Preoccupations
by Preoccupations
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Preoccupations is ranked as the best album by Preoccupations.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 01/31/2026 02:51 | Proto | 4,019 | 33/100 |
| ! | 06/20/2025 17:10 | Invader666 | 2,623 | 65/100 |
| ! | 02/04/2025 03:03 | jnmayles | 2,089 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/27/2024 16:09 | jon5417 | 4,036 | 68/100 |
| ! | 01/01/2024 21:02 | Cheboygan74 | 1,289 | 52/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 24% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.2.
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Preoccupations is a callback to the post-punk era of the late 70's. The album does a decent job keeping itself from being a Joy Division copy by adding in some tempo changes and more industrial sounds, though you can still tell who their influences are. "Degraded" is easily the best song with its eerie into and drum dash into madness. The lyrics are a bit to doom and gloom, they come off as dark without any real emotional connection.
The continuing adventures of Viet Cont, newly christened as Preoccupations. I thought their last album was tough and polarizing. I can see how many wouldn't get it, but I really fell for it. This follow-up seems more dreary and a little less focused, but still enjoyable. Recommended.
SaulCortes1992 09/21/2016 02:51 | #175463
what a dissapointed :c
johnner 09/17/2016 22:23 | #175245
After the relatively straightforward sound of Viet Cong Preoccupations is a return to the labyrinthine post-punk of their Cassette mini-album. On most tracks the band refuse to settle on one style before swiftly moving on without making much of an impression.
It's also an atypical sophomore album displaying a newly hardened attitude that is unique to the band which can tend to be more claustrophobic and gothic than previous releases. It's interesting but sadly the band are simply trying too hard.
Komorebi-D 09/16/2016 06:01 | #175085
Now I had mixed feeling's about 2015's Viet Cong, so walking into this one I wasn't entirely that excited. However I actually enjoyed this a little more. I don't whether they've matured their process but there are more elements in this one (as opposed to the former) that they are more upfront about with less effects. And then of course, there's the other tracks that play to the opposite, being more drenched in effects. First half is probably better but don't be too quick to degrade the second half.
Oh and did any one pick up on a more stadium-rock vibe toward the middle?
HoldenM 09/02/2016 21:28 | #174133
Wouldn't it be great if the band just kept changing their name, releasing a new self-titled album every time? That'd be neat.
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