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87
the whaler will make you furious; it will make you feel and assuredly interrogate your own heart. That’s emo music, and it is most definitely Home Is Where.
5mo
81
The second album from the acerbic and eclectic emo-rock band expertly bottles their energy as they sing about constantly pushing for more when given so little.
5mo
80
The Florida emo breakouts expand their songwriting on the restlessness and endurance of daily life on their sophomore record.
5mo
60
With its chief contributor an unreliable anchor and its sense of development largely the product of blurred margins between adjacent songs, The Whaler's moments of standalone greatness come dangerously close to transcending the rest of the album altogether.
5mo
A modern midwest emo album with an amazing flow, tons of charm, and a strong sound that doesn't ever run thin
Shoutout to @Dalton for yet another gem of a recommendation, also my 900th review.
The Whaler serves as the 2nd studio album from Palm Coast, Florida-based emo band Home Is Where. It was recorded last year at Atomic Garden East in Oakland, California.
This is a concept album about getting used to everything slowly getting worse around you, slowly becoming desensitised to tragedies becoming mundane. This helps makes sense to the downbeat nature that's rooted in this album despite the upbeat ... read more
Flows beautifully and has many moments of passion, both in its slow and powerful displays. Best emo album of the year.
Probably one of my favourite midwest emo albums ever. Everything flows in together very well, incredible diversity amongst the tracks! Loved it!
Slow, thoughtful and beautiful, with moments of explosive and sobering passion. One of the most impressively fluid albums of the year. The songs blend in and out of each other like braids, each throughline a separate train of thought and emotion, yet each still manages to stand on its own.
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Track List
| 1 | skin meadow 5:17 | 89 |
| 2 | lily pad pupils 5:21 | 83 |
| 3 | yes! yes! a thousand times yes! 3:54 | 86 |
| 4 | whaling for sport 3:19 | 78 |
| 5 | everyday feels like 9/11 3:31 | 84 |
| 6 | 9/12 1:49 | 74 |
| 7 | daytona 500 3:44 | 78 |
| 8 | chris farley 2:06 | 79 |
| 9 | nursing home riot 3:21 | 82 |
| 10 | floral organs 2:31 | 83 |
Total Length: 34 minutes
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1mo
I was expecting this to be derivative but damn this is a solid album. Definitely going to give this a few more listens
1mo
fucking solid! can only see this growing on relisten prob gotta be my emo aotd so far some absoulute bangers on here
Added on: April 25, 2023