ITT: Shrinkers
As in, the opposite of growers. Instead of being an album that you may not like much on first listen that you start to realize the greatness of on repeat listens, albums that you think are 10/10 GOAT masterpieces at first but on repeat listens realize aren't that great.
Pic related.
>>66439096
Exact opposite for me.
anything by Alcest
>>66439096
Literally every album that you like on your first listen is going to do that. We humans have something called dopamine.
>>66439096
Its funny you posted guys in a river and called it shrinkers lmao
>>66439172
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Listened to Spiderland two years ago. I actually love it even more now that I've listened to the things that have influenced it, and what it has influenced.
>>66439096
kill yourself
I thought it was the best thing he'd ever made, but then I listened to Rifts a few times between the next time I listened to G.O.D. and realize it wasn't that good.
dont know if its just me but
>>66439301
Same
>>66439370
it isn't a shrinker you're supposed to realise it's pretty shit on your first listen
>>66439096
lol what the fuck
>>66439096
TLOP
I really like this when it first came out, but honestly it's fucking terrible.
lonerism too
kinda shrinker tbqh
>>66439112
everything by radiohead, honestly
after getting more and more into emo, this just gets bland as fuck
i mean it's still a great album but god it just isn't the same as it used to
>>66443068
forgot pic, god i am stupid
>>66439096
Nah, even Slint imitators don't sound like Slint. There's quite a bit to get from this album, and it's unlike the typical good album.
>>66439112
Pretty much.
>>66439138
At first it's a Shrinker as you're new to music because your tastes change from something catchy getting your attention to something that sounds externally weird and different getting your attention. But then later into the music listening experience it becomes a grower again once you actually care for subtleties in songwriting.
>>66439301
GOD has by far the best songwriting of anything 0PN has ever done with an attention to pitch riff and rhythms never before while it doesn't just focus on one main thing (ex. samples in Replica or synths in R + 7).
>>66441934
I can see it. Enjoying this album after the initial wow factor's dependent on if you like the particular approach it takes towards melody (which is one not many ppl like.)
>>66443050
Kendrick's changing flows always makes this an interesting listen though.
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>>66443083
What? But not a lot of other emo even sounds like it. It has a certain bit of mathy feel to it that if you want matched/surpassed you usually got go into screamo territory.
Bought it a month ago and it slowly became a 7/10
ITT: people who initially just bought into the hype of an album and ultimately have no clue what really makes that album good
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>>66443083
Definitely correct answers. Especially Slint.
A lot of metal shrinks on me tbqh
>>66443400
Antlers I think is kind of an entire band that shrank on me. Like, all of their albums are kind of lacking in some way, but each of them tricked me into thinking they were better than they were.
Then Familiars came out and I was like, "Oh! These guys actually just aren't any good!"
Still think the album is not bad at all, just not as great as I thought at first.
But maybe that's just because it felt less aggressive.
This was my favorite Experience but their first and third albums are way better.
>>66439286
literally how? there's so many details that you just slowly pick up on with each subsequent listen
>>66439096
I disagree completely, i found it an underwhelming listen the first few times, bar a couple of songs. I think it's an album whose beauty is revealed on multiple listens when you pick up on its subtleties and nuances
>>66443452
Lacking is exactly the right word to describe what is wrong with the antlers and also a lot of other bands (Alex G comes to mind right away). I've been trying to describe it for a long time but couldn't quite figure out how to say it, so thanks.
>>66443490
Not that guy, but I think the album becomes more boring on each listen. Just not as fun or exciting. I found that I listened to it a bunch after I first heard it, but now I only listen to it only once every 2 years or so, which is less frequent than other albums I was equally obsessed with at first.
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>>66443400
Agree with all these
>>66443460
Personally I'd say all of Death Grips' music
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>>66441934
I disagree with these, but I respect you guys.
>>66439138
Disagree. It hasn't lost its luster with me.
Queen is dead
any kanye west album
any anco album besides sung tongs
any kendrick lamar album
any radiohead album
Wow, this thread man. It's almost as if music is subjective and people enjoy it in different ways.
>>66443601
You're probably right about death grips, I think I mostly enjoy their music by being overwelmed with different sounds on every new release.
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>>66443083
Posting in an EPIC bait thread XDDDD
>>66443626
please delete your worthless trip
>>66443628
gtfo, my taste is objective
>>66439096
what the fuck?
>>66439112
again, what the fuck?
>>66439138
yeah I see this. As much as Ilike AmCo Feels is their only release that I generally want to sit through start to finish
>>66439286
ehhhh theres a lot of small subtle changes but i respect this one
>>66439370
its a pretty bad album
>>66443050
disagree but respect
>>66443317
nice taste
>>66443400
this album was always pretty shit
>>66443768
delete your post loser
>>66443722
This reply itself is probably bait but I'm gonna bite anyway
FUCK YOU
>>66443768
Soft Bulletin for SURE
>>66443768
Hospice is an incredible album.
>>66443965
the production ruins it. I've only listened to it once or twice and i could feel the spit dripping from the singers voice onto the microphone, disgust
>>66443794
no thanks senpai but why don't you contribute to the thread instead of being a butthurt child ok? :-)
>>66443812
>Soft Bulletin for SURE
my man
So sad practically all reviews are made on first impressions.
This is a 7, not a 9. Still plenty good tho.
>>66443768
Agree with TSB for sure. And though it pains me to say it about one of my major adolescence albums, pic related.
the moon & antarctica
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>>66443083
Agreed
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>>66443768
Plebs, Wrong is a great punk record
>>66445628
i like this album the same as i did 5 years ago, if not more. good pop songs are good pop songs.
>>66439198
I only liked transilvanian hunger and i en hall med on it, the rest it pretty boring
>>66444575
Yes definitely. Incredibly overrated record. Gets grating really really fast.
>>66445680
For his discography, this and Figure 8 are the most obvious 'shrinkers'. For me, From a Basement on the Hill gets better the more I listen, as does Roman Candle.
>>66445515
definitely, loved this shit when I was 11-12 but i haven't listened to it in around 4 years
Does anyone have the chart with albums that influenced Spiderland? Please I need it.
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>>66443628
NOTM still feels solid to me, but I'm still waiting on a really timeless record
I wouldn't call any of the essential /mu/core shrinkers
Any album that I put on repeat over and over again becomes a shrinker. Used to love Meliora, but now can't sit through it. I usually have to wait a year or two to pick up the album again and enjoy it.
Tried to limit it to just a few albums, cuz there are way too many of these.
>>66445628
Yeah this definitely
>>66443050
Gotta say, I disagree with this one. Although this album hit me so hard on the first listen that second and third listens can't really compare.
>>66443343
disagree but a lot of people seem to think this about kendricks stuff. I've listened to this album like 6 times and still love it
>>66439096
i disagree. i really dug it on my first listen, and maybe would have rated it a 8-9/10 but as i listened to it more and more my rating just went up until it was a 10 for me.
>>66446447
these are all pretty accurate
