Lost In The Dream

Lame indie rock. The vocals have an annoying fuzzy sound to them. On the track "Suffering", the singer sounds like that guy that took a pill in Ibiza.

Like a worse U2 mixed with Arcade fire. Well produced nothingness.

One negative sign on an album, when I'm feeling thankful because it's surely about to end, and it's not even halfway through. I could appreciate the effort at the start of it, and then it went evolving and it became too modern too fast and at the same time, way too Americana. I'm not sure why this genre is choosing to bring back synth-pop, either. This makes sense on the list the way a lot of the 'world' entries make sense, because it's a weird sound and it's well executed. Best for when you're somehow in the mood for ambient/synth-Americana. Not really built for me, I found it cheesy more frequently than not, though there are some redeeming moments. 2.4/5

Nothing about this really stood out to me. It wasn’t awful but neither was it influential. This seems like mid 2000 navel gazing music by someone that watched Garden State too many times so I was surprised that it was from 2014 since that made it seem outdated to me also.

An REM with better songs, a more subdued Bob Dylan, and a lighter Dire Straits—but the conclusion remains no. Whenever I see a cover like this—a drab, mottled gray of mess, I don’t even want to pick up my headphones to listen.

Tää oli niiiiin kivulias kuunneltava. Tuntu, ettei lopu koskaan. Jotenkin venyvää ja pitkäveteistä eikä mitään ihmeellistä oikein tapahtunu. Välillä nauratti ko kitarasoolot + huuliharppu toi mieleen Anssi Kelan.

I like Red Eye on release as a single. Never listened to the album and I’m glad I didn’t. This album isn’t really an album but an extended play of one song. One good song becomes serious when you hear it several times.

Chill but didn’t resonate

Not my favorite

Gets very repetitive Veet quickly. Using a drum machine on an album like this seems almost offensive.

A very serviceable, musically uninteresting experience. Lyrically, the record seemed typically depressing and had some nice moments, but with no real nuance. Musically, it was entirely bland, expressing the decent lyrics through very limited vocabulary. In a phrase: like trying to express deep feelings without speaking, moving, or having facial expressions.

There's a bit of Springsteen and Dylan in this, but mostly it reminds me of U2? And sure, I like Joshua Tree as much as the next girl, but the type of thing that's comes across as transcendently beautiful in 1987 is honestly just kind of typical by 2014?

Disappointingly boring for a band with such a great name.

I wanted to like this album but it was just boring. No excitement lyrically or musically

Yet another blah and unremarkable for me. I left not feeling any particular way about it other than I wouldn’t go out of my way to listen to this group again.

Meh. I wanted to like it more than I did.

La música bien pero la voz entre Dylan y dire straits me dio hueva

Banda difícil de localizar no tempo e no espaço que parece que nunca chega realmente a nenhum lado. Sam Fender é isto em bom

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aburrido pero suena demasiado al 2014 y eso no me desagrada al cien jsjaja, parece que todas las rolas conforme va. avanzando dices “ah ya viene lo chido”, pero no llega

There’s an old Futurama joke where the robot devil announces “Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!” The War on Drugs are constantly telling you exactly how to feel. The vocal delivery, the instrumentation, the lyrics (I assume - I can’t remember any) - everything points in the same direction. It’s all saying “we are trying really hard to make an album that moves you deeply”. Great art requires dissonance, a balance between tragedy and comedy. Without that tension, you’re left with mealy emotional mush with the staying power of a ‘happy anniversary’ card from the supermarket.

To much similarity, at least vocally, to Bob Dylan for my taste. Why anyone would choose to emulate Bob Dylan's vocal style is beyond me.

I got bored.

good

Not offensive. But, very derivative and boring. Nothing new or different here.

Maybe it's just me, but all of the songs kinda sound the same.

Don't know how to rate this one... It was completely inoffensive, but honestly, really just quite dull and uninspiring. The drum tracks are as vanilla as possible, there's melodies but nothing memorable, the vocals aren't anything special - occasionally sounds like a Bruce Springsteen impression. Not sure why this is as highly rated as it is and not sure why it's on the list, this was certainly influenced but I'm not convinced it's influential and I doubt I'll listen to any of it again. Favourite track: "An Ocean In Between The Waves" (and I had to go back and check it in the track listing because I had already forgotten which one it was since they all blurred together) - I guess that's maybe evidence that it's a cohesive album at least, though maybe homogeneous is a better word...

Ein Album für Menschen, die noch nie zuvor andere Musik gehört haben. Mittelmäßige, bereits 10 tausend mal zuvor abgekaute riffs mit nichtsaussagenden Vocals und allgemein packt mich das album einfach nicht.

Dull

2.5 - Not bad but nothing memorable

I liked this recording. It was sort of background so I didn't give the lyrics much attention but I liked the music, the voices, the arrangements.

4/10 I've heard a few songs by this band but never delved too deep until now. My opinion: the band's name is far too interesting for such milquetoast music. This is the least adventurous, most derivative rock I've heard in a minute. Every song has a 3+ minute instrumental close, which is fine on occasion but painful when it's every single track. Ultimately this is coffeeshop background music, but like, the type that is so dull you don't even bother looking it up to see who originally sung it. I'm somewhere between offended that it's on the list and appalled that people actually think it's good enough to rate higher than a 2 or 3. That being said, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - wrong with this album. It's just painfully boring, and that, I'd argue, is worth a low rating.

While I do not think The War On Drugs is one of the more interesting indie bands from the 2010s, there is something here. Lost In The Dream is clearly supposed to be a kind of immersive, dreamy experience, and it is, sometimes. Lengthy, atmospheric indie songs abound here, and it's possible that I just need to spend more time with this band, but a lot of the time, these songs seem overlong, and I'm not sure the songwriting here can support this album's atmosphere. But every once in a while, Lost In The Dream manages to suck me in for just long enough that I can kind of see what they were going for here. There is something kind of compellingly beautiful and a little sad here. But too often, the full picture feels like a slog. I can see myself revisiting this album, but at the moment, I just don't know if I can go too high here. For everything cool that happens, there's some meandering that I can't really connect with, and the cumulative effect is on again, off again.

I'm not sure how to feel about this one, I've never been a massive fan of Americana, just the odd song here and there. It never intrigued me when it came out and listening to it a decade later I can't say I'm kicking myself for missing all the hype. Nothing horrible about but ultimately nothing memorable either.

Groupe inconnu. Musique pop/rock d'ambiance, sans plus. Les morceaux sont inutilement long pour pas grand chose. Et plus de 60 mn au compteur c'est beaucoup trop long quand l’intérêt est si limité. La musique n'est pas désagréable (+1) mais je n'ai pas réussi à aller au bout, et je n'ai pas du tout envie d'essayer. =>2/5

Too long

Singer songwriter stuff but it’s one note and can be found in other places.

Its fine. Some interesting tracks but not enough to keep me totally interested.

Really enjoyed their first two albums, but found this one somewhat underwhelming. Surprised it made it onto the list

I bought this when it was released idk wasn't into it these days

Bryan Adams meets The Cure

Vähän tämmöstä pusi-pruus springsteeniä, ei oikein napostellu

An updated take on Bruce Springsteen with some reverb that the hipsters loved

Not bad, but nothing really stood out either. Easy to listen to but also easy to ignore.

OK.

4/10

Nothing to see here. Move on. 2

This is very atmospheric, reminds me a lot of art rock and is great in the background. It's a mood and tonight, unfortunately, it is not the right mood for me. I did pick up on some like ambient country with some of these tracks.

That dreamy guitar style is not my thing

I somewhat enjoyed listening to this in the background but I found it very unmemorable. I couldn't point out a single song. A bit of a watered down LCD Soundsystem.

Two listens and it didn't really stick. I'm not a big fan of the kind of Americana that this resembles so it had an uphill battle with me.

boring slow music. Its well made, but its either boring or annoying and nothing in between.

So uneventful, I felt like I was listening to the same song over and over. It wasn't horrible, but very boring and uninspired.

Middle of the road listen Songs started to blend together by the midpoint

3. 더 워 온 드럭스 - 로스트 인 더 드림 총 10곡 수록, 1시간. 와! 록이다! 하고 기뻐했으나 그 실상은 와! 팝이다! 신스와 쿵짝! 앞의 두 앨범 이상으로 감흥이 부족함 흠. .. 근데 듣다보니 일렉도 나름 있고 록이네요 라고 하려고 했더니 어쿠스틱으로 간다 맛은 다양하지만 입맛에 맞는 것은 없네요 한줄평: 마치 잘 모르는 장르의 게임 할인 목록을 보는 것 같은 감각 취향:★☆☆☆☆ 재방문:★☆☆☆☆

Durchzogen die muik, gewisse stücke sind top andere frag man sich was das soll

There are parts of this album I really really like- largely the atmospheric and ambient bits like the end of the first song or all of ”The Haunting Idle.” I just don’t care for these Springsteen-esque vocals very much. The world needs more ambient guitar. God I friggin hate Bruce.

I was lost in a dream. Cuz this was boring and I fell asleep.

Nice to listen to, but rather dull and uninspiring. I can see no reason why this album is on the list.

I found this record to be quite boring. It's soothing, sure, but there's just something about the production that makes it forgettable. Favourite Track(s): Suffering Least Favourite Track(s): The Haunting Idle

Another boring album. I don't get why this made the list.

I'm just not feeling this one. Nothing is great about this album. Might not be coming back to it, but I didn't hate every second. It really didn't do anything wrong, just didn't do anything.

For some reason, I kept hearing the lead singer trying to sound like something between Springsteen and Dylan, and it put me off a bit but a mellow album in all that doesn't really change it up at all so it kinda floated by without much fanfare. I'll probably have another go sometime and give it a more careful ear but for now a 2...

Boring

inoffensive sadboy songs / 5

Songs are too long. Leave that to Pink Floyd.

Buen álbum

So boring.

Nice concept

Fine Fav: Red Eyes

I totally understand why this band would have longevity; there's a handful of songs that show a real expansion of the Springsteen-by-way-of-indie revival of the 2010s that peaked with Arcade Fire. But my god is this a slog. Song after song of the same bullshit over and over. It's perfectly fine and not terrible but it's bland and boring as fuck.

They sound like Don Henley and Ryan Adams. This isn't an album anyone needs to hear.

Pretty bland, doesn’t stick out to me.

This album is a bit like a plodding dull Paul Simon out take.

A celebration of mediocrity with some nice production here and there. I enjoyed moments of this album, but the band doesn’t have anything new to say musically or lyrically.

Jeg har hørt en mye på både Under Pressure og Red Eyes. Synes det er fine låter i roadtrip sub-genren som jeg fortsetter å komme tilbake til. Men det er en grunn til at jeg aldri har hørt hele skiva før: den er forferdelig kjedelig.

Not as bad as I was expecting, but just kinda washed over me tbh.

I’m a 35 year old dad who plays guitar, this should be my shit. The first track was great, but the album never really went anywhere from there. It felt pretty one dimensional and the sound scape elements didn’t really do it for me.

This was so unremarkable I forgot I was listening to it... But at the same time not terrible enough that I couldn't ignore it.

Not my type of music, but was OK

Highlights: Under the Pressure, In Reverse I had low expectations going into this based on the description, the name and the album cover. It gave a pretentious vibe and it was a sign of things to come. Under the Pressure was an ok opener, but dragged on for too long. The instrumental ending of Suffering was nice (the riffs). As the record went on I was kinda unimpressed. It sounds like a product of its time and I don't particularly like that period of indie music. Very uninspired and meh. This white man still hasn't discovered any spice in his life. The influences are painfully obvious and it made it less enjoyable. It felt cheap. Won't be revisiting it, nor will any of the tracks remain in rotation.

Lyssnade halva, inte riktigt min grej

It wasn't unlistenable, but it was one of the most excrutiatingly boring albums I've ever heard. 2/5

Hvorfor?

This band sounds like a poor man's Dire Straits, imitation Bob Dylan, bad Pink Floyd sound-a-like, Bruce Springsteen substitute .... you name it. This album is dull, derivative and totally lacking in originality.

As I listened to the first track, I read the band’s Spotify bio. They describe themselves as “reconnecting rock’s manifold hyphenates with an ardor and ease” and “obviating the gaps between abstruse and the anthemic.” My first thought was: what a bunch of wankers. The music feels similar - wanky. It’s not awful, but it reminds me of the Eagles in that it oozes easy listening without much substance or variation. In the end, it all blended together into a bit of a snooze fest for me.

quite the nothingburger of sounds. wasn't offensive but didn't strike me with anything interesting Would I listen again? no Deserves to be on this list? no 2.3

All edges are rounded and everything is known. Nothing is new or unexpected. This is the first time but I have been here before. There is no pressure.

The answer to the question: "What if Don Henley wrote 'The Boys of Summer' 10 more times?" To be clear, I love "The Boys of Summer." And this album is not only listenable, but enjoyable. Nonetheless, I can't help but feel it's more Nostalgia-Bait than anything (even if pleasant). I saw the War on Drugs in concert a couple years ago, and they were alright, but I think this music works better in the earphones (or, say, while driving down a country road at sunset). It’s not a bad album, but it really should not be on this list when so many other, more consequential artists have been left off.

Why is this on the list? Boooooring

Fun, it was oddly familiar. A little bit 1975 a little bit Bob Dylan.

“Don’t hold back. I’m ready,” he said, as the priest unveiled his quivering member. “Did you do the enema like I asked?” He nodded, blushing and breaking eye contact.

Not a bad album by any means but it’s just a little boring for my taste. I did find connection with Suffering and I enjoyed Burning. Will I ever listen to this album again? No

70% samey, 30% badly trying to be Bob Dylan. 5/10

Knappt lyssnat på the war on drugs och var därför taggad. De är som arcade fire för mig, ett sånt där band som bara flimrat förbi på way out west och som hypeats och hyllats av en samlad indiearmé. Några låtar är fina, men efter ett par lyssningar landar jag ändå i att mängden för tråkig Dylan-cosplay-rock är för hög. Jag fattar helt enkelt inte riktigt grejen. Sträcker mig till stark 2a.

Rock alternatif, shoegazing, inspiration Neil young & springsteen. Beaucoup de musique sont qu’instrumentales et ps spécialement mélodieuses mais assez tristes, autrement c’est plat, sans nuance. Encore une fois je suis déçue surtout que c’est recent. C’est peut etre ce que je retiendrai : decalage d’epoque

Якось нудно і треки між собою занадто подібні. Проте Lost In The Dream і In reverse мені в принципі більш-менш сподобалися

Light Beer Rock

Compelling band but I got a whiff of Bruce Springsteen on it and didn’t like it.

Like on song the rest was dull

Ni vrit ni mimo, srednja žalost, malo gore od toga još. 2/5, 3/10

Me gusta las vibes medias ambient rock etereo pero que aun asi experimenta con sonidos que no suelen ser parte de este genero. Siento mas equilibrio y originalidad en los momentos mas minimalistas que cuando juega a un sonido tan cargado y amplio. Likes: Under The Pressure - Suffering - In Reverse

Fantastic background music. Honestly some really interesting guitar parts, but lacks the excitement or lyricism to really make this an album worth revisiting. Could be good ambient music in a film.

i mean ok

I thought I knew this band but I think I have may have confused them with another band. Yeah I don't know, this album is boring and sounds like some weird 80's soft rock. Couldn't finish.

Lite sömnigt va.

I could see how this could be transformative and a necessary album if this was made in the 80's or 90's. But 2014?? This must just be the authors bias of the music tastes he likes. I swear, if we don't get one Taylor Swift album, I'm rioting.

I quite like what they're trying to do, but the drums are awful and the overall feel is a bit light.

Lost in the Dream by The War on Drugs is long, intense, dark and, at times, a little dull. There’s no denying the atmosphere they create, but the problem is how rarely they stray from it. The band clearly has a formula, and across this album they stick to it almost rigidly. The same chord progressions, production style and overall mood repeat themselves, which means the record never really evolves or goes anywhere. What starts as immersive gradually becomes monotonous, and the running time only amplifies that feeling. That said, the album does finish strongly. When they tighten things up and add a sense of momentum, it finally clicks, reminding you why this band is so highly regarded. Favourite tracks: Burning and Lost in the Dream, the closing stretch is easily the album’s best part. Least favourite tracks: An Ocean in Between the Waves drags on and offers very little to justify its length. Album artwork: Moody and understated, much like the music.

“The War on Drugs are this century’s great rock ’n’ roll synthesists, obviating the gaps between the underground and the mainstream, between the abstruse and the anthemic, making records that wrestle a fractured past into a unified and engrossing present. The War on Drugs have never done that so well as they do with I Don’t Live Here Anymore, their fifth studio album and their most compulsive and bold set of songs to date.” -posted by the band I mean…I’m my own biggest fan, too, but Jesus, this is a lot of hot air. First song was pretty good, but it was meh from there. Jackson Browne might have made this record.

Impressive variety of sounds- they definitely want to sound like a Springsteen/dylan combo. No bangers but a fine listen. Sounds like something Julia would like. I get the feeling they’d let just about anyone play harmonica in this group.

This album was blah.

not for me, a lot songs just extending run time for no reason

Kind of suprised to find this here ...i think its okay...An Ocean Between the Waves has a vibe..but that's about it. I hear the album and I think groups like Beach House does this so much better.

Favorite track(s): please there was more music coming out in the 2010s that wasn't trying to salvage rock please we can't keep doing this

Hintergrundgedudel. Highlightarm, aber zumindest nicht nervig.

As a garden variety indie rock snob, I knew about TWoD early on and in keeping with that disposition mostly forgot about them. So it was a bit of a surprise to me when this leaked and folks were losing their minds over it - the dude from Kurt Vile’s side project is a big deal? Anyhow, that all aside, by the time this arrived I was well over the heartland rock thing, not to mention the incredibly long songs that are Granduciel’s stock and trade. Good for him keeping a bunch of sidemen employed in his live band I guess?

Nice listening. Nothing stood out in particular but I like the vibe.

Kinda nice, but far too generic. Babbles away in the background.

Ikkje for meg

Dreamy & kind of ethereal, peppered with some Bruce Springsteen-y overtones in the instrumentation.

Gepflegte Rock-Langeweile.

I really love the sound but I find that most of the songs are a bit too slow for me, probably should've listened while being in a different mood. Also none of them struck me as particularly memorable. I will listen to this again but probably not the full album.

Started off decent but dragged on

A noise but not an abhorrent one

Album 22 Top 3 favorites off the album: Red Eyes, Disappearing, An Ocean In Between The Waves I will begin by saying that I love it when neither the name of an album nor the band whose album it is gives me an idea of what style to expect. This was one of those albums and bands. This style falls under some of my usual tastes. It's fairly cool, consistently smooth, the kind of thing I enjoy listening to at night. I'd put it on a playlist with Cigarettes After Sex, maybe. One of those albums that's distinctly That Band in a repetitive way. I think it's probably a combination of... the everything. We've got very similar drumming for entire tracks, a sort of wall of sound without much adding or dialing back of instruments across tracks or the album as a whole, not much variation in vocal technique or even volume, a consistent few drones on synths and guitar in some cases, all of it contributing to that smoothness/consistency but taking away from the overall musical interest. The most interesting tracks came around the halfway point to the latter half of the album, especially those that felt more country (?). Eyes To The Wind had a slightly different sound that I enjoyed. The lyrics aren't bad (I've been really bad about giving them all the attention they deserve these past few albums... oops). Very summer night vibes, very background music. I don't hate it, but I don't love it. Really, truly neutral on this one.

Could understand someone really liking this, but I thought it was quite bland

Really enjoyed some aspects of the album and can definitely see myself coming back to some of their tracks, but can’t really see myself listening too in-depth to it. A lot of the stuff sounds like it has been done before and better. Very similar to Dylan and Petty for me. Enjoyed a lot of the guitar tones and ambience however

Easy listening for indie rock fans. I can see these folks are competent musicians and production is solid but I simply found this boring and had to force myself to pay attention to it. Very textbook above average band with nothing particularly unique to their flavor.

honestly not for me, a few songs i liked (the slow ones) but i fear im not cool enough for this one

It didn’t blow me away

Born in the USA Springsteen-esque dream pop that wasn’t good when it came out, and continues to not be good now. For people with bland taste to “feel indie”.

this is what plays in craft beers commercials

#236/1001. According to the bands self-written description in Spitify, "Folk, indie, kosmiche, noise, roots, arena, psychedelic, soft, whatever—The War on Drugs are this century’s great rock ’n’ roll synthesists, obviating the gaps between the underground and the mainstream, between the abstruse and the anthemic, making records that wrestle a fractured past into a unified and engrossing present." According to me, they sound like mediocre shit.

A little slow and ambient for me

Not my favorite. Wasn’t pulled into the music, and there is nothing memorable for me.

good album for a road trip... ambience vs active listening. not really my style, but kinda reminds me of julie!

Why is this here? It's filler. Friendly advice: if you are going to make a list of 1,001 things that something, and you struggle to get to 1,001 of those things, change the name of the list. Influence 1. Hits 1. Quality 3. Intangibles 1. It's not offensive, but it may be the definition of mediocre 2.

So uneventful, I felt like I was listening to the same song over and over. It wasn't horrible, but very boring and uninspired.

This was pleasant-sounding enough, but it was also boring as Hell and overlong. If there was depth to the lyrics, I couldn't tell since the vocals, like the music, were blurry and undistinguished. It's pretty much a fail, but I've given out too many 1s already.

I don’t get why this was on here. It was fine. I’m just seeing parallels to prior artists that did it all a little better. I’d give it a one but it wasn’t bad enough to get that. It’s going to get the lesser desired 2 for seemingly being lazy and unoriginal.

I think maybe I didn't find the time to give this album what it needed. The songs were dreamy but also could be just background music, not as notable as other albums on the list so far.

Listening session: january 2nd, while eating breakfast and getting ready Listened to before: no Thoughts: didn’t hate or love this, just isn’t my cup of tea Favourite tracks: Suffering

What if Bruce Springsteen was really really boring? 2/5

Kuulostaa normaalimusiikilta ollakseen huumemusiikkia

The War on Drugs is a great name for a band, but this is a pretty milquetoast album.

Just not my cup of tea unfortunately

This album was OK enough. I'm not exactly sure why this is considered an album I must hear before I die. The 80's style arrangements were nice, but nothing really jumped out and stopped me in my tracks. It was more or less background music for me.

did not really like it

3/10

The third song is called “Suffering” because that’s what I was doing while listening to this album

The songs are overly long. There's nothing really wrong with them, but they're all sort of underwhelming and forgettable. If beige were music, it would be this. Fine for background music. I feel like I'm at a pretentious coffee shop. You shouldn't strive for your art to be inoffensive. And yet, here we are.

It tries very hard to be "epic" and big but at it's heart, it's an ambient pop record. The critics love it and it was a big hit in it's day but I didn't find it especially interesting. It makes good background music.

Nothing exepcional, but ita not bad as a whole, it just not mark the listener.

I don't get the appeal. This feels like a rainy day album that just drags

One song was pretty good, but the whole album sounded like the same song 10 times. Sounds pretty, but way too monotonous for my liking.

Bruce Hornsby for millennials. Really middle of the road and boring.

I never understood the hype for this album.

This makes me sad and I'm only half listening.

This was pretty boring to me.

Funny album this one. If you listen to some songs by themselves, they stand up. "Red Eyes" is good, and I think it was somewhat famous at the time it came out (don't quite remember). But as a whole, it sounds like one huge giant song segmented in tracks. It's not bad by any means, just unispiring, imo. I think I can trace some singer-songwriter influences, like Dylan, but that was it. Could be my fault, but still.

Why are all of the songs on this album so long. MORE THAN ONE seven minute single?!? And they're not even that good.

Honestly, started off with a ratcheting noise and then warbling tremolo guitar, and those are my least favourite noises in the world so my view was tainted from the 0:00 mark. What follows is dreary, dreamy, pretentious indie bullshit, so in hindsight the 0:01 mark was the high point. Its not 1 star bad, but it's like 1.5 stars....

Not a fan of Springsteen and this is just as boring as it was 10 years ago when it came out.

Nice but generic indie rock album. Fav track was probably Suffering.

War on Drugs is a well known name. post rock/rockNroll sounding musicwith multiple instruments blend in. melody driven and dreamy, honestly their music is dragging. for your information i listen to Long music. Earth2, SunnO, Drose, khanate, boris, mono and Swans. overall wise War on Drugs is the hippie version of Mogwai with to much Pink Floyd influence.

meh

Not exceptional.

Their meandering style has never really worked for me, and it will take a lot to convince me that I urgently needed to listen to this before I died

What’s almost worse than Bob Dylan? A moron doing a shite Dylan impression over music your mum would like.

Boring and predictable.

These songs are interminable. Complete vibe album that wishes to journey nowhere else but the same 3 foot by 3 foot space. That's fine for those who want it, but I find this terribly dull.

I finished listening 39 seconds ago and have already forgotten everything. I don't understand why this is on the list; it just doesn't stand out in any way shape or form. Not catchy enough to be great poppy, not edgy enough to be great rock, not experimental enough to be great avant garde or alternative. It's definitely a well-executed album, like don't get me wrong, it's not bad and I can see it really appealing to hardcore fans of indie rock, in the same tier as other greats like Arcade Fire and The National, but it shouldn't be in the canon of albums you need to hear before you die and those latter bands have much more interesting albums than this, in my opinion.

I put it on a few times, got half way through and realized I hadn't heard anything. Started again and turned it up. How do they get such big fonts on festival lineups? I guess snoozecore is big with the kids. Soft rock with minimal, repetetive instrumentation and lullaby singing. I once read a review that said The XX is music for sleeping babies. I like The XX, but could not find the lie. An Ocean In Between the Waves and Burning do pick up, but most of the latter half coasts on Pink Floyd vibes. Disappearing sounds like it could be a languid cut from The Division Bell, but unfortunately David Gilmore or Roger Waters never turn up. I think theyre too quick to judge drugs.

For a 2014 album this sounds very 80s to me. I don't know if it's the tibres or the cords or the eq but something in the music made me feel uncomfortable? Tense might be the right word. And I'm sure for normal people listening to this is probably relaxing but as i listened to it i kept thinking "what is that" and "why do i feel so uneasy" before remembering it's the music. like having a random rock in your shoe. I think the way i don't like this is like the difference between eating bad food and food you're allergic to. I think I'm allergic to whatever's in this

Yep, sounds like Don Henley. Did we need another? It's fine, but very little variation between tracks.

No real feelings towards this one. Not great, not offensive. Would make a good movie car scene soundtack

Wasn't the vibe for the day

2/10 not quite my tempo

boring

Wow I did not like that. Like it wasn't horrible but damn I was bored.

This would be good if anything happened. A complete nothingburger. 1.5/5

I liked this but didn't love it

Another of those bands whose name I was familiar with but the music not so much. Started off okay, pleasant sounding tune that moved along well, until it didn't end. These guys have a serious problem of not knowing when a song should be over. An unhealthy addiction to reverb too.

Not memorable.

I don’t get it

cant hear the vocals wthelly not stunning

Lost in the dream takes a mediocre soft rock approach which leaves me listening this record had more teeth than it does. It's banal and trite with little standing out

I think I am just going to call music in the last 10 years ... The Influence Era. I have said many times during this project, modern bands are just a copy of a copy of a copy. This band was obviously influenced by my sick days from school in the late 80s and early 90s watching VH1 because there was nothing else to do. Or maybe they were just really into Bruce ... Hornsby?

Meh

Not bad, but sometimes I forgot who I was listening to, was this Dylan, or Springsteen? Both of which I don't care for. Just okay for me.

Way too samey for a 60 minute set.

Very slow, but still good.

Meh.

OK'ish

It's ok

Bland and not interesting. I could probably get into it but would take work and forcing myself to do so. Lush production but songs dont quite land. Won't listen to this one again.

Feels kinda like a modern melding Dire Straights meets The Boss. Pretty good if you're in the mood for that kind of thing, but I wasn't so much. This could have another star if I were in more of an indie flavored dad rock mood.

it just ok. my life remains unchanged

He sounds like the lovechild of Don Henley & Bob Dylan who doesn't know how to properly end a song. Your soundscapes aren't interesting enough to end every song like that. The songs tend to be needlessly long. To me the drummer makes this incredibly better then it ought to be. Fun upbeat keeping the flow really saves alot of the songs.

Oh. This sounds like Bob Dylan if covered by the Killers. Disappointingly bland.

Like an ambient Tom Petty, or a smoothened out Kurt Vile, but less interesting than both

Me childhood Lol

I will never understand all of the love this band and this particular album get. Have any of you ever heard Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, or Tom Petty? They shamelsssly steal from those three, yet somehow makes it all less interesting, more vanilla, and incredibly bland. Imagine a CD created to play in a Starbucks that will be familiar enough to get the white people tapping their toes but also inoffensive enough that no one objects. That is this album.

Not a fan

This has a lot of what I like, or at least what I liked ten years ago when this album was released. Some moody heartlock rock. But I find that the instrumentation (mainly the drums?) don't vary much across the tracks, meaning all the melody and, I don't know, musical ideas (?) are coming from the vocals only. I think that's what separates this greatly from my very special boys, The Killers, who have a sound but try lots of weird stuff, some of which doesn't work great, but at least makes each song stand apart. This review may annoy people who know anything at all about music but I'm pretty sure this is at least B- music criticism.

Meh

Correcto

Didn’t find it engaging

2.1

Damn it, I knew this was going to be an indie band the second I saw the name and the album cover. Sure enough, that’s exactly what I got. If anything, going through this list has made me dislike indie bands even more. The whole album is a washed-out blur of reverb, mellow vocals, and endless mid-tempo tracks that go nowhere. The only thing that stood out was the guitar work on “An Ocean Between the Waves.” Everything else just melted together in a puddle of forgettable background noise. I was bored before it was halfway over.

Boring

This one is a real contradiction to me. I truly liked the instrumentation on several songs and was super won over but then slowly lost interest cause I just do not care for the vocals at all. He’s not a bad singer by any means, but listening to this album made me feel like this is what Future Islands would sound like if they had a singer I didn’t care for. He just sounds too much like other singers I don’t like (ex Bruce Springsteen). But I would recommend this album to somebody if I knew they liked both Bruce Springsteen and Future Islands.

It reminds me of those buskers with too many reverb pedals.

Roller-coaster, and I can't stand it

not my style

Unremarkable (to me)

Nichtssagender, dahinplätschernder Indie-Pop. Teilweise mit New Age und ganz dezenten Industrial-Elementen aufgepäppelt. Trotzdem langweilig und nichts besonderes.

Repetitive, lackluster, exactly the type of album that someone you can’t stand would love.

I'm joining the "war on drugs" on the side of the drugs. Favorite track: Under The Pressure 2.5/5

Not my genre, but i enjoyed 2 of them. Besides of that, very generic album, everything feels the same, only thing i enjoyed are those Brian Eno feels in a couple of songs

I liked the opening song, but every one afterwards sounded the same. His voice sounded like a bad imitation of Bob Dylan...I don't like Bob Dylan.

I don't like indie rock sorry

BGM personified. 2.5 Stars

Started off as an easy listen but then it got annoying towards the end with how repetitive the songs were

The War On Drugs is another band where I just don't get the hype for, sure have some good tracks. I especially like 'Thinking Of A Place', which is not even on this album. But even 'Lost In the Dream' has some moments. Just not many. For an album praised into oblivion nearly 50 minutes out of this one hour project is just mediocre rock soundscaping.

I got an ad, and thinking that the song I was hearing was a part of the album, I looked down and immediately got kind of upset that it just an ad. Semi-Jokes aside, the atmosphere was neat. I really liked that ambient track towards the end. Past that I don't see myself coming back to this one.

A little too mellow. Nothing to really grab you. Very repetitive.

As many others have said, it’s the same drumbeat on almost every song. The songs go on and on with little to no variation. It’s simply boring

This was not the mid 2010s for me. My experience of this era was bright bop, getting all tropical house with it. So coming to this cold without the cushion of nostalgia is hard. The album is ok but it's not enough to captivate me or inspire me to listen to it anymore than once. My favourite track is the one that sounds like a lost Springsteen song.

OK, but a bit dull

I don't love the Bob Dylan vocals with the somewhat generic sadboi indie music. It's not bad, but it's not very exciting. 2.5

Somewhat bland.

Very atmospheric, but i wouldn't reach for it again

Perhaps too much variation. Didn't get into this.

Wow

Inoffensive but so sleepy.

Eerste nummer klinkt erg off. De bas is nergens. Dat getik aan het begin werkt niet voor me, maar het is vooral de piano die gewoon niet lijkt te kloppen. Red eyes is een erg chill nummer. Suffering heeft een mooie staart en is verder ok. Ocean in between the waves is best leuk, maar de drummer had net zo goed een bandje kunnen zijn. Disappearing is voor mij filler in een album wat het echt niet nodig heeft. Eyes to the wind is wel weer gezellig. En hier stopt mijn rating denk ik. Ik kom hier niet zo goed doorheen. Ondanks dat ik een aantal nummers van ze echt wel fijn vind, is het als album niet geslaagd. Misschien kan mijn brainrot aandachtspanne niet dealen met dit alles, maar misschien is 4 minuten aan staart aan elk nummer plakken (hoe mooi die staart dan wel mag zijn) ook geen goede opbouw voor een album. Ik denk dat uiteindelijk the haunting idle me gebroken heeft. Daarna kwam alles niet meer zo binnen. Jammer, want het zijn wel veel nummers die welkom zijn in mijn grote spotify afspeellijst. 2/5 voor het album. Ben nu ook een beetje bang om de andere albums in hun totaliteit te luisteren. Misschien houd ik het maar gewoon bij singles.

Op papier checkt dit album heel veel boxes van dingen die ik chill vind in muziek, maar op een of andere manier weten ze het als een groot monotoon snoozefest te presenteren waarbij vrijwel geen enkel nummer m'n aandacht echt pakt. Als ik de klank van de vocals chiller had gevonden had het nog wel een aangenaam achtergrond album kunnen zijn maar voor nu niet iets waar ik echt meer van wil.

An album with a lot of emotion poured into it, especially in instrumentation. Combines folk with an almost dark synth presentation. Whole album feels like a long form jam session, which maybe feels tiresome at some points. Fave Tracks: Under the Pressure; An Ocean In Between The Waves; Lost In The Dream Worst Track: Eyes to the Wind

Ah come on give me something good

I did not vibe to this. This was uninteresting to me. I only liked the last song on the album.

This bored me. The songs were all quite simple, repetitive bits with vaguely dylan-esque vocal lines and layers and layers of instrumentation, but I didn't really get much beyond that. A few times they ended a song with 2-3 minutes of ambience - I think I'd be more interested if they leaned into that and worried less about the 'song' part. When the song did come through they reminded me of The Waterboys. Nothing wrong with the waterboys, but I feel like they already exist, so try and do something different.

Lame

Meh, didn't leave an impression on me.

Pretentious, pondering, over-long tracks.

2.5. No wonder America lost the War on Drugs when it’s this forgettable.

Entirely unoriginal and their spotify bio reflects how egocentric this group acts about their music. You aren't geniuses for playing bland indie rock with a bob dylan impression!

Otro disco que no me llamó la atención. Es notoria la inspiración de Bob Dylan en la voz y me gustan los momentos ambientales, los tiempos reflexivos que se toman, en lugar de simplemente ser canciones upbeat de 3 minutos. Es notoria la atmosfera melancólica y depresiva que el compositor intentó capturar en base a su estado emocional de ese momento. A pesar de estos aspectos, no encontré algo interesante a mi gusto.

Boringgg

Pros: Not the Kings of Leon.

There are moments when the record threatens to take off. But then it just sits down.

Boring. Not offensive, but very bland. And this is one of those albums on the list that I don't agree is influential because there's nothing new in it.

Aural wallpaper. I can't imagine how they stayed awake for an hour recording it. And didn't they win a Grammy for Best Rock Album (I think it wasn't for this one)? This is not rock.

First off, why is he doing his best Bob Dylan impression at the beginning of "Under the Pressure"? This creeped out again later in the album--not a fan of that style of inflection. As for the rest of it, the album is a bit too ambient for my taste. I can dig chill, laid-back music, but it does need to be going somewhere. I feel like there were too many moments on this album where I found myself wondering how long the songs were going to go on, even if they were enjoyable for the first few minutes.

I couldn't get into it at all - I listened to it and it entered my brain and immediately exited without leaving any trace it had ever been there. As I'm leaving 1/5 scores for things I actively dislike, I guess this gets: 2/5

A pleasant listen although most of the songs are a bit long. But for three stars I'm missing at least one song to really stand out. favourite: "Burning" 2,5

Heard it before. I really like Under The Pressure but overall the album is just not really for me 2/5

Just okay

Removed Album #12 Ever since I learned of there being 1089 albums on this website I have been interested in the unfortunate 88 that have had their "must-listen" status revoked. Fortunately, I don't have to quander any longer as I have just now assembled a list of 87 albums that have been expunged from future editions of the 1001 Albums book (I can live with not knowing what the forbidden, spooky, antisemitic 88th album was). Here's the list for anyone interested: https://pastebin.com/cSThNiK9 Interestingly, no albums released prior to 1999 have been removed from the list, which is eyebrow-raising as I can definitely think of a few that are worthy ("Shake Your Money Maker", "Scream, Dracula, Scream!", "Rip It Up", "The Electric Prunes", "Back to Mystery City"). Seems like Dimery and co. are taking the easy way out rather than actually revising and updating the list. There's some strange albums that have been zapped from the list. Of particular interest to me is that every Kings of Leon album has been scrubbed, which is funny. They also hit every album from Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears, which I guess I can't fault. "They Were Wrong, So We Drowned" was also struck, which I strongly disagree with despite not really liking that album. "Gorillaz". I like that album, though I can agree with the removal. "Hail to the Thief", which is bullshit. Great album. "Frank" by Amy Winehouse. Both Beta Band albums, which I know this site isn't fond of. "The College Dropout" by Kanye, which is a surprising snub. I'm pretty sure that's one of the acclaimed ones. "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City", another surprise erasure. Holy shit, I need to shut up and talk about the album. It's alright. Mid-2010s indie and nothing more. Many of the songs start out with solid guitar hooks but lose themselves in the sauce as they're drawn out for longer and longer. Sometimes this loss of direction is nice, like with the way "Under the Pressure" lowers itself into some good reverberating guitars at the end, though most of the time these tunes go nowhere and leave me feeling frustrated. Some aspects of this album flat out do not work for me. The synth is a particularly big point of contention. I don't think it sounds good and serves as a detriment to the solid guitarwork. The vocals also aren't my cup of tea, though I do like how they're mastered at points with those wavy vocal effects. It's somewhat difficult for me to follow the lyrics of this album as a result - the vocals blur the line between being words and noise for me. Why was this album removed? I would need to know why it was on the list in the first place, which I do not. If I'm to take a shot in the dark, I would guess that this album was removed due to not being culturally relevant anymore. It's a very mid-2010s hippiecoded album, which is perhaps the most superficial movement you could ever be a part of. Would I save this piece of music from the album woodchipper? Have a nice slicing.

Technically good but it's a monotonous bore for me.

At first, it unfortunately sounds like a typical “indie” album from the early 2010s—boring and overused. My main issue—similar to what I felt with Franz Ferdinand’s fourth album—is that these so-called indie tracks are overloaded with synths, which, to me, is a clear sign of mediocrity. This is especially noticeable on the second track, “Red Eyes”—ironically, the most played song on Spotify. That said, “An Ocean in Between the Waves” isn’t bad; in fact, I’d consider including it on a compilation. When listening to “Eyes to the Wind,” the band comes off more like yacht rock at best. (“The Haunting Idle” would make perfect background music for a hot night with someone—though, unfortunately, it’s too short for that purpose.) And then there’s “Lost in the Dream”—a genuinely good song, though it’s clearly a Bob Dylan ripoff.

One of those albums that are so aggressively just “fine” that you have to remind yourself to be paying attention to it. I hate Bob Dylan and Don Henley and this guy is a healthy mix of both unfortunately.

I'm not sure. It's fine to listen to but nothing really grabs me. I just don't feel much of anything here. Mayne in another headspace idk

Yawn

Still having problems getting into the sound/production of indie bands formed in the mid-late 00s .. Did see these live at a psych rock festival few years back..thought they sounded a little like an 80s Scottish Band (Deacon Blue, Texas) and largely sticking with that..more neo-Aberdeenshire than neo-psychedelia.

La voz de Bob Dylan, la actitud de Bruce Springsteen y la guitarra de Dire Straits, trasladadas al indie etéreo de los 2010. Solo que de semejante amalgama acaba saliendo un gris monótono que no termina de arrancar. Aprecio la calidad musical (aunque la percusión es súper simple), su producción y la atmósfera onírica del álbum. Es bueno y muy relajante. Un álbum perfecto para tener de fondo mientras te concentras en algo. Pero no entiendo muy bien qué hace en esta lista.

Boring, fades into the background while listening.

Nothing exciting, an album of filler tunes

if bob dylan tried to make a space rock album and ended up with a somehow more boring version of coldplay

Fine, not my scene, really. Kinda samey and a bit overlong. Pleasant enough background music, inoffensive.

You like Bruce Springsteen or Bob Dylan? Well this guy obviously does and he's drawn out the songs to over 5 minutes so you can make sure you hear it! Like its fine but then it was a struggle to get through because the okay song then lasts past five minutes for no reason, not changing at all just still going the same... The album is a drag in more ways than just one. Tired. I'm glad its over.

I am an indie rock fan. But this is one of the most sterile-sounding albums I've ever come across. It's not unpleasant to listen to, but it's like what I'd imagine elevator indie rock music would sound like. The song "Burning" also clearly imitates the song "Young Turks" by Rod Stewart... i assume that was intentional? Weird.

Too sleepy to be interesting and too spacy to provide any solid grooves. I don't take much away from albums like this. A vibe is fine, but I want a little more from music than just vibe. I look for sounds that pique my interest, melodies with emotional dynamics, and grooves that make me want to move my body. I didn't find any of that here

That album seems like a prototype for so much that came after

Definitely not what I expected. This is like an indie tribute to a very specific type of 80s rock. I got a lot of 80s Bruce and Rod Stewart, but people nailed it with Don Henley. Here’s the problem, these songs are too long, and the singer is too mediocre to outshine those better songs. There’s a few highlights, but my god are they too long

Finns väl något där men det mesta känns bort skrubbat

Inoffensive and catchy enough. Nothing bad, nothing great. Happy to listen to this as background music but probably wouldn't want to intentionally listen to this. 2.5/5 stars.

Все какое-то однообразное, как фоновая музыка для кафе пойдет, один трек можно послушать, но альбомом это слушать невозможно скучно

Fav: Red Eyes Least Fav: The Haunting Idle “We have The Killers at home” The Killers at home:

I don’t get it

Bland

Opener song "under the pressure" feels like it matches the "theme" of the album closer to the end with the like, 3/4 minute wooey woo instrumental (he said before he realized every song had a wooey woo instrumental). Another "vibes heavy" prog rock album, the more spacey songs are pleasant but not super engaging otherwise, The Haunting Idle is just 3 minutes of reverbed guitar strumming and other random chords which i think the album could do without. It is easy to hear the Dylan/Springsteen influence in some of the guitar and vocals (eyes to the wind, burning), but like - I'd rather just listen to Springsteen or Dylan. The drums really do sound the same on every song which isn't the worst thing ever but does not help anything either. 4.7/10.

I’ve heard this band’s name but can’t say I ever knowingly listened to their music. Hey siri, play some indie rock! That’s kinda what it sounds like. Somber, with all kind of effects enveloping the songs. Overly serious and humorless as far as I’m concerned. Kind of the same feeling throughout.

Seems like they are just copying that “classic” American rock sound, done (and better) by so many before them. A lot of the songs were too long but I think that was to add to the dreamy-ness of the album.

War on war

I found this to be rather dull

# 433 : 11/03/2025 : I don't love it, I don't hate it. A couple of things stood out but I thought it was very ordinary quiet forgettable and I doubt I'll ever go back to this. every song used the same template, chords, ....everything. If you've heard one song, you've heard them all...

😳

Not really sure what i was listen to, a werid missmash of progrock and folk music. Got bored and gave up after the 4th song.

Sean Tanos Monday at 10:22 AM I was listening to this music in the car with my wife while we were driving to Minden on our break. I think I mentioned Bob music before, which is just music my friend Bob likes. My wife looked at me after the 2nd song, and asked if Bob had ever heard this band because she thought he'd love it. Definitely Bob music.

Imagine it's raining, and you hear thunder. You think "this is great weather to take a nap". That would be the scenario where this album would be okay. Otherwise, it's pretty bland.

boooorrrriiiinnnnggg. I couldn't wait til this was over. Was suprised to see this record was released by Secretly Canadian.

Felt like it never picked up. Just didn't capture my interest once.

not a big fan

the only drug they're gonna take off the streets is ambien. at least daft punk had the smarts to bring in nile rodgers to lively up their retrofetish horseshit. they worship a guy who said "don't look back" but make some Lot's wife-ass music.

This album started out with a great first song, and I was ever hopeful of a new discovery. It soon sunk into a dreary, repetitive mess. Thinking about the drums specifically I realized early on that I could play drums on this album. And that’s not a compliment.

Uh is this a album for bob dylan lovers that are also about to OD lol - idk it was downer

Man, this is tedious. I don't care for it. Lot of skilled musicianship and production, but it is clearly drawing from a lot of 80s pop rock sound. I don't know, this is some Free Willy soundtrack type stuff I can't get behind. 2/5 listen, 3/5 for the hard work and skill that went into making this.

num foi feito pra mim, mas cade o kurt vile