Pitchfork is scared

yet Pitchfork have been giving below 8 scores to a crazy amount of their Pitchfork-core artists this year...

he actually does for this album though

Wow, they're really going low. In the past you needed to get an 8.4 at least. I think it's a sign that this isn't a particularly good year for music. They've only given two albums a 9.0 or above.

That's insane. I quite like Jiln's Black Origami but no fucking way would most people appreciate it. Ditto for Visible Cloaks (except I hated that one)

The National lost their BNM streak...

I LOVE this album and think the score is too high, especially for pitchfork.
They should have given it a 7.6 at the most imo.

You love it and think it's a 7.6? Does not compute.

Well yeah I'm a huge ariel pink fan but I don't think this record deserves more than that especially if you're going off of pitchfork's standards.
I mean there's plenty of media that I love that I don't think necessarily deserve high rankings.
My taste is factored in to that judgement.

That basically means you have contempt for your own judgement. Music is pretty damn subjective man

I accept that my judgement isn't for everyone. Music is a product like any other commodity.
Perhaps soap operas are my favorite type of television but that doesn't mean that it's the all around best out there.
Also I think Time to Live is by far the best song on the album but Do Yourself a Favor is my favorite.
I also think Hissing Fauna is the best of Montreal album but Big Oil is my favorite.
etc etc