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Nothing’s small in GYBE!‘s music.

This is true pre-millenial tension, folks.

I’m somewhat torn on this release.

The best way to sum up The White Songbook is as a consummation.

While still a magnificent feast for the ears, every song on The Tick Tock Treasury reminds me of past Joy Electric albums.

Ronnie’s made a gutsy move on this one, pushing on with his own musical vision and remaining steadfast to his spiritual beliefs.

At the risk of sounding cheesy, Joy Electric’s music brings back a sort of wistfulness for more innocent, carefree days.

I would strongly recommend it to anyone who likes techno-dance-computer-music-video-game soundtrack-sounding music.

There’s a rawness and unsteadiness to Bloc Party’s sound which is both their saving grace and greatest shortcoming.

Those expecting a full-on return to the massive, glacial soundscapes of Aarktica’s first album, No Solace In Sleep, might be somewhat disappointed.

Stellarscope do a fine, fine job of blending the atmospherics inherent to the genre with a nice pop sensibility.

K.C. Accidental perfectly straddles the line between Do Make Say Think and Broken Social Scene.

There’s hardly a minute on the disc that isn’t awash with blackened waves of drone and drift, eerie scrapings and ringings, and whatnot.

Forgettable, obviously churned out to fill a niche, and reeking of assembly line workmanship.

This is a perfectly crafted CD, both in packaging and in craft.

K-Os, in a gentle, nasal flow of intelligent lyrics, reminds his listeners of the true roots of hip-hop.

The album often lacks focus, resulting in a disc that is just as spotty and uneven as its predecessor.

Few bands convey the dreariness of the colder seasons, as well as the wistfulness for something better as well as Hood does.

Hood updates their pastoral post-rock with glitchy electronics and Anticon hip-hop to create a compelling wintry sound.

A very solid debut from a group that clearly knows their strengths and plays to them consistently from beginning to end.