"Earthly Delights" is just as intense as Lightning Bolt's previous albums. The highlights are there, with frantic drumming and cool-ass bass riffs. Only this time they've gone for repetition and it works for most of the time. It can prove a little grating after a while, though.
Fav Tracks: Transmissionary, Colossus, The Sublime Freak, Funny Farm, S.O.S., Sound Guardians
Least Fav Track: Rain on Lake I'm Swimming In
Score:
8.4
Great
So this is @Cosmilk’s favorite LB project and while I personally STRONGLY disagree, I can kinda see where he’s coming from. Earthly Delights is easily the band at their most chaotic and sporadic, which is quite a feat for a band that is known for being both of those things. It really takes you on a journey that you don’t know what turn it’s gonna take next. Every song is a surprise and you have no idea what’s gonna happen and I adore it.
Lightning Bolt's 4th album is another helping of their extreme clash of noise rock, psychedelic rock and punk, but this time with a lot more blues rock influences being integrated into the sound palate of many of the songs here
It's an incredibly tough album to get through if you're not used to their very chaotic and totally abrasive style, but once you get past the oppressive walls of noise that these guys offer, it's a supremely fun, enjoyable and colorful ride from start to finish, with the ... read more
Lightning Bolt's 4th album is another helping of their extreme clash of noise rock, psychedelic rock and punk, but this time with a lot more blues rock influences being integrated into the sound palate of many of the songs here
It's an incredibly tough album to get through if you're not used to their very chaotic and totally abrasive style, but once you get past the oppressive walls of noise that these guys offer, it's a supremely fun, enjoyable and colorful ride from start to finish, with the ... read more
1 | Sound Guardians 4:52 | 93 |
2 | Nation of Boar 6:09 | 93 |
3 | Colossus 7:41 | 93 |
4 | The Sublime Freak 4:26 | 85 |
5 | Flooded Chamber 4:21 | 66 |
6 | Funny Farm 5:39 | 93 |
7 | Rain on Lake I'm Swimming In 2:13 | 88 |
8 | S.O.S. 3:40 | 93 |
9 | Transmissionary 12:20 | 94 |
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