Hardcore Daughters lovers will probably have plenty of bones to pick with this album. For everyone else, Daughters is a feast to be savored.
The drums and bass on their new, self-titled album create a punishing bedrock for the songs to set in, there's a semblance of melody in some parts, and when the band's trademark guitar stings pierce through Alexis Marshall's Danzig-esque howl, they're well paced and plotted.
Daughters have been described as everything from mathcore or math metal to alternative metal to grindcore, but noise rock is the term that best captures Daughters in 2010 -- and make no mistake: this is an extremely noisy album.
Elvis Presley's long remembered ghost filtered behind experimental noise rock and a directionless scab of instrumentals and meandering hardcore music. If there was ever a record I could compare to a migraine, it'd be this one.
1/10
As insane and off the wall as their previous albums, but with a much groovier, fun, accessible and demented attitude that works wonders for the bands sound. The production has is exquisite here, perfectly capturing Daughters chaotic sound, and by god is it chaotic. It's almost idiotic how good, catchy and accessible this album sounds despite how crazy and off the wall this album gets, with each track delivers something new and interesting, all while still maintaining the almost scary riffs and ... read more
im sick and i felt really tired when listening so i will need a relisten but for now this is the score. good album.
It's interesting how Daughters constantly evolved through their discography. I mean, the consensus among Daughters' fans is basically that every album is better than the one before it.
Thus album is really different from Hell Songs, but it never reminds me of YWGWYW either. Unlike on Hell Songs, on this album you constantly get hit by a monolithic, though not at all homogenous wall of sound.
Overall, it's really the same level as Hell Songs for me. The previous album was more explosive, ... read more
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