Brainwashed usually ends up with a pretty ripping good list, but from a purely aesthetic perspective, I don't think I've ever seen a more poorly organized list in my entire goddamn life, except of course for BW's previous "lists."
Structure, flow, order and cohesion are what make a list a list. This site pisses me off with their "List as quotation mark and boldface-peppered essay.
Still, they're the first I've seen to give Ben Frost his proper due. A U R O R A was without question one of the year's definitive sonic statements. I think it landed in the '80s on pitchfork, and I'm not even sure I've seen it anywhere else. So cheers for that, even if the damn site needs a graphic designer like I need a klonipin.
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