Alright, so I got early access to this entire album and will be rating it. Before I got this access, I had already listened to the two album singles. I did not like Screamland without the context of the album, but perhaps now I will see it in its full glory. Time Makes Fools Of Us All, however, has already become a track I like an awful lot, so there may be some bias to that track over others, Though it that should not matter an awful lot.

Track 1: Mahashmashana
This track is really serene, and I love how well his voice matches it. The second chorus is just awesome, it is so great. This may be one of his better title tracks, it flows well, and the overproduced intrumentals are absolutely banging. I just am already in love with this song after just two listens. The ending of this track is incredibly strong as well, it just builds and builds and builds, before fading out.

Track 2: She Cleans Up
Okay, this is an entirely new type of tune when it comes to his stuff, it feels very distant and foreign compared to his older works. I do quite enjoy this different style. The verses were great, I like how it is tackling a biblical narrative, but also jumping to other topics, such as mentioning Under the Skin (I will review this movie in the near future.) On top of this, I enjoy how there are also tie ins back into the prior biblical narrative in the chorus, all be it they are significantly weaker tie ins, but they are there none the less. The refrain just feels like a nice bit of calm repetition in the storm that is this track. The bridge of this track is also quite intriguing, it once more uses biblical references and just makes the song feel much rounder. All these factors combined with the instrumentals, which are absolutely awesome too, make this track a great candidate for an eventual greatest hits album, to replace his great-ish hits album.

Track 3: Josh Tillman And The Accidental Dose
To give a heads up in advance, I have watched a couple, albeit not finished, live performances of this track. Alright, the instrumentals are so good on this track. It just keeps you invested. I like the subject matter of the track too, especially the line about treating acid with anxiety, showing that he is in the opposite world as that which he is used to. And then the final verse. Ho. Ly. Fuck. That was great. I absolutely adore the way he wrote about this subject matter, I would not be surprised if this is based on real events seeing how he has dabbled with, well done a metric boatload of, psychedelics in the past. I really emplore you to listen to this when it is finally out on streaming.

Track 4: Mental Health
This track, I love this track so much already. The instrumentals are like a sweet ferry ride across a calm river. While the lyrics are dark. Starting of with mentioning the panopticon, a structure designed in such a way that you never know when you are being observed, causing your behavior, even when not observed and all cameras are on, to be quite different. He then compares this with mental disorder labels, how they just put you in a box to make you more predictable. This track, just like others in this album have christian connotations which help connect the album together. This track may be my favorite thusfar. I really enjoy it a lot.

Track 5: Screamland
I have listened to this track a couple times before, but really hooked off at the refrain. Now with the context of the album prior to this, I think the refrain actually works. It does not feel as spontaneous as it did prior to this anymore.
This track starts a lot slower before exploding into the first refrain, a buildup not dissimilar to Things That Would Have Been Helpful To Know Before The Revolution. After it drops back down as the next verse continues. The strings (I think they are strings at least) in this section are probably some of my favorites. The ending of this song is an incredibly powerful experience, it just feels so intense and overwhelming, but not in a bad way. Overall, despite all the positive aspects of this song, I do think it is the weakest link in the album. It is a good track, but not the best on here.

Track 6: Being You
The instrumentals of this track start of a lot different than all the other tracks. It starts off feeling a lot more barebones than the other tracks. This starts changing very slowly during the first chorus. It is subtle, but it becomes a lot more like the rest of this album. The lyrics are really good too. I do not have much more to write about this track. It is honestly quite good, although just a lot different. I think it is an interesting change in his style. I really enjoy it.

Track 7: I Guess Time Makes Fools Of Us All
I knew in advance that this is an absolute banger. The instrumentals at the starts are so swinging, and the lyrics are awesome. I love how there are so many verses and the only real repetition is the title being repeated after every verse. I also really just love how every verse has something to tell, and that it all just adds up. I also like that oncemore there is some form of reference to religion, this just helps tie the album together so much more, like the read thread connecting all the photos and borderline-insane ramblings of a characture of a mentally ill person in media. And then the fade-out ending is just the cherry on top for me. It feels like the best way to end this track. Listening to the entire album in context makes it so much better that this was the first album single/teaser, it was probably the best song he could have chosen for it. It feels very representative of the album in its entirety.

Track 8: Summer's Gone
Instantly feels like I am at an orchestra. Feels a lot like his previous works in a lot of aspects. It is a lot calmer, slower, less intense than the rest of this album. It feels serene and like a great ending to this masterpiece of an album. The lyrics feel very personal and gentle, almost akin to someone calming you down. But then the final lyric of this song makes the tone change a lot to me. It directly challenges the entirety of the previous, making the previous an even better pick for album single, Because it set up our belief that Time Makes Fools Of Us All, only to be challenged by the last lyric of this track, stating that Joshua himself is unable to be touched by time. That he is above everyone else in that regard and wont crash down like Icarus.


Overall this album is a genius masterpiece and is my favorite work of his by a long shot. I like how cohesive this album is, how the topics of one track are often able to be found again in another. The flow of this album is incredible too, just perfectly crafted. This is definitely one of the better albums released this year, and I am going to love to see the conversations it stirs up when it will officially be out. I am unable to muster up adequate words to describe this masterwork of his.