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I don't get it.
I've listened to everything else they've put out and enjoyed them (to varying extents), but this is just a different beast. It feels like a 5 minute track stretched out into 30+ minutes, with Ride mumbling lyrics that at times feel buried in the mix under Zach's drums. Zach's drums sound all like samples of synthesizers and Bjork, which I think grow pretty repetitive. It doesn't feel "full", kinda like if you took out half of the instrumentals from NLDW. There aren't a lot of dynamic contrasts, and a decent part of the album feels around the same tempo. Bjork's sampled vocals just kind of distract and as previously mentioned, cover up Ride's lyrics, which i think could be interesting if they weren't so esoteric. It almost feels as if Flatlander was only half-there for the album. Why do some of you like this album so much? This isn't a burn, I just feel like I'm missing something.
>tl;dr give me a reason why you like niggas on the moon
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For a lot of the reasons you cited as downsides, I really appreciate the album. It's more in the vein of Government Plates, where Ride takes a backseat to everything else going on, but the way the beats blend together and cut through one another with the Bjork samples really sets it apart from other Death Grips material. You're actually right on the money, Zach performs ALL the instrumentation (synths and samples included) on V-drums, so if you're not into that sort of single-minded sound, it's understandable you wouldn't like it. I found I appreciated it more as a prelude to Jenny Death, which is its polar opposite in a lot of ways, so maybe try a full TPTB playthrough seeing it as a yin-yang type situation. I've seen others on here cite the stripped-down sound as an enjoyable part of the album as well, but if you don't like that particular part, I wouldn't worry too much.
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>>54491986
well i like Ride's subdued vocals, but I hate the mixing and his lyrics just seem incoherent to me.
I agree with the cohesion thing, but it just sounds very same-y to me. I've never really listened to Bjork, but I feel like her vocals add some nice texture, but sort of just feel like a gimmick to me.
>>54491982
On GP (kek), he was distant, but I felt like the instrumentals backed him up, like the fucking opener, where I loved the way it exploded with raw energy and he just seemed like a madman. Here, as I said, it kind of just feels like Zach dicking around with the V-drums as the instrumental, which I think lacks in texture. I feel it doesn't really go anywhere, you know?
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