Not doing a track-by-track review of this one, because I have a lot to say about it, and I feel like it's better to talk about it as a whole.

A little background, my first experience with Brother Mynor was his Pilgrimage EP, released February 2013, same year as this one. My brother was sent the album by one of his friends, I think, I'm not really sure. He listened to it a lot (still does), and I really liked it too.

When Ceramics came out, which I wasn't expecting at all, I... absolutely hated it. I couldn't stand it. Both me and my brother shared this opinion, and basically tried to forget it existed. Except for Primordial Being, which I kinda liked. But I wasn't really a fan, you could say.
I'd listen to bits and pieces of the songs when I was bored as a sort of joke, because of how much I hated it.

Then, Christmas that year, the album became free (was previously $2 AUD), so I decided to download it. I don't really know why.
I continued to listen to bits and pieces of it, and was listening to whole songs. I still mostly only liked Primordial Being.

I don't know when or how exactly, but around then, I started listening to the whole album, very frequently. It became one of my favourite albums of all time, and still holds the #1 spot. (my brother still hates it)

Now that I've spoken about my experiences, about the album moving from being one of my least favourite albums of all time, to my overall favourite album, ever, I shall talk about the actual thing I'm reviewing.

Ceramics is a 44 minute long instrumental hip-hop album. I don't really listen to much hip-hop, my first album of the genre was the Pilgrimage EP, mentioned earlier, though it had a very asian-influenced sound, very different to this release.

Most of the songs have a sound similar to that of a different culture, for each song. All of them manage to work, one after another, which I find pretty cool. It's very interesting, but I imagine for most people, it would take a few listens to enjoy.

All people I've shown this album to share my opinion that Brother Mynor is really, really great at making a good beat, and for high production quality. And that he really likes using the sound of water in his music.

The album is instrumental, for the most part, with the occasional voice in some songs, but they're still mostly background. I'm extremely picky about vocals in music, and I generally avoid it, which is probably one of the reasons I like this album so much.

I love almost every song, as it's own, except for "Fears We Had", and "The Petrified World", which I don't find very memorable in comparison (though still pretty great), but the whole thing works very well as a whole album. It's also gapless, unlike Pilgrimage, in which almost all of the songs just cut off, and don't move into the next song at all.

My favourite track is probably The Static, because it has a very laid-back sound to it, while still having a lot of motion. It's pretty great.

Another more memorable one, for me, is 4:03am, which has a very jazzy sound, on top of the usual beats.

I love this whole album so much, in so many ways, and I'd highly recommend it to anyone, ever. If you don't really like it, try giving it some time and a few more listens, it really grew on me.
In case you hadn't noticed, I suck at reviews.