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porkmaraas, I made a list of my top 50 albums and that battles disc is like # 31 or something.. and I made a note that EVERYONE's going to say it's # 1 even though it's not THAT great.. .so, I'm with you.. sleeping people's "growing" is about a million times better, if you like math rock.
But yeah.. that Battles disc.. they're just not very good songwriters are they? Really, their producer and their drummer made that album worth listening to, but the songwriting is really inconsistent, there are songs on there that dont' go ANYWHERE. And the vocals are terrible and annoying. On the other hand, the drummer is REALLY REALLY REALLY good, and "Atlas" does deserve the hype it's recieved; great great song. And the second to last track is also great. But all in all, it's not even the Battles' best work. I dunno. I feel conflicted. On a scale of 1-10, I'd give it a 7 to be certain.. but a LOT of the parts on the album sound really fucking stupid. I don't know how else to put it; certain riffs and keyboard lines just sound ridiculous and out-of-place. I think most of the album sounds like sections from really good songs, but Battles just hasn't figured out how to put it all together yet.
Seriously, go listen to Sleeping People instead...
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