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Old 01-31-2023, 09:14 PM   #1
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Default Rate Atum: Act II, track by track

Atum: Act Two

1. Avalanche - 6/10
2. Empires - 4/10
3. Neophyte - 2/10
4. Moss - 3/10
5. Night Waves - 2/10
6. Space Age - 7/10
7. Every Morning - 5/10
8. To the Grays - 5/10
9. Beguiled - 7/10
10. The Culling - 5/10
11. Springtimes - 5/10

My Final Average Rating: 4.6

 
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Old 01-31-2023, 10:40 PM   #2
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Avalanche:10/10
Empires 7/10
Neophyte 7/10
Moss 8/10
Night Waves 6/10
Space Age 9/10
Every Morning 8/10
To the Grays 8/10
Beguiled 8/10
The Culling 8/10
Springtimes 9/10

I genuinely like this.

 
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Old 01-31-2023, 11:56 PM   #3
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Avalanche:10/10
Empires 7/10
Neophyte 7/10
Moss 8/10
Night Waves 6/10
Space Age 9/10
Every Morning 8/10
To the Grays 8/10
Beguiled 8/10
The Culling 8/10
Springtimes 9/10

I genuinely like this.
i guess these rating would make sense if you had never heard any other music in your life and you were just born

 
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Old 01-31-2023, 11:58 PM   #4
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01 Avalanche ---------- 0.5/10
02 Empires ------------- 2/10
03 Neophyte ----------- 0.5/10
04 Moss ----------------- 2.5/10
05 Night Waves ------ 1/10
06 Space Age --------- 1.5/10
07 Every Morning --- 1/10
08 To The Grays ----- 0.5/10
09 Beguiled ------------ 2/10
10 The Culling -------- 1/10
11 Springtimes ------- 0.5/10

 
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Old 02-01-2023, 12:26 AM   #5
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01 Avalanche ---------- 1.5/10
02 Empires ------------- 1.0/10
03 Neophyte ----------- 0.5/10
04 Moss ----------------- 2.5/10
05 Night Waves ------ 2.5/10
06 Space Age --------- 2.0/10
07 Every Morning --- 0.25/10
08 To The Grays ----- 0.25/10
09 Beguiled ------------ 0.5/10
10 The Culling -------- 2.5/10
11 Springtimes ------- 2.5/10

average 1.0/10

 
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Old 02-01-2023, 12:46 AM   #6
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Avalanche:6/10
Empires 9/10
Neophyte 5/10
Moss 8/10
Night Waves 7.5/10
Space Age 3/10
Every Morning 10/10
To the Grays 9/10
Beguiled 8/10
The Culling 8/10
Springtimes 10/10

There are a couple of songs that hit me right at this time in my life. Only one song I skip and just don’t get.

 
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Old 02-01-2023, 01:23 AM   #7
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Are people giving 10/10 rating this album in isolation to itself, or it’s actually one of the best songs you’ve ever heard?

 
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Old 02-01-2023, 01:57 AM   #8
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Are people giving 10/10 rating this album in isolation to itself, or it’s actually one of the best songs you’ve ever heard?
I cant speak for others, but I'm giving 10s to songs that stand amongst my favourite SP songs. And 1 out of 10 is a tier Ive reserved for 'Because You Are'. Lol.

In all fairness, I've always been drawn to stuff like Daphne Descends, Waiting, Shame, and a lot of the weirdo songs. When I first heard Dorian, I just wished for a whole album of that sound. So this may all be my fault. But Im happy. This is up my alley.

Finally: I will confess to some amount of hyperbole in my life.

 
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Old 02-02-2023, 02:00 AM   #9
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Are people giving 10/10 rating this album in isolation to itself, or it’s actually one of the best songs you’ve ever heard?
I think it's pretty obvious that they just have their nose so far up Corgan's ass they need to come out for air.

ATUM is pure garbage. Not an objective opinion, it's garbage.

 
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Old 02-01-2023, 01:48 AM   #10
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01 Avalanche ---------- 0/10
02 Empires ------------- 0/10
03 Neophyte ----------- 0/10
04 Moss ----------------- 0/10
05 Night Waves ------ 0/10
06 Space Age --------- 0/10
07 Every Morning --- 0/10
08 To The Grays ----- 0/10
09 Beguiled ------------ 0.25/10
10 The Culling -------- 0/10
11 Springtimes ------- 0.25/10

File Under: Utter Fuckshit Clownmusic

 
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Old 02-01-2023, 03:21 AM   #11
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entire album is dogshit

 
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Old 02-01-2023, 03:38 AM   #12
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For context of enthusaroo's ratings:

ATUM II
1/10

ATUM I
0.5/10

Cyr
0/10

Shiny
0/10

Monuments
2/10

Oceania
3.5/10

Zeitgeist
3.5/10

Machina I and II
9/10

Adore
10/10

MCIS
10/10

Siamese Dream
10/10

Gish
9/10

so in fairness.. you can see the slight improvement in music from Billy since Shiny and Cyr.. but it's still pretty fucking hard to listen to

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Old 02-01-2023, 04:04 AM   #13
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Only song I dislike on this is moss. It’s insanely corny.

I like the rest. Night waves and space age grew on me. I think neophyte is a vibe as is every morning. Springtimes sounds classic to me.

However, there aren’t any songs I’ve felt the need to repeat over and over, like with good in goodbye and steps in time. And it bothers me how out of place empires and beguiled sound.. seeing as they’re the only riff rockers.

But I still contend this is leagues above cyr. There’s a lot of future embrace feels on this act and I’m into that.

It’s not bad. I don’t understand the vitriol.. they’ve done way worse before. Obviously they’ve done better but I’m not as disappointed as some of you here.

 
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Old 02-01-2023, 05:23 PM   #14
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Only song I dislike on this is moss. It’s insanely corny.
Funny cuz it's the one and only track where Billy's voice isn't completely terrible and annoying.

 
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Old 02-06-2023, 12:33 AM   #15
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For context of enthusaroo's ratings:

ATUM II
1/10

ATUM I
0.5/10

Shiny
0/10
I've got questions if you think any song on Atum II is better than With Sympathy or Silvery Sometimes.

 
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Old 02-06-2023, 12:49 AM   #16
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I've got questions if you think any song on Atum II is better than With Sympathy or Silvery Sometimes.
I'd rate With Sympathy 2.5/10 only song I liked on Shiny
and Slivery Sometimes (Goats!) 1/10

 
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Old 02-01-2023, 04:01 AM   #17
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Avalanche - Goes nowhere fast and is a couple minutes too long. Kid is the right kind of creepy-cute though. 2/10

Empahs - I experience great joy every time I type Empahs, but do not like the song. Would be better without Katie. So it gets 3/10

Neophyte - So confused why BC thought this was the "enduring" one..? No discernable progression, it's like if a blob were a song. I think it is my least favorite of the bunch. It ain't right, that's for sure. 1/10

Moss - Legitimately like the guitar. Nice and sludgy. Why the FUCK did he add those meows and undermine the whole thing?? 7/10

Night Waves- This one hurts more coming right after Moss, the juxtaposition is highly unwelcome. It's crap, I don't understand the vibe. Is he trying to sound like a kaleidoscope? 1/10

Space Age-Same basic comment as above, except the singing is worse and its slower. Could barely get through it. The only thing that sounded okay was the part around the middle, it reminded me of the xylophone-style instrumentals in the SP lullaby album. It only lasts a few seconds though, but it earns it an extra point for my nostalgia. 2/10

Every Morning - This has displaced Neophyte as the least favorite. 2 minutes of literally nothing, and then it turns into Pinwheels, which was my least favorite Oceania song. 1/10

To the Grays: The intro reminds me of a song by Metric (Satellite Mind) and I like that song (whole Fantasies album). And I like the "I could never" because I'm a sadgurl. 4/10

Beguiled: I still hate it. And the fact lots of you like it makes me resent it more. It's everything I dislike about SP3 in one go. Bad "ironic" lyrics, Billy-choir, weak guitar, no style in the video 1/10

The Culling - I will say that if I were to imagine what a Space Rock Opera were to sound like, the instrumental of this song would be it exactly. 4/10 for nailing the concept. And for being the only example where Katie's vocals make sense.

Springtimes - Not what I expected! Not completely my style, but its nice. 5/10

 
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Old 02-01-2023, 04:03 AM   #18
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So that totals a 2.8

I like it better than Act 1 though, which I think I gave a 3. So I guess my rating system is flawed. Maybe it's that the highs are higher and the lows are lower on Act 2. Or I just didn't give enough of a shit to be consistent with my grading metric.

 
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Old 02-01-2023, 05:30 AM   #19
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Absolutely piss poor/10

Can't bear the dry unprocessed endless synth fuckery, it's painful to listen to

 
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Old 02-01-2023, 05:57 AM   #20
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01 Avalanche ---------- 6 5/10
02 Empires ------------- 7.5/10
03 Neophyte ----------- 6.5/10
04 Moss ----------------- 5.5/10
05 Night Waves ------ 7.5/10
06 Space Age --------- 9/10
07 Every Morning --- 5.5/10
08 To The Grays ----- 7/10
09 Beguiled ------------ 8.5/10
10 The Culling -------- 9/10
11 Springtimes ------- 9/10

average 7.4/10

I'd round it down to 7 tho

 
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Old 02-01-2023, 06:33 AM   #21
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Old 02-01-2023, 11:57 AM   #22
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You'd think by this point I'd have a general perception of just how many psychopaths we had running around these parts - threads like these show that is not quite the case!

 
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Old 02-01-2023, 12:06 PM   #23
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Every Morning is good. Missed opportunity for some lovely Jimmy drumming on that one.

 
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Old 02-01-2023, 12:20 PM   #24
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No way i'm listening to this again... so it gets an N/A from me.

 
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Old 02-01-2023, 02:14 PM   #25
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I genuinely can't imagine someone enjoying this bullshit. There are no melodies, nothing creative, just word salad over bleeping Casios. The subreddit is spinning themselves in knots to defend this album and it's hilarious

 
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Old 02-01-2023, 09:52 PM   #26
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I genuinely can't imagine someone enjoying this bullshit. There are no melodies, nothing creative, just word salad over bleeping Casios. The subreddit is spinning themselves in knots to defend this album and it's hilarious
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Old 02-01-2023, 02:31 PM   #27
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I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'd much prefer to listen to Shiny Vol 1.

Silvery Slumtimes and With Blimpathy are loads better than anything on Atum, and I'd only rate them as 6/10 for SP songs.

 
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Old 02-01-2023, 04:40 PM   #28
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I genuinely don't feel like listening to any of it.

It might be better than I remembered the individual songs being, or it might not, but I just can't be bothered to find out.

 
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Old 02-01-2023, 04:57 PM   #29
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This is my review but change Michael Bay to Billy Corgan and Pain and Gain to Atum

https://youtube.com/shorts/83LbWybq-dI?feature=share

 
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Old 02-01-2023, 05:06 PM   #30
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There are sad machines-ian levels of cope and Atum defending going on on the fb SP groups.

 
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