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90
As they kick off 2022 with debut album Return, the group are firmly in their stride; melding glistening melodics that collide starkly with an expansive, visceral onslaught.
4y
90
Deathcrash’s Return is an embarrassment of musical riches that is only matched by the depth of evocations that haunt the record, its power both life-affirming and oddly absent, like a photo of a happier time that’s starting to fade.
4y
90
It isn’t often you stumble across an album that is this beautifully made, Return is a special project and a great offering as the group’s first full-length album.
4y
80
The meandering, contemplative style of the former keeping a rein on the more dynamic, distortion-fueled elements of the latter. Return is introspective, self-assured and wonderful.
4y
80
This is a debut LP that faces sadness and pain head on and forensically examines every inch of that space – a charming exercise in catharsis.
4y
76
Even if Return seems more self-consciously matrixed than previous work; and, as a result, at times unnecessarily reiterative, there’s a sublime and transcendent beauty that persistently emanates from these tracks.
4y
40
There is a promising and engaging 35-minute album lying somewhere in the wreckage of Return. Unfortunately, it’s been mercilessly extended out to about a 65-minute runtime, turning a sparse and taut post-rock odyssey into a maddening endurance challenge.
3y
I was really excited for this record and I’m glad to say that it’s just as great as I hoped it would be. Every song is beautiful and the entire album is consistently good throughout. Definitely give this a listen.
Look out happy people, this album gave me depression. Return is a devastating, haunting yet precious record that definitely peaks at slowcore. My introduction to deathcrash - I enjoyed its melancholy, somber sounds so much that it dragged me down to its lows with it.
deathcrash's debut showcases their strengths and their weaknesses as a band. They are able to create slow, emotionally impactful depressive slowcore / Post-rock, but yet the album stays too safe in its own sound and often many tracks start to merged together. The overall sound is nice and mellow offering some cold moments but yet the length is way too long and it's not as focus as other slowcore albums.
Track Review
Sundown 7.5/10.
Unwind 8.5/10.
Horses 8.5/10.
American Metal 8/10
Matt's ... read more
Return by deathcrash is a beautifully grim and emotionally crushing experience. deathcrash delves deeply into Slowcore, Post-Rock, and Emo, allowing long, drawn-out guitars and muted, weary vocals to create a sense of slow collapse. It’s the kind of album that feels like it pulls you under with it, bleak, raw, and heavy in both atmosphere and emotion. I saw this band live for the first time when I went to see Have a Nice Life in Dublin City and I thought they were so great that I had to ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Sundown 7:49 | 76 |
| 2 | Unwind 6:49 | 82 |
| 3 | Horses 3:53 | 79 |
| 4 | American Metal 8:35 | 77 |
| 5 | Matt's Song 2:16 | 70 |
| 6 | Wrestle With Jimmy 2:19 | 74 |
| 7 | Metro 1 6:32 | 76 |
| 8 | Slowday 3:04 | 74 |
| 9 | Was Living 8:07 | 81 |
| 10 | What To Do 3:42 | 72 |
| 11 | Doomcrash 8:57 | 80 |
| 12 | The Low Anthem 3:49 | 79 |
Total Length: 1 hour, 5 minutes
