#4 - The Unnatural World - 2014 Album Listening Club

[RockyRaccoon]

I definitely liked it. I wasn't blown away by it, but it definitely was enjoyable to listen to. I do agree with Hayden though, I feel like it's missing something, I just don't know what it is.
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[19loveless91]

Yeah, this is easily my favourite of the four albums so far. And I actually prefer it to Deathconsciousness for now... Just a really cool mix of different genres (I wouldn't call it a shoegaze album, but it's got enough elements from that genre, so JMan isn't really "wrong"), really atmospheric, quite heavy at times.

1. The Unnatural World
2. Ghettoville
3. You Are No One
4. Moodeity

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[mickilennial]

Didn’t get to talking about this, but here we go. I think Have a Nice Life have more prominent textures associated with ambient, drone, and the like over the shoegaze (which Silver did say was still an influence) but if we do associate it with shoegaze its most certainly not traditional in that regard. I love Have a Nice Life and bands like them (yes, there are bands like them) and whilst I love this record I don’t think it’s better or even on par with Deathconsciousness which has more of a franticness and sense of despair that makes me love it so much more. It’s still a top ten record to me and it’s most definitely a grower.