Oneohtrix Point Never - Again ALBUM REVIEW

[@windowlessreal]

anthony never fails to put the best track in the least favorite section

[@lokik7]

it's fucking insane

[@ruverbryh9998]

I know, how is keep your eyes peeled the worst song on like clockwork… 😭

[@bloop6013]

he must be kidding at this point

[@123rockfan]

Did the same thing with Miley Cyrus. Personally I think Rose Colored Lenses was easily the best song on the album

[@erico9390]

Genuinely think I should be making a list at this point. Space Heavy, Oblivion Access, Darklife and The Dream Is Over are all albums where he did this that I can list off the top of my head. It's starting to feel like he's doing it on purpose

[@nasanoir310]

We need a redux review immediately where the only thing that changes is that Anthony acknowledges that krumville is the best song

[@flashmichworld]

justice for Krumville

[@olseaweedbeardye8622]

justice for World Outside

[@marvishy]

Krumville has got an amazing intro but the country music influence and the mix between the guitar, the vocals/chorus popping out in the middle of the track spoiled a little bit that atmosphere in the beginning

[@Viibeezz]

The intro is GOATED. OPN played it live a few weeka agp

[@BigOwl51]

Oh wow it’s the guy who works for The Weeknd! Glad to see he’s started his own solo career!

[@carlosr6462]

lol

[@fatosinteligentes8999]

This bro has had his own career longer than The Weeknd

[@asfifljiksduf]

​@@fatosinteligentes8999look up the definition of a joke lil bro

[@chopstickingstylus]

Youre joking right

[@cactaceous]

@@asfifljiksdufYou need to be a fan of The Weekend to get the joke and I don’t think too many 14 year old girls watch this channel. Or I guess it would be weepy boys who just consume too much Edamame.

[@shelly-]

Genuinely have nothing but love for this album. So wonderful and creative in each and every moment. edit: justice for krumville

[@warpspeedchic]

Hey shelly. It's pretty rich.

[@squeebbb]

Krumville is one of OPNs best tracks ever tbh

[@carterpochynok4874]

I loved the memorability of it. One of my favorite things about him is the way he crafts songs that hit you with really cerebral, academic synth music that fades into one of the most accessible hooks on the album. The contrast does a great job of highlighting the effectiveness of simplicity.

[@natashag4577]

Krumville least favourite... oh you're weird

[@Snowking587]

are we hearing the same krumville?

[@hassfam]

I think this album, while it does call back to Daniel's older material, also calls back to the music that he grew up with (as suggested by the song "Memories of Music") and incorporates it into the OPN sound. The touches of post-rock, synth-punk, jazz, and new wave are all genres he grew up with according to interviews he's been doing for this album. "Magic OPN" was Daniel looking back on his musical career, while "Again" is Daniel looking back on his whole life.

[@shelly-]

100%. In the press release it was named "a speculative autobiography" - it's a look back but also questions what his music could have sounded like if some variables were changed out (if that makes sense). Viewing the album from that angle makes it seem even more wonderful :p

[@nastyblasty7230]

That guitar texture on Krumville is one of the greatest things I've ever heard Edit: I just saw it's the least favorite track what the fuck

[@Windows98.]

I can’t believe you reviewed this album again

[@SilkShirt]

AOTY for me. Every track blew me away exactly like Replica. Replica and this project are perfect fromt to back.

[@HipHopfan_]

Album of the year* just type it out😑

[@SilkShirt]

@@HipHopfan_ No

[@justthatguytoil]

@@HipHopfan_bro be yapping for the smallest thing💀

[@AntechamberAE]

@@HipHopfan_my name is hip hop fan and today on 8/18/23 I am going to leave a completely useless comment that takes up more of my time actually spelling out album of the year

[@MapleMilk]

One thing I can give to Daniel is that no matter what, he ALWAYS knows how to create unique sonic textures. I've pretty much only listened to 2 of his albums more than once (Fall Into Time and Replica, if you were wondering), but the first listen of every album he has always makes me think about how tf he even made the music that's playing. For an electronic musician, I think creating something otherworldly is one of the greatest things that they can achieve so I'd give a high recommendation to any OPN album.

[@ayylmaopez]

Krumville is amazing

[@sendtome157]

Oneohtrix Point Never Broke Again

[@atacoman]

On An Axis is one of the best songs on the record

[@huimo4886]

For some reason this was one of my least favorites

[@stormi2534]

L on your Krumville take... Just like most of your electronic takes.

[@pdlkmusic]

LOVED this one personally. Feels like a beautiful and touching retrospective on his career so far. Huge bounce back from recent output imho.

[@marvishy]

I love how opn switches musical style in every album

[@Bookis21]

The screaming guitar at the end of “world outside” is where it’s at for me

[@ClintonomoBay]

Glad this one got a full review. This album was really lushious overall and had a lot of ideas to it.

[@Zoloft_100_mg]

Best OPN record since R Plus Seven or maybe Garden of Delete.

[@benjimabbett5674]

if he changed his name to kendrick point never and named it to again a butterfly it would have got a ten

[@real_ajr]

That’s a very clever pun, Anthony.

[@sidmf]

The GoodTime soundtrack is some of his best and most raw work in my opinion :)

[@HalfRightRecords]

Agreed

[@cesrrr01]

the biggest difference for me is that opn stopped sounding 'new' and 'groudnbreaking' 'setting the trend' etc and is more like a nostalgic experience now. I guess its going back to it's roots of rift era symbolically.

[@SQUIZZLER24]

Interesting really that pretty much all my favourite tracks from this album appear in the lowest-rated bit of this review… ‘A Barely Lit Path’ just seems to me like an easily-digestible version of OPN’s music to gain traction for the album. On the other hand, tracks like ‘Krumville’, ‘World Outside’ and ‘On An Axis’ I thought were an excellent blend of retrospective sounds of his, but crammed with new and different textures and colours. Tracks like ‘Plastic Antique’ and ‘Nightmare Paint’ are some of his all-time best work in my opinion. I honestly feel this is the best thing he has done in a long time. ‘Age Of’ was generally good, ‘Magic’ kind of felt disconnected, but ‘Again’ really hit the mark in my opinion. This is pushing a 9 for me.

[@tonypperhaps]

Hell yeah dude, really liked this one too! Always had a soft spot for OPN, he produced the soundtrack for one of my all time favorite movies, Good Time.

[@SirArthurTheGreat]

Cannot wait for whatever the Safdi bros do next, Good Time was incredible, and then they knocked it out of the park again with uncut gems

[@Perling3]

Is it seriously one of your all time favorite movies? How many movies have you watched?

[@nickyheart]

​@@Perling3stop baiting mf 💀

[@enigmatic9118]

Bennie Safdie has a new miniseries coming out which Daniel also scores.

[@tonypperhaps]

I've got just under 2000 movies logged, and yes, it just so happens to be one of my all time favorites according to my personal taste. @@Perling3

[@bladonski]

I don't really know what you mean by again being a look back on opn's musical career to be honest. To me it included so much material that really just sounded foreign to much of what he's made before that it felt more like a look back on the music Daniel himself was shaped by. Not his own sound.

[@whoopss8765]

Any chance you could bump the score up a bit to maintain that perfect 8-6-8-6 pattern OPN's had going for him this past decade? It's so much more satisfying that way. Thx

[@bloop6013]

who knows maybe this review marks the start of a new pattern

[@pascalmcgregor3837]

I've listened to this album quite a few times and I really like it. Sure the beginning is depressing with those arpeggios but the album really grew on me. I've got replica, age of, magic oneohtrix point never on vinyl but I think this is his most commercial and accessible outing so far. A solid 9/10 for me. Keep it up Daniel!

[@Minecrafter0004]

Justice for krumville

[@satelliteanthem]

LOVE this album so much. Interesting to hear him go back to extreme hi-fi sounds after the lo-fi bliss of Magic

[@ModmanOfficial]

7 is too low for this record imo, i think it was much more cohesive than what melon gives it credit for. it was all so laser focused and thought out. no lower than a 9 for me.

[@adamrara]

Krumville makes me cry!!

[@barrett_ryan]

Hopefully you are able to interview Daniel Lopatin some time to interrogate him about his vaporwave influence.

[@euclideankennedy]

Damn, kinda wish you had picked up on the Russian Mind and Zones Without People callbacks. Like you said, his discography is pretty vast, but it’d be a disservice to just recount things only as deep as eccojams (which he is definitely not as averse to as you may think, as per his recent AMA). Last thing I’ll say is this; this may be just because I’m a hardcore fan of his and know way too much about his history and inspos, but this ties together far more cohesively than Magic. It feels like his personal engagement of music, both from and before him, is being filtered through a version of Daniel he’s trying to compartmentalize in his middle age, but is ultimately alienated from, given the kind of fatalistic but accepting final track.

[@Azataza121]

KRUMVILLE WAS THE BEST ONE WTF DO YOU MEAN MELON

[@yoishoono]

Are you reviewing oneohtrix point never again fantano?

[@AntiPersonnelRescueAxe]

Seeing this album Performed live was an absolute treat!

[@enigmatic9118]

Finally! The Body Trail getting the love it deserves. I love OPN. I desperately wanted to love this album; and for a moment, I did, but it didn't last. A Barely Lit Path is easily the best track from the album, and probably my favorite piece of his to date, but there is an epic nature the track has that the rest of the album simply did not. Don't get me wrong. I do thoroughly enjoy the album, but it's not making the splash that I hoped it would. There are a few great moments though, and I will enjoy them for years to come. Favorites: Again, Locrian Midwest, The Body Trail, Memories of Music, Ubiquity Road, A Barely Lit Path Least favorite: Nightmare Paint

[@olseaweedbeardye8622]

so damn beautiful. I love the absolute sounds Daniel creates on this album and the use of samples, reminds me a lot of r plus seven which is always nice

[@squeebbb]

Again is his magnum opus and I cannot be convinced otherwise.

[@joshlian5583]

for me replica is opns magnum opus

[@kingtownley1226]

No play the song that goes bee boop bee boop bop

[@TheBanklord]

It surprises me to this day how I give an album the same score as the melon but his least favorite track is always my favorite.

[@dealin3035]

PLEASE REVIEW REN!! SICK BOI IS OUT & ITS TIME TO REVIEW IT MELON!! DO NOT IGNORE ME!! DO IT OR PAY THE ULTIMATE PRICE!!!! 😢

[@dealin3035]

Review Sick Boi NOW TODAY

[@mannynoneya7143]

I wanna see anthony review ur mom

[@dealin3035]

RenRum

[@zacharyc2288]

Another day another review!

[@ajsmashups9679]

Nice Review Anthony,but no need to throw goat cheese at the Camera and tell us about your botched date with Cher

[@jackiemoffitt6780]

Wtf Krumville is my favorite, to go from R Plus Seven type sounds to Duster/Alex G dreamy slowcore guitars in the same 4 minute track is mind bending.

[@sanfordcurtis8242]

The best OPN album since G of D. It will also shake off the normies who got into his music via The Weeknd

[@mdihero]

agreed. GoD is his best work. I adore replica also.

[@basic_chain]

🚨 GATEKEEPER DETECTED 🚨

[@arizonateagod8491]

Aoty for me, OPN never disappoints

[@stormi2534]

Profile picture checks out, but I agree. It's a stellar album

[@champagneben]

Def my favorite Oneohtrix record

[@moneymantrahoe]

god i love opn

[@FeindawgUnlimited]

Thanks for this review of Replica 2 by The Replica Man

[@abhishektd8973]

The Album art alone is bringing back memories

[@chrisstorms4446]

Good to know

[@platinumdynamite]

I’m looking forward to an OPN album having a theme that isn’t a mixup of every other theme. It’s fine as an album, but it’s hard for me to pick anything distinctive out of the middle sections, it’s too amorphous.

[@banjogyro]

LEAST FAV TRACK: KRUMVILLE Are you serious

[@jacksondiol9074]

It’s only inevitable L’Rain gets a short review 😢

[@milesb9191]

We need a slauson malone and Lrain review

[@androidtits]

i edge to your videos

[@AngryNacho9000]

was reminded of Replica so quickly, knew I would love this one.

[@richielclark]

You should really consider reviewing Solace by Rezn, I've been obsessed with this album since came out earlier this year. Their joint album with Vinnum Sabbthi Is also very good. I feel like this band deserves more exposure.

[@basic_chain]

Again was really good, but releasing just a week before Ken Carson's Magnum Opus will be stiff competition for Mr Low Patent.

[@caseystu123]

Ubiquity Road is excellent as well

[@pauldavis7318]

I thought On An Axis was great. Did he not mention Ubiquity Road? That song is so beautidul, especially towards the end

[@TheRaspberryExperiment]

I love that we can come together to discuss these high level ideas

[@owenhicks787]

Animal collective review WHEN??

[@pauldavis7318]

He did a short review it...which is BS of him

[@veganjotaro]

When is melon going to review Fanfare by Dorian Electra?

[@skywalkersbutido6375]

maybe it’s called “again”for a reason?

[@hecksnek6158]

Probably my favorite since garden of delete. Feels like Daniel borrowed quite a bit from James Ferarro one this one.

[@cameronscott5649]

Are you gonna review Slayyyters new album STARFUCKER?

[@Jikuro_]

I love Oneohrix

[@kekprod_]

review the MIKE album

[@Ur_Sun_Bro]

Could you listen to summer camp by Anees

[@oh_banana]

He's gonna start making up albums to avoid reviewing Dorian Electra

[@vacuumblink2300]

He’s gonna start making his own albums and reviewing those lol

[@garethfitzpatrick3932]

Hey Melon! How ‘bout doin the new Vanishing Twin album? I think you’ll enjoy it. ✊🏻

[@Brendan-Black]

I'll never get the love for Oneohtrix Point Never. The OST for _Good Time_ was decent but nothing amazing. Everything else is instantly forgettable to me.

[@veirglas]

WHERE IS WORLD OUTSIDE OR ON AN AXIS IN FAVORITES

[@romanescalona4898]

No Dorian? :(

[@tylerhackner9731]

Great pun

[@blicky_bobby]

Yerrrrrrrrrr

[@catturd2]

this guy uploads too many videos

[@doxophobiac]

It’s astonishing how much Fantano missed the point of this album

[@HellNation]

Always covering not so known artists. That's i've always respect Melon, always a legend. Searching for his music right now, aand it looks awesome.

[@MurrrrrrrrrrrCat]

can't tell if it's a joke or not

[@stormi2534]

@@MurrrrrrrrrrrCat Same. OPN is a pretty recognizable name if you've been in the genre for a little bit. For newcomers? Sure, I could see someone mistaking him as a "not-so-known" artist

[@a6iix]

Where is the Dorian Electra review!!!

[@kaithecactus3714]

HOW COULD YOU DISLIKE KRUMVILLE

[@gyrozeppelislime]

Where excelsior

[@user-wq7rw8dd7q]

Antonio el Fantas

[@Resultsmayvary7]

Will we get a review of the new Dog Eat Dog studio album Free Radicals? We certainly hope so Needle Drop

[@joefatso111]

So is it pronounced Low-patton or Lope-a-ten

[@724_]

Loh-PAH-teen, but Low-patton is alright too.

[@k0st34ka]

I'm a fan of Dan's work but I like his new albums less and less with each release, GoD was the last good album he made. then there's also uncut gems and good time, which are great releases, so I just don't understand why he won't stick to that sort of thing, I guess he is just bored of it by now

[@erico9390]

Anthony, you have actually heard a different version of this album than everyone else. That is the only explanation for the score and for putting Krumville as the least favorite track. Please watch out for these fake versions when you are reviewing music!

[@CyranoForever101]

Where the fuck is Dorian Electra?

[@vacuumblink2300]

Fucking this? This is so weird. It’s their most important album, but he’s avoiding it like the plague.

[@mattgrima9600]

@needledrop please review Gela by Baker Boy good album.

[@mohamedibrahemsaad573]

you give us one album review every 24 hours? that's unacceptable We need three reviews per day

[@bhavdipsinhgohil7528]

Please review Yo Yo Honey Singh's Kalaastar song

[@rampageraptor3589]

theneedledrop Thoughts on (any of) the following albums melon? -YG, Tyga - Hit Me When U Leave The Klub: The Playlist -Kool Keith - Mr. Controller -Rapsody - GOATED: Rapsody -Bad Bunny - nadie sabe lo que va a pasar mañana -Westside Gunn - And Then You Pray For Me -Troye Sivan - Something To Give Each Other -Gucci Mane - Breath of Fresh Air

[@TylerGChandler]

I noticed you mentioned Magic wasn't super cohesive, and mentioned that again about Again. Personally, I see that for this album, but thought Magic was carried by its conceptuality.

[@valtu7037]

MELON GANG

[@exitallure]

review the new dorian electra album

[@real.bingus]

criminal what you said about krumville but i get it, in general this is my third favorite OPN album behind r plus seven and garden of delete but this is my first time being a fan while he’s dropped an amazing record (i did not like magic oneohtrix point never) so it might be carrying my rating a bit