My Rating: 100% (A++)
Pitchfork Rating: 82%
Rolling Stone Rating: N/A
Metacritic Rating: 79%
Average Rating: 87% (A-)
Tracklist (Standout songs underlined):
- Leisureforce
- ZZZ Top
- Cycles to Gehenna
- Zero Dark Thirty
- Fryerstarter
- Ruby ’81
- Crows 1
- Crows 2
- Racing Stripes
- 1,000 O’Clock
- Homemade Mummy
- Grace
- Saturn Missiles
- Tetra
- Gopher Guts
- Dokken Rules (feat. Rob Sonic)
- BMX (feat. Blueprint & Rob Sonic)
Favourite Song on Album:
Record Label:
Listen to This Album When You’re:
Having an existential crises.
Thoughts on Album Cover:
It’s rad, most of Aesop’s covers are awesome.
Want to Own on Vinyl?:
Already do, I spin it all the time.
Final Thoughts:
2012’s Skelethon caught me off guard, more than even The Impossible Kid which I think is the better of the two and should be considered a masterpiece (I hope it will get that title over time). What Skelethon did for me is gave me the ability to understand Aesop, I mean as much as one can understand Aesop. This was the album that turned me from casual listener to geeky fan, honestly anyone who knows me knows I love this guys work. Skelethon showcases Aesop’s diversity all while mixing in a couple songs with Kimya Dawson (giving them the idea to form The Uncluded). The best part of Skelethon is how accessibly it is, maybe not as much as The Impossible Kid, but still very easy for casual listeners to get into. Skelethon was the calm before the storm, an amazing album that led to his best, it’s the album that I thought he couldn’t surpass, but then did 4 years later.
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