GAIA

With nothing of interest (for me personally) releasing over the past two weeks, a surprise new Blank Banshee album is exactly what I needed to jumpstart the music write-ups once again. December is always a strange time of the year for music, with publications releasing Top 50 lists way too early, and the Grammys making us lose even more faith in a brainless public appearance competition; the spotlight all but ignores artists like Banshee at this time of year. The problems I ran into on BB1 and ... read more

So many distinct styes we've never heard from Blank Banshee before, but still has the core chilling vaporwave vibes and mystical feeling. [EDIT: Not perfect, but nearly is. From 100/100 to 88/100]

The music fits the album cover: colorful and smooth, but pretty textureless and invariable.

GAIA is an album that potentially is better than MEGA, mainly because there is more experimentation on this creating more interesting ideas than before. Still this just feels like someone’s imitation of BB1 and not actually Blank Banshee their self. I really want to hear the energy and vibe of BB0 and BB1 but in stead I’m receiving only half of it. I felt an improvement but not much.

Favs: Blue Marble (absolute fav), Green Ray (highlight), Chlorine (highlight), Sentinel, Fund My ... read more