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Topic	Recommend two albums. I'll rate, rank and review them.
thundersheep 11/01/17 1:05:21 AM #189:	Elephant Gym - Angle Flu week continues with another half-assed review of an album I wish I was able to spend more time with, but cant due to naps. Im not quite sure what genre this falls under, though I suppose we could just call it rock. Still, its unlike any of the rock genres I spend most of my time listening to, and it actually reminds me most of video game music more than anything. Video game music in a very specific setting though. A lot of these tracks feel like they would fit quite well into the background of a modern Final Fantasy game. The non-vocal tracks especially feel like theyd perfectly capture the vibe of some small, sleepy town by the sea in a fantasy world. I think the fact that this album is Japanese bailed me out a little, I couldnt even talk about specific tracks if I wanted to, because the names are all in...Taiwanese? I should probably know this given how long I studied Linguistics but I honestly cant remember whether or not Taiwan has their own language. I cannot wait until my brain starts working again. Anyway, I find that a lot of my favourite moments on this album come during the intros and outros, for example during track three the breakdown that occurs around 2:50 is fucking fantastic and with everything Ive said about post-rock here you can be sure that I love the hell out of those drum fills as well. Similarly track 7 which is basically an intro to track 8 feels incredibly cool and naturally minimalistic. Despite how enjoyable stuff like this can be to listen to, I feel like I never come back to these types of records because my musical cravings tend to lean towards the extremes. I always find myself wanting to listen to something really heavy with lots of screaming and soaring hooks, slow, understated and depressing with a focus on lyricism, or really bright and poppy with shimmering synths but I almost never find myself wanting to listen to anything thats such a mix of chill and upbeat vibes...at least with such a heavy rock tinge as well. This album is really cool though, I dig it. Final Rating: Lonely seaside village/10 --- http://soundcloud.com/thundersheep/these-beautiful-nightmares <cite>thundersheep posted [p:889537449] in Recommend ... [t:75771327]...</cite> <quote>Elephant Gym - Angle Flu week continues with another half-assed review of an album I wish I was able to spend more time with, but cant due to naps. Im not quite sure what genre this falls under, though I suppose we could just call it rock. Still, its unlike any of the rock genres I spend most of my time listening to, and it actually reminds me most of video game music more than anything. Video game music in a very specific setting though. A lot of these tracks feel like they would fit quite well into the background of a modern Final Fantasy game. The non-vocal tracks especially feel like theyd perfectly capture the vibe of some small, sleepy town by the sea in a fantasy world. I think the fact that this album is Japanese bailed me out a little, I couldnt even talk about specific tracks if I wanted to, because the names are all in...Taiwanese? I should probably know this given how long I studied Linguistics but I honestly cant remember whether or not Taiwan has their own language. I cannot wait until my brain starts working again. Anyway, I find that a lot of my favourite moments on this album come during the intros and outros, for example during track three the breakdown that occurs around 2:50 is fucking fantastic and with everything Ive said about post-rock here you can be sure that I love the hell out of those drum fills as well. Similarly track 7 which is basically an intro to track 8 feels incredibly cool and naturally minimalistic. Despite how enjoyable stuff like this can be to listen to, I feel like I never come back to these types of records because my musical cravings tend to lean towards the extremes. I always find myself wanting to listen to something really heavy with lots of screaming and soaring hooks, slow, understated and depressing with a focus on lyricism, or really bright and poppy with shimmering synths but I almost never find myself wanting to listen to anything thats such a mix of chill and upbeat vibes...at least with such a heavy rock tinge as well. This album is really cool though, I dig it. Final Rating: Lonely seaside village/10 --- http://soundcloud.com/thundersheep/these-beautiful-nightmares</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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