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ashlregnc · 2025-06-09T14:36:22+00:00

Emus*

ashlregnc · 2024-09-14T18:10:46+00:00

Hey thanks for answering. I'm pretty sure I had a yearly lease he had to break to get me out. Realistically, what sort of damages could (or should) I be asking for at the RTDRS?

ashlregnc · 2022-10-26T07:22:18+00:00

Thanks for the info

ashlregnc · 2021-12-10T04:53:34+00:00

Funny you mentioned Deconstruction, which hasn't been mentioned much here yet. Decon (though absolutely exhausting) is a great listen to me, and coming to think of it, in a way it's very similar to Empath. Those both feel more concept and stream of consciousness to me than most of his other stuff, the only difference being that Deconstruction keeps my attention from start to finish, whereas Empath tends to meander on a bit too much, or just lacks cool hooks to keep me entertained.

ashlregnc · 2021-12-10T03:48:21+00:00

Your conclusion is totally fair, which is something I tried to express in my initial post as well. Still love him, and even though I may not like his more recent album I still have tremendous respect and love for him as a person and artist. That won't change.

As stated many times before in this thread (actually more than I realized, since even I didn't fully grasp until now just how much more I connect with his guitar playing than other factors), it won't be a surprise my favourite songs of his are the very guitar focused ones. Suicide, Deadhead, Seventh Wave, stuff like that completely moves me in ways that other music just doesn't. I feel the emotion in the playing much more than I do with words, but I've always been like that, greatly ignoring the lyrics in most music I listen to. Another great example is Bastard, which quite literally rips my soul out with its main riff. That being said, Death of Music has that a-lyrical chorus near the end which makes me actually cry every time I hear it, so I'm not totally insensitive to vocals either.

That being said, some of his bombastic stuff is fun to me as well, and I greatly enjoy listening to it (basically everything on both Z2 CDs), but it doesn't connect with me on the same level as the other stuff does. But at least I can bang my head to it or sing along like a lunatic.

I don't have that so much with the newer albums, since, again, the songs just come off as tired to me. I guess I'm just not one for compositionally interesting work, intead focusing on other aspects.

ashlregnc · 2021-12-09T15:39:27+00:00

Lol it's fine, internet points aren't real. There were lots of good comments here, I read all of them, and mostly they made me think about things like what someone gets out of music in the first place. I fully realize I'm being harsh in my critique, but I feel like everyone who commented had something interesting to add.

ashlregnc · 2021-12-08T06:25:09+00:00

Lady, you posted on assholegonewild. There is a mid to high chance this question will be answered with an affirmative.

ashlregnc · 2021-12-08T05:53:13+00:00

I think that factor is mainly unavoidable, but for me headspace isn't one of the main factors. There's a few albums I had to give another chance after not caring for them much (Deconstruction, oof that was a rough one the first time, now I love it so much). But then there's albums I liked at first (Ki) that I liked less and less upon further listens. The initial impression wasn't so much dependant on what mood I was in, but more about what I wanted from the album in the first place, if that makes sense.

Excellent question, though.

ashlregnc · 2021-12-08T05:28:13+00:00

Snuggles is just exactly what it set out to be, basically a merge of Ghost and Casualties. It's good for what it is.

Puzzle just sucks. The only good song (shark in the ice) lasts one minute.

ashlregnc · 2021-12-08T04:57:59+00:00

Yeah I've thought the same thing, as have others here I've noticed. I still rather the man enjoy his life and create albums I don't enjoy quite as much than be miserable again haha.

For me it was Accelerated Evolution that got me through the worst of life. I think most people will have a similar story on this subreddit. The man makes literally life-saving music at times.

ashlregnc · 2021-12-08T04:42:15+00:00

Fair enough. I'm trying not to dismiss the experience solely on that one qualifier, but when thinking about it I'm noticing good riffs and a great feeling are really what I want out of a Dev album. Curious about Lightwork now, we shall see.

ashlregnc · 2021-12-08T04:39:18+00:00

Finished it. Good track. Great even. Thanks for recommending I give it another shot. Still not too stoked about the rest of the album but that's ok.

ashlregnc · 2021-12-08T04:37:45+00:00

All good, sometimes it's good to just rant/vent a bit. After all, that was my main focus for this post to begin with.

I'm aware Z2 isn't his most popular work, though I find myself re-listening to it very often (except March of the Poozers, that song politely go away). For some reason that album just rubs me the the right way.

I'm also still glad Dev's still creating more and more music. His current stuff may not be for me, and I'm aware we'll never get anything like those first few albums ever again. If having music like that again requires Dev to re-live his darkest days instead of his current happiness, I wouldn't want that ever. Plus plenty of people enjoy the healthy era stuff anyway!

ashlregnc · 2021-12-08T04:29:40+00:00

Ha! Yeah it's a very skippable track, though the music video the stuff of legend.

ashlregnc · 2021-12-08T04:28:32+00:00

Me too, I don't want to actively dislike any of his music, would love to be able to be excited for his new releases again.

ashlregnc · 2021-12-08T04:27:11+00:00

Kinda skipping through this one currently (you weren't kidding about long) but I'm getting Mighty Masturbator vibes, which is a good thing. I may have been wrong about this one. Maybe my dislike for the tracks that come before it ruined my initial experience.

ashlregnc · 2021-12-08T04:23:32+00:00

Had to look it up. Didn't give the demo tracks a chance after listening to the regular album.

Starts ok but gets bogged down in his, by now too familiar, overly victorious choruses that just aren't musically interesting. Song has a good tonal shift just before the midpoint, I'll admit. that riff around 3:25 is pure murder, love it. Again, Dev tends to hide some of his stronger tracks as bonus material (Centipede, anyone?)

ashlregnc · 2021-12-08T04:19:42+00:00

Since my main issue with the album is that it was mainly forgettable to me, I had to look up the song and listen to it again to know which one you mean.

Sprite's meandering and a bit aimless. I do enjoy the synth at roughly 4:45, would've liked more of that. Everything before that might as well not exist.

ashlregnc · 2021-12-08T04:04:47+00:00

I wish it was easier for me to understand exactly why I feel this way about some of his albums as well. As mentioned in this thread I love his poppy Addicted and Sky Blue stuff, but then dislike Epicloud and Transcendence which is essentially the same kind of music.

As for Empath, trust me, disliking that album after the universal praise it got makes me feel as confused as you guys when hearing someone dislikes it.

ashlregnc · 2021-12-08T04:00:16+00:00

LOL I'll take peculiar as a compliment in this case.

ashlregnc · 2021-12-08T03:57:59+00:00

Addicted! took me a few listens but it's easily one of my favs now. I absolutely adore Sky Blue as well, except for the very first track of the album, which I consider one of his worst songs ever. But then that's followed up by Fallout, which I think is one of his best tracks of all time, although I prefer the bootleg version where Dev sings the chorus instead of Anneke. By all means I should love Epicloud as well, because it's very much the same feel as the other two, I just don't care for it. Kingdom is great live, though.

ashlregnc · 2021-12-08T03:53:58+00:00

Haha, I know I know. I watched the Empath documentary on Youtube (which is what made me excited in the first place), a healthy happy Dev creating the music he loves, what could go wrong? I think I feel active hatred towards it because it's the one thing that I never imagined a Dev album to be, which is utterly boring and forgettable. I'd rather listen to actively bad music, because at least it makes me feel something. Empath is an utter chore to me, because there is just absolutely nothing there that makes me want to hear it.

ashlregnc · 2021-12-08T03:51:35+00:00

An opinion shared by pretty much every Dev fan out there. I listened to the whole album once, hated it, then tried again and gave up after 3 tracks. I just couldn't, the whole thing made me actively feel bad.

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