Bucketheadland 2 is surely the worst album ever.

I find it a little interesting that one of my silly records is one of the only 5 you've given a half-star to. That's quite an honour. ;)

Haha, seriously though, no harm done. Sorry you didn't dig it!

Haha, don't be silly, I was just more curious as to why you didn't enjoy it. I totally get the idea of "not getting it", especially when it comes to noisy sort of records like that. I made it in the style that appeals to me personally, based on other similar stuff I listen to - with a dash of my own sharky nonsense on top.

Apart from some of the repeating bass parts (like in Weld the Sky Pt. 1), everything was unplanned and improvised with a few pieces of equipment. Started with a short warmup to get all the knobs and dials sounding decent, and then just sorta rolled with it for an hour.

Coincidentally that album got me a gig when I was on the East Coast, which was fun to play. People talked a bit about the record itself at the gig, which was kinda weird but interesting to hear, haha.

Glad you like GAMESHARK, it's a fun, dumb project. Excited to get the third record out in the new year, it's completely different to the first two - but given the pretty rapid change from #1 to #2, I don't think it'll surprise people too much. Though #3 isn't Vaporwave in the slightest.

What sorta stuff do you make? I'll give it a whirl. :)

Nabbed them off the BC pages, will put them on my "to-play" list and check 'em out when I've got some spare time. Seems interesting, regardless!

Appreciate the kind words, I do try to put some thought into most of my stuff (at least for the most part). The one thing I'm surprised more people haven't really looked into is my work as s e a s h e l l s. It was on NPR, got a write-up in a newspaper, and got some pretty nice boosts from the IP label when each has come out - yet there's only a handful of ratings (and most only for the first record). I'm glad some people are rating it, though. I guess I forget that not everyone who gave kind words about it/saw it played live/read about it also uses RYM and vice-versa. Putting out a final double album to end the trilogy early next year. It's kind of like a sample-laden collage meets GAS. Check that one out if you like odd collaged/ambient-ish work: https://s-e-a-s-h-e-l-l-s.bandcamp.com/

Also I just noticed your review of the album (since it got unpublished - not sure why, might be all the weird symbols in the title).

Honestly that description, whilst describing something that's probably.. bad - is actually really, really apt and I love it. I plan to share it with everyone, haha!

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. I shared your review with a few friends and we all agree it needs to be the blurb on the back cover of a CD, should I ever bother putting it to one.

Hey man, just wanted to say that I really enjoyed your review of The Brave Little Abacus' "Demo?". I feel like everything they put out is something that profoundly speaks to me, and your review found the words I've been looking for. Keep on writing!

That's awesome man. I've seen the video on YouTube of the final show, and it looked like an amazing time for everybody involved. It seemed like everybody there knew how special those moments were.