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  • Summary: The fourth full-length release from Australian rock band Tropical Fuck Storm was recorded with co-producer Michael Beach.
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  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Oct 1, 2025
    83
    It’s a lot to take in, but also one of the most rewarding listens in rock music of the year.
  2. Mojo
    Jun 20, 2025
    80
    In all, a gloriously imperfect storm. [Aug 2025, p.79]
  3. Jun 20, 2025
    70
    It’s another album from Tropical Fu*k Storm, a good one edging into great.
  4. Uncut
    Jun 20, 2025
    70
    A bumpy ride overall, but rewarding. [Jul 2025, p.37]
  5. 70
    If there’s a critique, it’d be on density, the album feels super compressed with a hectoring pressure that barely lets up despite some smart sequencing choices chopping up the pacing as well as it can to ride the turbulence. More moments of atmospheric space could have given the emotional catharsis room to breathe.
  6. Classic Rock Magazine
    Jun 20, 2025
    70
    God knows what genre it is, but Fairytale Codex is an arty trip into the unknown well worth making. [Summer 2025, p.77]
  7. Jun 20, 2025
    70
    Upon deeper listening, however, it becomes clear that some of the album's most overpowering moments are those that first come on as slight and retiring but reveal their anger, disappointment, and frustration by way of a slow, steady boil.