Reviews (page 8 of 8)
No way I will listen to this.
This is an album I really wanted to like. The genre, the era of electronic music, the album cover (god, it's so cool)... all signs point to a sonic masterpiece. Or, at the very least, something to which I could give a respectful nod and create a vague mental note to tell my friends, "Hey guys, look, I listened to something post-2000 today! And it was pretty good!". But alas – it was not good. Pretty bad, in fact. The first three tracks are actually fairly promising, showcasing repeated layered synths (à la Daft Punk or, at a stretch, Pink Floyd) and decent singing. The album opener, Negative Space, is a fantastic track, setting the tone for what would ideally follow. But the energy begins to dissipate with the lengthy interlude Ullswater, and for the next three songs disappears completely. The Soft Season / Opener / Each Time We Pass is a brutally slow album midsection. The singing is either absent – leaving a barren landscape with hardly anything to catch the listener's attention – or it's present, but not very good. By the time you've reached the end of the tunnel with the song Boxing Day, it's hard to pick up the pieces. Boxing Day itself is a fairly good nu-rock/experimental track, and Shortcoming is a surprisingly gritty hard-rock song to end the album on a high-energy note. It's between a 1 and a 2 for me. I've chosen a 1 because there are countless other, better albums that could've been chosen from this era of music. A Moon Shaped Pool, Blackstar, WWAFAWDWG, NFR... But Microshift? I think I could die without having listened to this. It could be worse, sure, but I feel it's too early to tout the importance of a (comparatively) anonymous electronic album released just seven years ago. 1/5 Key tracks: Negative Space, Static Resistance
Again, questioning the validity of this being on a list of "must hear" albums. Really? It's just overly synth-heavy bland techno pop, and it's too new to be an influence on much of anything. The freneticism of most of the tracks is also anxiety inducing.
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Indietä spektrin (vieläkin) koukuttomammasta päästä.
Really strange music
The fact that this is on the list is unjustified for me.
Incredibly boring. I thought it might have been revolutionary in its days. But the days were in 2018? I don't understand why it's a must listen.
Ok
Totally new band to me. Once again first half of the album was better than the last. More or less nondescript music for me. No points.
I really use to enjoy this album and band. But the lead singer is an abuser so I can't bring myself to listen to it. As a record I'd give it a 4. But I can't divorce the art from the artist on this one.
This is the newest album I've gotten, 245 days in. All bands that sound like this, sound exactly like this! Can't tell the difference between any of them. I'm bored
Edit: I was clearly feeling generous by giving it a 2, but this is bad. I don’t think there’s a universe in which I need to hear this before I die.
Guy is already in the dungeon but I'll extend the sentence a bit. This was very forgettable. Will I listen to again: 0%
have I heard of this band? *googles Hookworms* oooooh that's how I know about Hookworms (derogatory). This is a very good example of the middle ground of "separate the art from the artist;" in some cases an artist's actions are so unconscionable there's no quality of work good enough that one could look past them; other times the work is so undeniable one can enjoy it while also holding the artist's ugliness in the other hand; and, in this case, the music is so just-fine that one person can tell me the lead singer abused them and I'm absolutely fine never listening to Microshift again.
not my taste
No lo conocía, ni el disco ni al grupo. Pero no me atrapó. Olvidable para mí
When more people have opinions of your non-musical activites than they do of your music, it isn't a must listen to album.
Chaotic, art house electronica. one star because no stars is not an option.
Oh boy, another mid British rock band I’ve never heard of! :/ Oh hey, there is a connection to Joanna Gruesome’s vocalist Lan McArdle. That’s one of my favorite modern bands! :) Oh no, the connection is that Lan made some extremely credible sexual assault allegations against the vocalist of Hookworms public! :(
co za szajs
Pretty terrible, but one of the band is seemingly a pretty terrible person. I only checked the wiki link to see why I hadn't heard of them, given when and where they were active, but it turns out they have been pretty comprehensively scrubbed from the records - but not the book! Losing them is no great loss though - late period landfill electro-indie is not my idea of a good time
White boy critics love this. It’s safe, it’s predictable but you can look down on the noobs who like Elton, or Billy Joel, or Celine Dion or Taylor swift. I’d grown tired of this stuff by 2003 or so. This adds nothing to music, musical knowledge or technique or songwriting. Shortcomings was ok. The rest was … blergh. 1 star
ick
Not my cup of tea
Music was aight - front man is a beast and I don’t know how to give something 0
I'm a big fan of electronic music, 'Berlin School', this is just lame. It's not going on my turntable. No, it's going straight into the bin of musical failures. It doesn't even get a 'Micro Star'!
New to me, now I'm happy my time with it has concluded so this album can be new to somebody else.
1. Not interested
Ахуенный набор звуков. Я, как фанат какофонии, одобряю
There's another techno album. It's greatest achievement is that it will be forgotten before I finish listening to the next selection.
Not going to listen to sexual abusers
Seguimos con los truños infumables.
Cancel 🫤
No
without merit. music: hated. (⌐■_■)
Nope
Never listened but based off of feedback I did myself a favor
# 49 : What? Who? Why?
More like 1,001 wrong'uns you must hear before you die. Like you, I'd never heard of this band before, but if you'd like to make your own Hookworms song, it's easy enough to program: if (vocalsound == vowel) { pitch.change; }
Una de las porquerías más grandes que escuché. Es como un pop con electrónica, onda los Yeah Yeah Yes.
It is now time to dance on Sprockets. Seriously, why is this very mid shit on this list? 1/5
I ALREADY RATED THIS YOU IDIOTS
This album sucked.
Yeah nah.
Completely uneventful and totally meh…
Not a fan of this.
Synthesize. Not for me.
Wow. Dehär va ass
Who cares.
terrible shit
Nah
Didn’t like