Can someone explain why this album is so special?

Can someone explain why this album is so special?

it's been memed to death, that's it

especially tragic since it overshadows actually great albums from Elephant 6, like Black Foliage

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Because its good

Some of the best production ever. They really knew how to make what's essentially a guy wailing about anne frank over the most basic guitar chords ever shine.

Don't know. I was memed into listening to it as well, and although it certainly isn't terrible, I don't really see what's supposed to be so amazing.
Personally the album had a lot of sweet moments and sounds like a musical dream about adolescent, and growing taller both physically and spiritually.
Overall i'd say it's like a 7/10

touching lyrics, universal melodies, excellent instrumentation, fantastic cohesiveness

It doesn't drag on for that long, did you even bother to sing it while typing?

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simple child like lullabies songwriting with an earnest vocals also mangum has a mythical like persona

absolute plebeian opinion. laughable. bet you think the sunshine fix and marshmallow coast are better bands than circulatory system or neutral milk hotel too.
hahaha

olivia tremor control too lol. and a solidly contrarian album choice.
what a dick.

personally, I think the album has a best before date.
and almost a best after date.
additionally can only be appealing to a certain crowd.
by this i mean: if you're listening to it in your mid to late twenties, then it is gonna be garbage; if you're normal and have had a string or even one normal relationship, it won't click; if you're listening to it in your late teens or early twenties and have never had a girlfriend, you wont get it; if you're younger than 16, it will mean nothing other than a few catchy songs; if you manage to hit the sweet spot of being somewhat reclusive, but just sociable enough to have had sex or relations in some way with a female [or male] and are in your late teens or early twenties, but not too sociable (you need to hit the sweet spot), it will give you both the mega feels and the super /jeff-gets-me/'s.

if you meet this criteria it will click.

if not it is catchy folk fuzz that is an otherwise unmatched mix of pop and folk and whiney emo nonsense that is great almost all year round.

>bet you think the sunshine fix and marshmallow coast are better bands than circulatory system or neutral milk hotel too.
unironically yes.

thanks for your input :^)

Nope. But imagine if someone took the original song and made it a whole ten hours by extending that part to ten hours.

it was super edgy when it was getting popular, now that its lost its novelty its hard to see why people lost their shit over it

e6 is trash that has never made anything good

How is ITAOTS edgy at all?

It's a very sweet album about love and longing.

I'm a kissless virgin and I can relate to the album because I've fallen in love with someone who it is literally impossible to save or interact with

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it's actually so good. i'm glad this meme exists because it introduced me to one of the most beautiful pieces of media i've ever experienced.

THOMAS MAHONEY IS COMING

It sounds good, potato face.

"it was super edgy when it was getting popular" makes no sense what so ever

Because its actually good. Not perfect but good.

It sound gud

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