okay nvm y'all are right salt is pretty good. not great, it has some spots that feel a bit off.
but like all the 4-5 minute tracks here just do nothing for me. they're all paint-by-numbers djent-prog. no surprises and no emotional core to them. the ascent has its moments but it's just moments, it's not consistent the whole way through. autumn is still pretty alright. it doesn't move me but it's pleasant.
the production i can see being a little flat but it doesn't super bother me? it's more just the songwriting that doesn't work for me.
can we all agree that slow violence is the worst CH song to date, btw? besides the spoken word track i can't stand. the worst actual CH song. that intro is so jank, the song is the one that most feels like it's ripping djent/alt-metal tropes, the chorus isn't particularly good, the solo's... ok i guess but it doesn't save the song. mostly it's just the intro tho i think it sounds atrocious
i'm not saying it's necessarily a bad album because it isn't but it's not... very exciting. definitely doesn't feel like their a-game.