Umbra

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Based on 1 review
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Based on 39 ratings
August 27, 2021 / Release Date
LP / Format
Fearless / Label
Pop Rock, Pop Punk / Genre
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BGL13
75

grayscale are a band i’ve been following for quite a bit now. their second album, adornment is an all time favorite of mine and i’m going to see them tomorrow as part of the sad summer tour! but, as much as i love adornment, i really didn’t enjoy 2019’s nella vita apart from the singles as well as the closer, tommy’s song. i did not know how to feel going into umbra, since i loved the first single but wasn’t too keen on the second. while listening to the ... read more

HalfsourDyl
70

EDIT: Umbra actually holds up pretty good. The production sounds fine to me now.

This album has a lot of issues, despite being pretty good. 'Umbra' has two sounds that it plays with and neither of them are super well executed. The first is them taking the sound of their last record, but not evolving it much at all. That isn't necessarily a bad thing, it just makes for some of the album's weakest moments, but also some of the best. It makes 'Umbra' feel ... read more

Halex94
70

This is another cool LP. Close to be very good although I think they could add new stuff to their sound (which they did after on The Hart with a better songwriting for me despite being a bit catchy/classic pop rock at some moment)

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