Teenage Wrist

Earth Is A Black Hole

Ay, this is actually pretty damn good. It's a really nice blend of various rock genres. Will definitely come back to this.

Teenage Wrist’s sophomore album is once again a good balance of alternative rock, shoegaze, grunge, and emo, similar to their debut. A few changes to the band were made since their debut, such as the former vocalist Kamtin Mohager leaving the band and the guitarist Marshall Gallagher taking over the vocals.

I think Marshall does a great job in the vocal department and the songs take on a lighter tone compared to when Kamtin was the vocalist. This album experiments a bit more than their ... read more

Even though Teenage Wrist softly fails to achieve everything we were entitled to expect from them and their nugaze sound, Earth Is A Black Hole stays a logic and solid straight forward 2nd album that holds another bag of energetic shoegaze tracks. The supersonic closing song "Stella" packed everything I think about this record. This song is a regret. A regret of not seeing Teenage Wrist fully go into larger landscapes like My Bloody Valentine does. But this song is, also, hope. A huge ... read more

This was such a pleasant surprise because I never expected a new album from Teenage Wrist. Their first LP was such a pleasure to listen so I was definitely excited for this. And I was not disappointed. This harmonious mix of shoegaze and "emo" is always a beauty to me.