SightingsBest Sightings Albums Ranked
7.4
Avg Score
6
Opinions
6
Albums
1
Reviewer
Summary from 6 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Sightings's catalog across 6 albums from 6 opinions, with an overall average of 7.4/10. The top-rated Sightings album is Absolutes (2003) with a 8.4/10 average from 1 rating, followed by City of Straw and Through the Panama. The discography on Wavelength spans 2001 to 2015.
Absolutes
“Unfortunately, the next conscious thought I had after my slurred uttering of that phrase revolved around how my cousin's living room ceiling had too many tiles for me to count without getting sick in an adjacent fireplace. Mouth dry and stomach unsettled, my first drunken experience-- at the tender age of 14-- had left me queasy, weak, and saddled with an inability to drink anything with the word ”
City of Straw
“New York trio continues to explore minimalism and white-hot noise, a fierce blend of seemingly disparate elements.”
Through the Panama
“This Brooklyn trio made their name with brutal records and performances that had the ineffable aura of performance art, but here they imbue their noise with No Wave's seizures and sharp angles, dance rhythms, clearer mixing, and subtly shaded dynamics.”
Arrived In Gold
“Load Records noise artists pour blistering feedback over addictive, Liquid Liquid-like grooves.”
Amusers and Puzzlers
“A gnashing, mangling jumble of industrialized noise was integral to the late NYC trio Sightings’ appeal. They unexpectedly called it a day in 2013. Recorded during the sessions for that year’s Terribly Well LP, Amusers and Puzzlers feels less like a swan song than the next evolutionary step.”
Sightings
“New York noise-rock outfit Sightings play a little of the music you love to hate, and a lot of the noise you generally want to turn down. However, they also punch holes through the eardrums you know need some exercise and erode the elitist posture you've been meaning to shed for some time now. Sightings don't so much impress as oppress with their silo of riffs and yelping meltdowns. Nary a beat pa”
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