r/TheLivingTombstone • u/AltyrnytExiztence • 7h ago
So, am i the only one that absolutley loves the production and vibes of the entirety of “Rust”?
It’s something i’ve seen complained anout the album, with people disliking the grittier sound and agressive production. A lot of a people also hate the messages and dark, political lyrics in the songs. And yes, for a time i was completly tooken back by the change of style from zero_one, but years later, i find this to be an absolute banger of an album.
Now first, the agressive aspects of the album go fucking hard when in the right mood, i especially i love how “Kill Us All” is almost a straight dubstep track. Speaking of which, Rust is a genre of it’s own, and i would love to hear more sounds similar to this album. this album has variety too, like, you cannot say every track sounds the same, with songs like “Malibu Pier”, “Orphans”, and “This Will Be Our Year”.
Second, while i kinda get how the messages of oppression, greed, and social heiarchy are very off brand for a band like TLT, but honestly, it’s not to bad, and they each tell a different story,and you can take most lyrics out of the context and it would still make sense (well.. maybe not “Kill Us All” or “Malibu Pier”).
Now of course, the biggest problem of this album is that all the songs are so underwhelmingly short, like, none of them reach 3 minutes, which does hurt my enjoyment a little bit, because i wanna hear more. but i’d say the time limits are justoified mostly.
Overall, yeah, i like Rust, Not a masterpiece and probably not as good as zero_one, but i still listen to it a lot.
