hey guys there’s only 30 minutes left of this week so I’m gonna have to make this quick (FINISHED WITH TWO MINUTES LEFT)

yeah sorry i just got caught up in school and other shit y’know i never really thought i’d be able to do this streak perfectly so i’ll just change it from every thursday to once every week, no matter the day

ok this week’s album is Persistence Of Vision by VHS Head, an instrumental mashup of old VHS tapes, IDM, and whatever the hell this thing is

this album has two covers and i like the second better but i can only find the first in high quality, the pic makes more sense once you listen to the album though trust me

OK SO, this album is, as I just described, some techno breakbeat bullshit that uses samples from hundreds of VHS tapes. that is not an exaggeration, here’s what the house of the guy who made this looks like. and you’d think a premise like that would be really distracting and confusing, but in execution it ends up being really well produced! like genuinely each song is so well mixed and layered to the BRIM, I’m still finding things in the songs on here that I hadn’t noticed before, but none of these giant FL studio projects end up sounding overproduced, every little bit and detail unimportant to the base essentials are usually made as components to a main instrument or just strange noises to add to the album’s sound.

speaking of sound I guess now’s a better time than ever to mention the album’s… y’know! sound! really any time right now is a better time than ever to say shit because my time is STRAINEDDD. anyway, each instrument or, I suppose sample would be a better term, ranges from having disgustingly noticeable VHS buzz to being clean as shit. some are more bassy and spacish, while others are simple, restrained, and crusty, it all comes together to make this cacophony of sound unlike anything I’ve heard anywhere else, even from VHS head himself. and the tones of every song are all OVER, like we have songs like jealousy and farewell africa which are pleasant hold music amplified by this deep reverb, and a few like angels never sleep which feel almost like walking out into the woods, on your way to break into a home. it all sounds unique from one another, with there even being a fucking noise/ambient track smack dab in the middle.

if you wanna hear some of the most unique IDM in the scene, then go check out Persistence of Vision. in stereo. because only people who still have their house candlelit and wear big wooden barrels use mono.

7/10

THE GOOD

• Unique as fuck
• Doesn’t have a SINGLE instance of reusing samples
• Knows how to keep a loop interesting for long
• Comically dense songs
• Has a funny voice on the second track

THE NOT SO MUCH

• Some tracks overstay their welcome
• A few samples feel kinda forced on relisten

i’m probably gonna stop doing this /10 shit like if it’s on the album of the week then you know I’m gonna like it