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Just To Feel Anything

Emeralds · 2012

42 min · 7 tracks · ambient music

Ethereal textures and sprawling soundscapes create a hauntingly immersive experience that captures the essence of ambient exploration.

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Top tracks — play these first

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    Adrenochrome — This track encapsulates the album's experimental spirit with its dynamic layers and tension build-up, offering a captivating journey through sound.
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    Just to Feel Anything — The title track serves as an expansive centerpiece, showcasing the band's ability to weave intricate melodies with atmospheric drones over its lengthy runtime.
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    Search for Me in the Wasteland — This closing track creates a profound sense of resolution and introspection, illustrating the thematic depths explored throughout the album.

Elevation

Our rating, out of 100 — and why.

AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.

Instrumental
67 /100
Alpine
Higher than 91% of albums we've rated

Emeralds' blend of evolving textures and immersive soundscapes creates a compelling ambient experience.

What we noticed

  • The album features long, evolving tracks that often build gradually over time, creating a sense of immersion.
  • Each piece employs layered synthesizer textures that shift in tone and intensity, contributing to an ethereal atmosphere.
  • The final track extends over ten minutes, allowing for a slow unraveling of sound that contrasts with the more structured earlier pieces.
Composition 25% of the score
7/10

the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics

Craft 20% of the score
8/10

production, performance, arrangement

Durability 25% of the score
8/10

whether it rewards returning to it

Distinctiveness 18% of the score
7/10

whether it sounds like itself

Sequencing 12% of the score
6/10

running order, pacing, length

Influence 4/10

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.

Is this for you?

Good fit if you like

  • hauntingly immersive soundscapes
  • sprawling tracks for deep exploration
  • ethereal textures for reflective moments
  • patient unfolding of layers

Maybe skip if you

  • seekers of instant gratification
  • prefer short, standalone tracks

Where this album fits

Career context
Just To Feel Anything marks Emeralds' third studio album, following their acclaimed release, Does It Look Like I’m Here? in 2010. By this point, the band had established themselves within the ambient music scene, pushing boundaries with their experimental approach to sound design and composition.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

  • 1 Before Your Eyes 4:05
  • 2 Adrenochrome 6:11
  • 3 Through & Through 4:40
  • 4 Everything Is Inverted 6:35
  • 5 The Loser Keeps America Clean 3:40
  • 6 Just to Feel Anything 8:53
  • 7 Search for Me in the Wasteland 8:12

What to play next

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