Impression based on nothing more than the title + album cover: whatever this is, it wants everyone to know it is ARTSY. Whenever I see stuff like this I just assume it's that brand of drawn out post-rock a la Mono, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Boris, etc etc. This picture just looks like something droning. Might be droning post-rock, might be some kind of "ambient soundscape" affair too. But I'm guessing post-rock. I wouldn't be surprised if I load spotify and the songs are called "I", "II", "III" etc. Ok so it has real song titles. Hifalutin', artsy nonsense, but at least they're not given roman numerals or Latin song titles. Ok, it's.... lo-fi, fake phonograph crackle, oldies "classical" type music? Minimalist approach, the songs just kinda abruptly end. It feels like the audio equivalent of a found-footage movie. Maybe it was authentically recorded using gear from the 1920s, maybe the crackle was added later on, I dunno. Overall I'm not really feeling it. I think I know what it's trying to do, but it needs more context, or further immersion. It'd work as the soundtrack to a survival horror video game or something? But as a standalone listen, eh. 3/5 just because I have no clue how to rate it. update: on now reading the wiki article, I'm actually pretty happy with how much of this I guessed, including the intent behind the project. I WAS way off on the post-rock idea, but also... maybe kinda not? I feel like there's probably overlap in the fandoms here. Either way, I'm happy with my ability to judge. The wiki makes a few interesting notes on listening that makes me think I might need to listen again tonight with my headphones in. It's probably the sort of thing I could go deep on if I hit the medicinal cannabis this evening, but I promised myself I wouldn't this week. update UPDATE: I'm now about halfway through the album and the crackle has mostly faded, and even without being stoned (it IS 4:06am after all) I have been kinda swept up in this. I dunno what to say. On paper, this is the sort of shit I sneer at. But here we are. Will definitely save for the weekend and give it a "real" listen.