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Pyramids on Mars
I have been asleep for days in a metaltooth between the trees dripped as our fathers freeze are aging are the leaves I visit him at a nursing... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Pitchfork
    Feb 2, 2016
    74
    This production is ultimately what makes Paradise such a standout; there are plenty of young industrial and noise-rock bands running hard on all cylinders, as Pop. 1280 did on their prior efforts. The extra gears and moving parts in their sound feel like necessary moves to avoid quick and certain burnout.
  2. PopMatters
    Feb 2, 2016
    70
    Though rhyming can be a key piece in songwriting, the use of it on Paradise restrains it from creating anecdotal journeys into a pierced soul. Instead of immersing listeners into the paranoid and battered mind of the record’s character.
  3. AllMusic
    Feb 2, 2016
    70
    Dominated by unrelenting synthesized bellowing battling slashing guitar figures and femur-snapping drumming, Pop. 1280 summon a hellish wall of sonic abuse that manages to also be curiously compelling, a neo-industrial attack that starts in high gear and never stops pouring fire and brimstone on the listener.
  4. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Feb 2, 2016
    70
    This descent into industrial retro-futurism provides a fitting artistic and aesthetic parallel to the corresponding descent society has made into technology worship, into a disempowering worship of things at the expense of an appreciation of the social, political, and economic realities in which these things are situated.
  5. No Ripcord
    Feb 16, 2016
    70
    Pop. 1280 are still concerned with the dark underbelly of the human experience, though the sneakily measured Paradise proves that even the most degenerate souls deserve some sanguine aggression, too.

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  1. ILikeThemeParks
    Apr 8, 2016
    8
    Awesome industrial electronic noise rock stuff! This album has all great tracks, and it is a fantastic record! I absolutely love their soundAwesome industrial electronic noise rock stuff! This album has all great tracks, and it is a fantastic record! I absolutely love their sound here, and the songs sound awesome and interesting. Everything about this is just really cool! I know we're only in April, but this is still my favorite record so far this year, and it just keeps growing on me! It's just so awesome. I would get it or look it up online. It really deserves a few listens!… Expand
  2. CiphirSol
    Feb 9, 2016
    7
    Not so much an album as much as it is a soundtrack, it sounds post-civilization in nature and has something about it that is just asNot so much an album as much as it is a soundtrack, it sounds post-civilization in nature and has something about it that is just as compelling as some of the best dystopian fiction.… Expand
  4. Custom_Concerns
    Feb 2, 2016
    6
    The sheer sound of Pop. 1280's latest record is without a doubt the best thing about it. It ushers listeners in to its harrowing brand ofThe sheer sound of Pop. 1280's latest record is without a doubt the best thing about it. It ushers listeners in to its harrowing brand of synth-tinged gothic post-punk with an evil grin, and it remains exceptionally terrifying throughout. The production here is dark, spacey, and perfect for Pop. 1280's approach to their genre. Where the record falters for me, however, is in the songwriting. It isn't bad by any means, but most tracks here are somewhat forgettable, leading to a listening experience that grabs you on first listen, but can't quite hold on.

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