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Posting this cause I truly do feel your review of Restructure the Molded Mind is a bit unfair and thats due to how I released it. The album ends at the track Restructure the Molded Mind, Self Realization and everything from there to the Sabbath cover is the Alchemist EP we released in 2014. I included these tracks because we ran out of the Alchemist CDs at the time and I wanted them to be included as Bonus tracks, if you bought the RTMM CD you would see we put the Alchemist art at the CD tray. What I didn't anticipate was that the digital release would include those bonus tracks, so now a bunch of people who have heard it think its one long album when its one album and EP combined. So i hope that gives you a little more insight on that album, RTMM doesn't have a cover song on the official release on our bandcamp, the only cover we recorded was released separately. Also WTBL was mostly a solo album written by me with drums recorded and performed by Scott Fuller.

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Totally fair and definitely something that I had no idea about re: the EP being added to the end. For sure would have changed how I took that record in, because I did like a lot of it and my criticisms were mostly around pacing etc. which are explained as a result of your insight! Regardless, WTBL absolutely rips!!!! Keep kickin' ass!

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yes rosie tucker!!! so good

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the besttt

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i feel like johnnie carwash does not get enough love at all, this list legit ruled.

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right? such a great album

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That Stress Angel album got a lot of mileage this year—literally. One of the albums I most played in the car. Also, that Dissimulator is bonkers.

I'll have to squirrel away a bit of time to go through the rest of these, I didn't even know about a new Sweat album...

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hell yeah Stress Angel is a great car record for sure. the new Sweat album really grew on me, at first I liked it but felt it was more of the same, over the year it stuck in my rotation a ton though thankfully. I love 'em

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Great list and a fair few new ones for me to explore. I appreciate how much work goes into these so thank you for taking the time to put it together.

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