Nearer My God

I was under the impression that this was a post-rock band, but it's literally just Arcade Fire if they were sauceless and overproduced. Boo, scammed once again.

I literally just finished listening to this and am STRUGGLING to remember a single thing about it. In one ear and out the other rock music. The little spotify animation featured a cool kind of facehugger alien thing. I liked that.

This album reminded me a bit of Band Of Horses (ironicle, cause of the album cover), which I love very much. And I must admit, Foxing gets pretty close. So a solid 5 stars are earned

Strong whiffs of TV On The Radio in this one, also displaying emo or post-rock flavors at times. The title-track can also remind you of M83. So file *Nearer My God* under the "art rock" label. There's not a single bad track in this LP, some intense instrumental or vocal moments shine bright, and yet, that being said, I still have trouble finding my footing listening to the album. It's not because of the variety of styles (all of them are well pulled-off). It's not the productions values. It's obviously neither the musicianship nor the way the music is written. So what is it, then? I don't know... Maybe it's because there are very few memorable vocal lines on first listens -- you can be intense vocally and yet still miss the dynamics that generally make a sung melody endearing. But given that everything else is excellent, maybe those vocal earworms will be easier to pinpoint after a few more spins... We'll see. ---- 3.5/5 for the purposes of this list of essential albums rounded up to 4 8.5/10 for more general purposes: 5 + 3.5 ---- Number of albums from the original list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 465 Albums from the original list I *might* include in mine later on: 288 Albums from the original list I won't include in mine: 336 ----- Number of albums from the users list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 50 Albums from the users list I *might* select for mine later on: 67 (including this one) Albums from the users list I won't select for mine: 121 --- Hey, Émile. Tu as déjà dû voir ma dernière réponse sous la review de *Young, Loud And Snotty* des Dead Boys ! J'essaie d'écrire la mienne bientôt

Really enjoyed this, my idea of modern rock, added to my frequent rotation.

Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Lich prince, Nearer my god, Five cups, Heartbeats, Bastardizer, Crown candy

Hey I know these guys. Good album

Some pretty good rock, it leaned toward the great side of good for me.

One of the reviews was “sometimes rock, sometimes punk, sometimes just noise” which “reminded them of Radiohead” which to me is uhh yea sure

There was nothing specific about this that made me think it was bad - however, there was also nothing distinguishable about this. Why should I care about this entirely middle-of-the-road work by a band I've never heard of? It's tempting to wait until the person who suggested this can give some interpretation of it.

All filler, no killer; like the songs between the good songs on an indie radio station. Not terrible, not memorable, but a pleasant enough way to pass the time.

Yeah pretty damn mid ngl

Art rock, indie rock, emo, electronic, post-rock, dream pop. Ni fu ni fa.

Pulled two different directions with this one – there was some exceptional indie rock at times, the pounding guitar and touch of synth making for some great tracks, but then the LP would slouch back into tepid, banal waters and leave me wanting. Additionally, the vocals on this were (to me) pretty bad and took away from the instrumentation. Giving this a 3 as it sits on a knife edge for me, and I liked some of the band’s other work that came up on shuffle afterwards. Despite my mixed feelings I was still sad to hear these guys threw in the towel recently, never fun when an indie band calls it quits.

I liked the orchestral accompaniment

When you ask AI to create a band that sounds sorta like Arcade Fire.

Listened to this album a few times and it was hard to pinpoint exactly how I felt. Maybe because the singer or singers style changed so much it was hard to get into a groove enjoying it. The post rock sounded like late 2000s. The indie sounded like typical 2010s indie. It’s a tough album to enjoy but it’s not a bad album overall. 6.3/10

It reminded me of Arcade Fire in its anthemic approach and M83 in its electronic savvy. I liked it. I didn’t love it but then again, do I have to in order to appreciate the music? I guess I do if I want to say that it needs to be on the original list.

I liked this all right. Stayed pretty much in a particular lane of indie rock that maybe owes a bit more to U2 than it might care to own up to, the falsetto vocals needed more variety but fit the purpose. Nothing hooked me deeply but it was solid.

An alright listen but didn't pull me in a great or terrible direction.

Nearer My God is pretty good in places but suffers from a really annoying habit of most of the songs starting really badly, mumbling and meandering going nowhere and then finding an epic crescendo towards the end which really does work well and sound good. I just wish it wasn't a deliberate choice because it makes the album harder to connect with. Slapstick and Heartbeats the best tracks, just gets a 3.

Listenable, but nothing special. I tried, but had a hard time getting into it. Skipped a couple of tracks. Not for me this one.

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