yea i have heard about that.
come back to the grounds btw

OUT NOW

All the American artists stickied... smh

america

Waiting till later to listen, will @ you with my thoughts.

About to give this a listen

bet

Mr motivator is a very good song

below the level of Brutalism and Joy imho

still some good songs on it

late but i’m in

I really liked this, will say there’s a slight downgrade in lyrics but overall this was thoroughly enjoyable. Might be their weakest album but by no means is that bad, gotta sit with it just a little longer and see how I feel.

i still need to sit with it a lil longer but I think i might have it at #2 in their discog so far

fav tracks?

Kinda wish they switched up the formula a little because their albums prior done a better job imo. Maybe it’ll grow on me but that’s how I feel atm.

i can see that it feels a bit samey throughout like it reminded me so much me of joy on first listen

still enjoyed it quite a bit

do u feel the yeezus influence on grounds or is it just me?

Just finished my fav songs are Model Village Ground and Hymn hard to choose any least favs songs most songs seem similar but enjoyable, dk where to rank this yet

Yeah I got slight Yeezus vibes when I initially heard it, probably my favourite song on the album currently.

i got the same yeezus feelings from ground too

at least I'm not alone

Yeah, this ain’t it.

Even putting aside how I’ve felt about everything that has happened with the band post-Joy, this really just feels like an uninspired and nonetheless obvious move from a band that wasn’t even that inventive to begin with.

LOL at these guys being the face of modern Post-Punk. Go listen to the Protomartyr or Bambara releases this year.

Good album. Anthemic and woke (but not in a cringe way)

Disagree but that new Protomartyr album is so fire

For me, this is just a run of the mill disappointing album from a really good band. Whatever extracurricular s*** has gone on with Idles, I still think Brutalism and Joy kick ass and deserved the hype.

If Ultra Mono is where the backlash begins, it's at least partially deserved. This is nowhere near the level of the last two. The songs just aren't there.

And yes, Protomartyr and Bambara put out albums that are leagues ahead of this.

yeah i heard this was mid

still gonna listen tonight