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  • 4.5/5 stars

    Narrowing Type has been on my radar for I want to say at least 2 years now and I for some reason haven’t given it a full listen until now. And boy what was I doing NOT listening to this. This is just so beautiful and ethereal from front to back such an amazing record and one I will be revisiting for a long time.

    Favorite Tracks: Philadelphia, Key Studies, Median (I & II)

  • 4/5 stars

    Hadn’t taken a full deep dive into this record up until today when I listened during my commute, and I feel like this one is the more challenging of the two most well known and acclaimed Sigur Ros records. While I loved this one it seemed that some of these songs carried for a little more than I wanted or expected them to and I don’t think that’s a knock to the album it could also just be the mindset I was in at the time haha. Aside from that, the instrumentation and production has to be one of the most lush and beautiful sounding I’ve heard in a while. Again I think this was a… More

  • 5/5 stars

    I saw a comment about this album about a year ago and I haven’t been able to not say it while talking about this with friends or other people on the internet but this album is brain emptying. You can take that as you will but this is one of the best albums to just put on and shut down to whether that be after a long day or just when you want to wind down because at some points there’s just feedback and nothing else and it executes what the original philosophy was so well it created a whole sub genre in metal. This is a classic in every sense of the word, And a flawless album

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  • 5/5 stars

    One of my favorite drone records ever and one of my favorite albums period. Kali Malone’s 3rd album Living Torch swaps the pipe organ from her 2019 album ”The Sacrificial Code” with an ARP 2500, Modular Synthesis, Trombone, and Bass Clarinet. What results is a masterclass in electroacoustic drone composition. An absolute transcendental experience on both pieces on this album.