Album Reviews

Abyssal Creatures – Social Awkwardness

by Morgan

I’m not going to lie; I wasn’t looking forward to listening to this album again to write this review.
But, for the sake of you—the faithful readers—I muscled through it.

Abyssal Creatures, the “music” project of Ian Fellerman, has crafted 16 tracks of clumsy, self-deprecating, noise in the form of Social Awkwardness—the band’s latest LP.  Upon my initial listen I found it impossible to escape the inane, nasal vocal; clumsy arrangements; repetitive guitar fuzz and over-arching irritation.  The press kit for Social Awkwardness detailed how hard Fellerman worked on this album and how deep he looked into himself for the lyrical content.  Though I respect his effort, I fail to see the value in it as the final product resembles more of a mess than an album.

Perhaps the artistic, avant-garde music fans out there will salivate all over this album—and good for them.  I, on the other hand, felt as if I was being musically punished while spinning this disc.  Maybe it’s my karmic retribution for hating on hipsters, but I doubt it.

Also, I apologise for my whining at the start of this piece—Fellerman’s insistence in wallowing in self-pity got to me.

If you liked this, then you’ll love:

 

 

7 thoughts on “Abyssal Creatures – Social Awkwardness”

  1. Sorry folks, I can’t win over all of your ears. But that was never my goal. For a different perspective of our album check out these reviews:

    News Reviews From The UK:

    http://www.new-reviews.co.uk/?p=4957

    Babysue From Tennessee:

    http://www.babysue.com/2011-Sept-LMNOP-Reviews.html#anchor37886

    Aspen Times Weekly:

    http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20111023/ASPENWEEKLY/111029959/1083

    Screams From The Gutter:

    http://www.screamsfromthegutter.com/reviews/abyssal-creatures-social-awkwardness.php

    Punk Globe from San Francisco:

    http://www.punkglobe.com/ianfellermaninterview1111.php

    At our website abyssalcreatures.net you can hear the whole album for free. Thanks for listening

    -Ian Fellerman
    Abyssal Creatures

  2. Kudos to you for listening to that entire album! I couldn’t get through 30 seconds of that YouTube clip.

    1. i’m sorry Matt (who works for this “publication”) that you could not make it through the first 30 seconds of the video. I think the reviewer and you should go to the link below and get it all out.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee925OTFBCA&feature=related

      In all seriousness, I really do appreciate that you took the time to write and listen to our record. And we will send you the next one and maybe you’ll like it better.

      -Ian Fellerman
      Abyssal Creatures

  3. Matt: Thanks man. It took some effort.

    Ian: Lobbing positive reviews at the folks who wrote one you don’t agree with is rather crass. No one asked you to win us all over, and shoving some poorly written drivel at us isn’t going to help. Just let it go, dude.

  4. Ian, (Who is the artist…trying to fight to prove how “good” his album is) honestly, I thought the review was fairly gentle from what it could have been. Disrespecting a publication for a slightly unfavorable review isn’t going to get you any more points from anyone.

  5. I think you missed my point. I said in the last post “I really do appreciate that you took the time to write and listen to our record. And we will send you the next one and maybe you’ll like it better.”

    But for the people who don’t know our band i thought i could give a counter perspective by posting other reviews. Sorry if you thought my joke was disrespectful. I can be an asshole. We obviously don’t make music for the general population and i never said the album was “good” I look it as a piece of art and it is up to the listener to interpret it’s worth (i know you find it worthless, but some don’t). I actually do enjoy your site and hope you guys continue the good work you are doing.

    Looking forward to finding new music on your site in the future.

    -Ian Fellerman

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