Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Tobin's final album with Ninja Tune dives so far into his most experimental tendencies as to become unrecognizable as the same guy who made Bricolage. It's unsurprisingly pretty divisive, but I've eventually come around to love it with enough time.
Support me on Patreon: patreon.com/TheWonkyAngle
Listen: amontobin.bandcamp.com/album/isam
More Amon Tobin reviews: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9VloxGOomL5xQAV8Ra78l0TRHLbFprEX
Favorite Tracks: Journeyman, Goto 10, Lost & Found, Kitty Cat, Bedtime Stories, Night Swim, Dropped From The Sky (if counting bonus tracks, add One Last Look)
Least Favorite Track: Piece of Paper
Overall Rating: 8.3/10
All ratings based purely off of personal enjoyment at the time of this video's upload and either end in .0, .3, .5, or .7. Take nothing I say too seriously.
Tobin's final album with Ninja Tune dives so far into his most experimental tendencies as to become unrecognizable as the same guy who made Bricolage. It's unsurprisingly pretty divisive, but I've eventually come around to love it with enough time.
Support me on Patreon: patreon.com/TheWonkyAngle
Listen: amontobin.bandcamp.com/album/isam
More Amon Tobin reviews: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9VloxGOomL5xQAV8Ra78l0TRHLbFprEX
Favorite Tracks: Journeyman, Goto 10, Lost & Found, Kitty Cat, Bedtime Stories, Night Swim, Dropped From The Sky (if counting bonus tracks, add One Last Look)
Least Favorite Track: Piece of Paper
Overall Rating: 8.3/10
All ratings based purely off of personal enjoyment at the time of this video's upload and either end in .0, .3, .5, or .7. Take nothing I say too seriously.
![SLANDER - Thrive (Album Review) [Patreon Request]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aAOGs-vtlC4/mqdefault.jpg "SLANDER - Thrive (Album Review) [Patreon Request]
The second I saw this LA duos music described as heaven-trap and I saw their affiliations with artists like Illenium, I immediately had the lowest expectations for this debut album of theirs from 2022. And I ended up finding it... pretty alright, actually.
Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheWonkyAngle
My new album Real Life and Postcard Use out now: https://256pi.bandcamp.com/album/real-life-and-postcard-use
Listen: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl35o7NJq4syNzGAWT1R8Kd-7Ou4cnk5a
More Patreon-requested reviews: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9VloxGOomL5ueXeqSgMqMaLTL8zC2BAz
Favorite Tracks: Kill Me With Silence, Nothing Hurts Like Goodbye, Replay, Before Dawn, Second Life
Least Favorite Track: Monster
Overall Rating: 6.0/10
All ratings based purely off of personal enjoyment at the time of this videos upload and either end in .0, .3, .5, or .7. Take nothing I say too seriously.")
