The only problem I have with this review is that you've essentially gone in-depth about an album you listened to three days prior to submitting it. You call it a subjective masterpiece and say you love it unlike anything you've come across but you didn't even let a week pass before passing that judgment.

With that said, it's still obviously your opinion and you're entitled to it. I judge enough albums as it is based on one or two listens, so it would be hypocritical of me to suggest this is in any way blatantly different from my own listening pattern. It just strikes me as odd when someone claims to fall so hard for something before it passes the test of time.

Totally did not feel anything at all while listening to this release. Felt like another album that's all about making an atmosphere or taking the listener on a journey, but really provides no substance. All about a feeling or a certain sound, and nothing about the actual music or songwriting. Pretty mediocre, in my opinion.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 24.06.2012 at 04:13

It just strikes me as odd when someone claims to fall so hard for something before it passes the test of time.

I do kind of agree with you here, but I have to say that when you fall hard for a band (or girl), time seems to utterly stop for a while. It feels as if you've been listening to something for ages until you realize you only discovered them in the past week. The same thing happens to me all the time. The reason my rankings/ratings drop so much is because I have to get over said wild tryst of musical passion and look at it with less of a bias.

Written by The Voyager on 24.06.2012 at 04:17

Totally did not feel anything at all while listening to this release. Felt like another album that's all about making an atmosphere or taking the listener on a journey, but really provides no substance. All about a feeling or a certain sound, and nothing about the actual music or songwriting. Pretty mediocre, in my opinion.

Honestly, that's kind of how I felt. It's like they took parts of both Agalloch and Alcest but failed to live up to either. And I'm not on speaking terms with the latter, so that's saying a lot.

Written by strade on 24.06.2012 at 04:20
I do kind of agree with you here, but I have to say that when you fall hard for a band (or girl), time seems to utterly stop for a while. It feels as if you've been listening to something for ages until you realize you only discovered them in the past week. The same thing happens to me all the time. The reason my rankings/ratings drop so much is because I have to get over said wild tryst of musical passion and look at it with less of a bias.

That's true. To support this claim, Willy even changed the rating from a 9.4 to an 8.9 in that week, given the review was sitting in the edit queue for a few extra days.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 24.06.2012 at 04:22

Written by strade on 24.06.2012 at 04:20
I do kind of agree with you here, but I have to say that when you fall hard for a band (or girl), time seems to utterly stop for a while. It feels as if you've been listening to something for ages until you realize you only discovered them in the past week. The same thing happens to me all the time. The reason my rankings/ratings drop so much is because I have to get over said wild tryst of musical passion and look at it with less of a bias.

That's true. To support this claim, Willy even changed the rating from a 9.4 to an 8.9 in that week, given the review was sitting in the edit queue for a few extra days.

Actually, I just thought that the 9.4 was too high anyway, my opinion hasn't changed on thnis album since I first heard it, and since then I've probably heard it about 15-20 times (I Really like this album)

I understand what you mean, but I started writing the review on the 14th, and I had heard the album at the beggining of that week, So i guess I've had some time to mull this over, more than your average staff review anyway. However even my love for WoY has dropped a tad since I first heard it.

We'll see what my opinion is a few months from now.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 24.06.2012 at 04:13

The only problem I have with this review is that you've essentially gone in-depth about an album you listened to three days prior to submitting it. You call it a subjective masterpiece and say you love it unlike anything you've come across but you didn't even let a week pass before passing that judgment.

With that said, it's still obviously your opinion and you're entitled to it. I judge enough albums as it is based on one or two listens, so it would be hypocritical of me to suggest this is in any way blatantly different from my own listening pattern. It just strikes me as odd when someone claims to fall so hard for something before it passes the test of time.

Just to let you know, my opinion on this hasn't changed

Written by Boxcar Willy on 19.07.2012 at 20:27

Written by Troy Killjoy on 24.06.2012 at 04:13

The only problem I have with this review is that you've essentially gone in-depth about an album you listened to three days prior to submitting it. You call it a subjective masterpiece and say you love it unlike anything you've come across but you didn't even let a week pass before passing that judgment.

With that said, it's still obviously your opinion and you're entitled to it. I judge enough albums as it is based on one or two listens, so it would be hypocritical of me to suggest this is in any way blatantly different from my own listening pattern. It just strikes me as odd when someone claims to fall so hard for something before it passes the test of time.

Just to let you know, my opinion on this hasn't changed

Has it changed yet?

Written by Doge of Venice on 19.02.2014 at 23:59

Has it changed yet?

Not at all. This is still a great release.

That's what I was hoping to hear.

Big fan of this review. Just my opinion, but I nearly always enjoy reading about someone’s very personal and intimate connection to the music as opposed to the more “objective” review style that usually includes a lot of comparisons to other bands and general description and what not. Helps me to connect with the music more.

Funny how in most spheres of life I want to fight against my biases and develop a more holistic state of being. But then in music I almost want to attain a bias, and others’ biases help with that. Dunno if this makes sense.

Good job Willy!