Lusher and more dramatic than their already textural, cinematic debut, with songs of up to 12-and-a-half minutes in length containing episodic peaks and valleys in sound, it finds Andersson adopting and loyally following a "more is more" credo.

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Although interspersed with his own personal stories, and accompanied by soaring post-rock and hazy shoegaze, the result is an album that is as huge and expansive as it is detailed and introspective.

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Even though Picturesque limits itself by occasionally prioritising immediacy across its short runtime, it is a post-gaze record that, subtleties aside, evokes the beauty of the Austrian alps.

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grnhll

Post-rock/dream pop album that sounds kind of average. Nothing too impressive, although not a bad project by any means. Probably its worst aspect is how forgettable it is, but everything else is fine.

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Molly - Picturesque

Genre: Shoegaze
Country: Austria

Final Verdict: 75% (Very Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 2nd / 19

Highlight: The Golden Age (added to my 2023 best of)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzoWvJNipf0

Made me think of:
Deafheaven
Alcest
Sigur Ros

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andyinstereo

Ok wow, this came out of nowhere. I had to be in the mood for some huge sprawling post-rock and this does not disappoint. Perhaps it’s too much of an acquired taste to go mainstream but I hope more people get to hear this record. One of the main criticisms I have of PR is that sometimes the ideas overstay their welcome. Not here. Enough twists and turns to keep me coming back all year I suspect and beyond. Do not let the small number of tracks deceive you. Most tracks contain at least two ... read more

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