Elevation
Our rating, out of 100 — and why.
AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.
Carefully arranged chamber-pop songs gain shape from recurring motifs and a strong middle peak, though the album's delicate mode can feel restrained.
What we noticed
- “Tooth Fairy” returns as “Tooth Fairy, Part II” at track nine, turning a song-level motif into a structural callback.
- The title track opens the record, while “The Bell Tolls Five” closes it; the sequence frames the intervening songs rather than saving a reprise for the end.
- “The Story of the Impossible” arrives at track eight, after seven tracks of measured, carefully layered pop, and serves as the clearest central peak.
- Composition 25% of the score
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7/10
- Craft 20% of the score
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8/10
- Durability 25% of the score
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7/10
- Distinctiveness 18% of the score
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7/10
- Sequencing 12% of the score
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7/10
the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics
production, performance, arrangement
whether it rewards returning to it
whether it sounds like itself
running order, pacing, length
Known within its scene. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 Going to Where the Tea-Trees Are 3:44
- 2 Tooth Fairy 1:33
- 3 Travelers 3:09
- 4 Virgin Mountains 1:48
- 5 A Broken Skeleton Key 3:07
- 6 Global Conspiracy 4:26
- 7 Scorpion Grass 2:39
- 8 The Story of the Impossible 3:37
- 9 Tooth Fairy, Part II 2:11
- 10 The Lottery 3:31
- 11 Little Creatures 4:41
- 12 The Bell Tolls Five 5:38
What to play next
Reference: MusicBrainz · Wikidata
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