Happy pride :)
This is the most recent Slothrust project as of now, and it’s another album that I find to be in the same vein as their previous. It’s overall a bit inconsistent but still good and has some great highlights. The Next Curse surprised me with Lzzy Hale on it, like damn. Her voice is super powerful, and it adds a lot to the song. The riff also just slaps, I think it’s one of their more creative songs generally too. Cranium is also a cool opener, it’s like ... read more
Okay, context here: I was planning on covering the self-titled debut album from The Band CAMINO… and then after two or three listens I realized I had nothing to say about mid-tier commercialcore and I realized I had to go digging for a replacement that dropped on the same day… so why not grab the three-piece alternative rock / emo group that wrote the theme for You’re The Worst, my favourite romantic comedy TV series of the 2010s? Yep, we’re talking about Slothrust, ... read more
It’s hard to be a band like Slothrust in the 2020s. Too quirky for active rock radio, too clean for the lo-fi blog rock kids, and too sincere to fully land among irony-caked indie playlists. Since their early days blending post-grunge's soft scowl with traces of Midwest emo's existential melodrama and Superheaven-flavored fuzz, the L.A.-by-way-of-Boston trio have teetered between radio-ready nostalgia and guitar-pedal earnestness. Parallel Timeline marks a rare moment where the ... read more
| 1 | Cranium 4:50 | 77 |
| 2 | Once More for the Ocean 3:37 | 79 |
| 3 | Courtesy 3:18 | 69 |
| 4 | The Next Curse 4:01 | 79 |
| 5 | Strange Astrology 4:01 | 70 |
| 6 | Waiting 3:09 | 66 |
| 7 | King Arthur's Seat 4:38 | 69 |
| 8 | A Giant Swallow 4:29 | 67 |
| 9 | White Rabbits 3:33 | 70 |
| 10 | Parallel Timeline 3:26 | 67 |