Interstates

This is a lovely and sometimes violent record that blends blackgaze and Post-Rock in such a cohesive and well though out way. Fans of Sunbather will love the abrasive guitars and incoherent screams, while GY!BE fans will enjoy the more drawn out and atmospheric direction that certain tracks favour over others. My only complaint about this is that even though it falls under the Post-Rock umbrella, it can still suffer from length issues as some tracks feel drawn out whether that be because of ... read more

Unfortunately Interstates disregards a lot of conventional ways of representing shoegaze and instead decides to deliver a long record full of many cuts that tend to meander to nowhere.

The beginning of the record sees an awkward pairing of instrumentals that lack a lot of lushness with metal/blackgaze vocals. And that’s the problem with most of this record. They’ll be a beginning of an ascent to tension, but if you’re lucky enough to hear an epic moment play out, ... read more

Started really strong, I loved the first two tracks, but then I got so booooored

interstates is pleasant, pretty, at times beautiful, but otherwise disappointingly empty album.

"stargazing" and "rose gold" are the album's main highlights, the second easily being the best usage of the album's tendency towards very drawn out atmospherics. unfortunately after that all the album's momentum and direction is sucked right out of it and it moves from slightly aimless to very aimless.

mixed in with some par for the course aesthetic failings like ... read more