This was my fave AE for a long time. I tend to associate this album with Seward, Alaska and with cloudy, cool, rainy weather in general. I have fond memories of standing at the front of a tour boat in Seward the summer my family moved to Alaska. The boat was going fairly fast, and I stared down into the water as Rettic AC came on in my headphones. 3 brown dolphins weaved around each other, just ahead of the
boat. They raced along for the remainder of the track. Defin
itely one of my favorite memories of Alaska.
All that said, I dig this album except Cichli. Lots of people seem to say the exact opposite, that Cichli is pretty and the rest is basically a waste. Cichli is just kind of mediocre to me, the beats are like every electronic music cliche and the melody feels kind of sentimental and forced. I've grown to appreciate it, mostly for the strings that feel kind of like the first track of Garbage, and I also like the kind of glowy, aquatic pad.