ME REX - Megabear (June 18, 2021)

1. Hydrogen
2. Tin
3. Weaving Clothes
4. Helium
5. Ancient Ash
6. Moon Rising
7. Oganesson
8. The Weapons of Artemis
9. Lead
10. Aion and Ficus
11. Argon
12. Distillate
13. Mercury Burns and Eats Itself
14. Reclaimed From the Water
15. God of Rain
16. Iron Oxide
17. Megabear
18. Ursa Major
19. Cod Liver Oil and Orange Juice
20. Lapis Lazuli
21. The Shape of Our Container
22. Krypton
23. Jupiter
24. Saturn Dragon and Child
25. Applewhite Iron Sulphide
26. Excavation
27. Silver Iodide
28. Heaven's Gate
29. Hale's Comet
30. Radon
31. Putrefaction
32. Venus
33. Iron Gated
34. Iron Sulphide
35. Opus
36. Crystal Palaces
37. Split Egg in the Mirror
38. Sulphur and Mercury
39. Wandle
40. Burnt Oak 00:34
41. Pulled Apart
42. Peck
43. Nettles
44. Royal Art
45. The King of Drowning
46. Peckham Rye
47. Sun Rising Over the City
48. Static and Splendour
49. The Party Eating Its Own Tail
50. For Transmutation
51. Neon
52. Xenon

 

I love the idea of this, maybe more than I actually like the music. Amazing how they've pulled this off though.

 

been jamming it for a bit and its wild how some of these transitions are pulled off. Cool to randomly hear some call backs to older tunes

 

This only is getting better. I was not expecting to wake up to a full MEREX LP today, let alone this wildness.

 

I love this. I've been jamming it all afternoon, perfect music for a rainy day working.

 

really cool record I don’t know if i’ve listened to the whole thing or not but it’s all good

 

Big respect to them for trying something different but I'm not really feeling this musically. There's some cool stuff going on but with a few exceptions/chunks it's pretty samey to me. I can't really see myself listening to the whole thing much, and the individual segments are too short to pick out and put in a playlist. Oh well. Glad others are digging it.

Very talented band though, love the EPs.

 

This is really nice! It all kind of blends together, but I am absolutely loving having it on in the background right now.

Also, here's a good interview about it:

Interview: ME REX On Their Highly Unusual Debut Album ‘Megabear’

 

Spotify shuffle adds like a split second of pause between songs and kind of ruins the entire concept. Even if i download all the songs it doesnt work. Only get seamless transitions if i play in order

 

This is probably my album of the year at this point, I love it so much. I see the same-iness as a feature, not a bug, it's kind of the point. It's like a 32 minute long song that's different every time you hear it.

 

this album stresses me out in a weird way but it's also very cool

 

oh good to know, thanks!

 

I feel like they severely limited their audience by making this so long. I do like the songs though for the most part from what I've listened to so far.

 

I mean....it's only 32 minutes

 

Lol my bad I didn't notice when I was listening while working maybe I even finished it I'm not sure. Still seems silly to have 52 songs for 30 minutes.

 

You must not be a grindcore fan.

 

Counterpoint: This record (and the songs within) is amazing and the only "work" you have to do is hit shuffle.

 

Finding their newest pretty underwhelming, especially after how brilliant their recent EPs are