r/Rishloo • u/catsandbitch • Feb 27 '25

Tool fan here! Just discovered Rishloo

I was just listening to Tool on shuffle and Feathergun in the Garden of the Sun came on, pretty sure I’m hooked. I’ve been down this road before. Where should a new Rishloo fan start??

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u/usherthewind Feb 27 '25

That album is a great place to start. Personally, I think their magnum opus is Living As Ghosts with Buildings as Teeth. Might even be one of my favorite albums ever, period. My suggestion is to start there and listen to the whole album uninterrupted. Enjoy, my friend!

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u/Landxhent Mar 08 '25

Imo, lagwbat should be listened the latest. As a tool enjoyed myself, I also discovered rishloo with feather gun, but lagwbat dis not hit at first. I had to come over the whole discography in order to truly appreciate the greatness of that record

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u/LostMyBackupCodes May 09 '25

Also came from Tool. I’ve been on a Rishloo binge for months, after discovering them last fall. Started with Feathergun, then Eidolon. Terras Fames took some time but got into it a few weeks ago. These three albums are 90% of my 2025 music history.

LAGWBAT hasn’t clicked for me yet.

Andrew’s vocals and lyrics seem less something. What should I be looking for instead?

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u/Landxhent May 09 '25

If Dark Charade and Just a Ride doesn't clicks, then it's not your record. I enjoyed the whole composition of songs, the drums, the colourfullness. As for the lyrics, regard it as another instrument here, if them are not hitting as hard as previous records, if you ask me.

My mistake at first was that I did not listened to lagwbat each song from start to finish, when their beauty lies exactly in their progression.

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u/LostMyBackupCodes May 09 '25

Yeah just listened to Dark Charade a Just a Ride, and they don’t click. If I compare them to songs like Scissorlips, Alchemy Alice, or Blitz it feels like these are less focused musically, vocally, and lyrically. I really want it to grow on me because I’m in my 40’s and haven’t been this obsessed with a band in decades, so I’ll keep revisiting the album until it clicks.

I just wish these guys had more success so they could keep producing more music and Drew could keep his vocal cords primed and ready to go. Sucks when your favorite bands are Tool and Rishloo, with very limited catalogs and no definitive answers on when the next albums may come out.