to heavy in the mix, among other things. Altogether, this album has some really strong instrumentation and vocals, I just wish the mixing would give it a more raw and natural sound that would fit better. Fastro 05/08 23:32 GMT Not that it would matter so much, but notice that I haven't listened to newest prog so much. In fact, in few latest years I've barely listened to prog. I'm intending to do that in the future. I have other things going on, both in life and music. Currently I'm going through albums and genres I don't even like so much. However, one reason is that I kind of got a bit wary of modern prog. Anyway, I'm sure there are gems for me and even the "boring" kind of modern prog might feel great later. Anyway, I'm specifically interested in something that I call symphonic avant-prog... well those are my favourite genres. A rare combination to see. Some extreme abstract metal and also minimal experimental pop-related things, for example, have also provided quite much some creative and powerful things that even prog can be missing. ​​ I love this Album. I think it's MF DOOM‘s Best album. And this is one of the best rap albums of all time. The variety in the songs is just amazing but it fits perfectly together. Overall you can say this album is just fire 🔥. samesafe Dec 16 2022 0.50 stars there is some difference between a madman and a madman initially. the second one from the very beginning is something beyond the usual systems, he is initially adapted to what is happening to him and he has no choice, he pushes the boundaries of the world as he wants, even if within the framework of his own being. the first one, on the contrary, is thrown and shackled, suddenly, he is sick, he wants to cry, he suffers. in this, talnik reminds Kanye of recent years, a sick lonely broken man who has lost his ability to create, as well as a homeless man Alexander Ukolov mutters something, stealing beats from biceps, and using his old chips over and over again. the only thing missing is pt. 2 tracks as on donda. a complete disappointment. bring back my summer, happiness and children's tears, curd lake, please. Aruba10 Aug 10 2009 4.50 stars Fantastic !!!!! Candidate best album 2009 Danilo Forgotten Sons Blog 220AM Dec 10 2022 5.00 stars +3 SO FUN SO FUN SO FUN I AM DANCING IN MY ROOM RIGHT NOW WHILE WRITING MY FINAL PAPER THAT IS OVER TEN PAGES AND THIS SHIT IS HEAT AND IM IN LOVE IVE NEVER BEEN SO IN LOVE WITH A DANCE TRACK I LOVE THIS I LOVE YOU IndustrialBreakdown May 17 2020 5.00 stars +2 Catchy! It's a really catchy song with a good melody and hook. I like can we get your pronouns before we fuck lmao. Also I love the glitchy vocal chops, they blend well with the rythm of the song. It's lowkey a pretty iconic song. I think I listened to it twice the first time I heard it. SCB Jul 20 2018 0.50 stars Being a solo album, Jamie Stewart could have made something really personal, a throwback to the better Xiu Xiu albums. It would have been the comeback of the decade (for me anyway.) Instead, he releases a “noise album” so creatively bankrupt and void of any interesting ideas. This record is unlistenable. Stewart used to use these kinds of horrific sounds but he also combined it with really beautiful musical elements and with his off-brand Sufjan Stevens vocal style and dark, fucked up lyrics he captured a lot of hearts. He made some of the most interesting albums of the 00s out of this stuff. There is absolutely no redeemable quality on this, not one second ☹ Jerrna Jun 02 2022 5.00 stars +3 Ho ho hooo....... Merry Christmas!!! But let's be real here, putting all my obvious biases aside, this album isn't good. Its THE GOOOOOOOOOOOAT THATS WHY HES MVP THATS WHY HES THE GOOAT THEEE GOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAATTTTTTT Grandpa FUCKING SLAYS Some Classic Christmas tunes AT AGE 190. And look, I know you silly little nerds Love your musical Productoin. That's really cool man I also love classic video Productions such as Chad Warden and Smosh, but musically speaking I'm not that knowledgeable so I let gramps do most of it. He's such a pure soul, and loves his old school records, so he decided to keep the production pure. The entire album, every track, was recorded on a wax cylinder. So if you're wondering why it isn't on streaming services, thats why. I mean, the only streaming service we use in this house, is a mailman on horseback to deliver us another cyllinder. It reminds Gramps of Paul Revere. There was no time aligning or autotune or anything of the sort that you pesky young musicians like to use nowadays on your Gecs and Radio Head, but thats ok guys I love the Gecs too. Radio Head not so much that stuffs kinda fucking terrible like really fukcing bad like the worst music ive ever heard but Thats ok guys youll get em next time. ANYWAYS, enough witht he Backgrounfd, OH MY GOD I CANT TYPE FOR HTE FUCKING LIFE OF ME DUDE ITS NOT THAT HARD JUST PRESS THE KEYS OK Deck the Halls, we had to start off strong. VERY Strong. This track sends you straight onto the Polar Express, whether you like it or not. Personally, I find it fantastic. 10/10. Up on the Housetop, Pretty damn good. I mean, it's just a nice little track, not too long which is good since it would probably drag on if it was. Just a sweet minute on top of a winter wonderland. 8/10. Silent Night, This one, "Djents." Very heavy stuff reminds me of Cryptopsy. 10/10. JINGLE BELLS YESSIR THIS IS MY FAVORITE!!!! Every year we sing this when we put up the Christmas tree and it's just wholesome. Grandpa used to always say to me, "Touch only the pumpkin head!" While we put up the ornaments. I still don't know what that means but thinking about It brings a tear to my eye. :.} 15/10. Oh Holy Night, Oh man, i'll always remember this one. The Shrewsbury Massachusetts church choir would always sing the loudest for this one. Grand[a always loved them. 10/10. We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Perfect sendoff. Need I say more? 11/10. Ok guys, I just wanted to write this review since I was putting up the tree and I missed gramps, so heres a reminder to have a MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!! WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS WE WISH OYU A MERRY CHRISTMAS WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. Happy 10th Anniversary to this classic, and RIP GRANDPA. MANOWARRIOR Dec 27 2005 0.50 stars +2 THIS BAND AND THIS ALBUM SUCKS HUGE BALLS!!! THEY ARE FUCKING HORRIBLE!!!! Ethab Nov 11 2021 0.50 stars Erm... Erm... What the actual deuce did I just listen to. toxicyogurt Jan 08 2021 4.00 stars +4 Much more Negativland or christtt than it is Mimideath but still entirely modern and interesting. This entire project speaks to general discomfort that our generation has felt and continues to feel online but with a much more political twist. What separates this above the standard dunking on conservatives is how personal many of the tracks and jokes feel. There is a text-to-speech strawman that was present throughout the first six tracks that felt weird but not out of place which provided "insightful" right wing commentary, but its place is defined through track six in a surprisingly visceral way by attacking the artist's own insecurities. Something little more than a jab at dissent is turned into a self aware statement about this very album and those that sound like it or connect with it. The "layers of irony" many people coat themselves in for protection are shed in order to properly explore emotion in a satisfying way. That's definitely not to say that this album is completely absent of irony because there are many post-ironic musings to be found explicitly and within the subtext of this album but rather than restraint applied to how many memes there are, they are used as more of an instrument than anything. Several ubiquitous internet .mp4 sound bytes are present and layered over top of other samples or instrumentals that add or take away from each other in clever ways, such as putting PJW over pop punk or thunderous applause contrasting the sounds of (what I assume to be) an attack helicopter. This is further strengthened by the penultimate track perfectly transitioning into the final track which are completely absent of the same eccentricity of sample-based plunderphonics, replacing the dense soundscape with a more spacious one. This nearly hour-long piece of glitched noise still speaks to the same discomfort and contempt held to our modern age, but showcases an understanding of human emotion and how and when to use humor in a refreshing way. I'm unsure as to how much more this album will reveal itself on repeat listens or how often I will revisit the final track in general despite its power since it does effect me quite a bit, but this truly is one of the finest post-ironic works of music I've heard from my generation. Self-aware but not self-hating and funny without being detached from reality or humanity.