Elevation
Our rating, out of 100 — and why.
AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.
InstrumentalIts patient, guitar-led instrumental writing has a recognizable desert-rock character, though the expanded-looking sequence makes the album’s pacing less clear.
What we noticed
- The tracks are instrumental; guitar lines carry the melodies while bass and drums keep a restrained, unhurried pulse.
- Rather than building around heavy riff changes, the pieces tend to circle a guitar figure and shift its feel through repetition and small changes in the accompaniment.
- The 14-track listing includes the Rock Formations title track and may reflect an expanded edition, so the full sequence is hard to judge as an original album arc.
- Composition 25% of the score
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6/10
- Craft 20% of the score
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7/10
- Durability 25% of the score
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6/10
- Distinctiveness 18% of the score
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7/10
- Sequencing 12% of the score
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5/10
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 Rock Formations 5:21
- 2 Perpetual Oyster 5:22
- 3 Stoney Lonesome 6:02
- 4 Split Tooth Thunder 2:58
- 5 Sonny Bono Memorial Freeway 3:52
- 6 Airport Boulevard 5:22
- 7 Advanced Darkness 2:33
- 8 She Scares Me 4:09
- 9 Crater Lake 3:37
- 10 Buffalo Chips 4:26
- 11 Manolete 6:47
- 12 Digital Smoke Signal 7:09
- 13 Encounters With an Angry God 5:01
- 14 Samba de Primavera 5:03
Reference: MusicBrainz · Wikidata
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