In general it may not be more than another post-rock album, but the air of space rock, some pretty cool riffs, and especially the songs 4 to 7, make it my favorite album of the year at the moment as for this genre. You know, sometimes with this type of music you either feel it or you don't, in my case I'm glad I felt it so much

FAV TRACKS: The Surge, I'm Steady, Fighting For Resources, I Must Accept The Fact I Never Really Know You (such a powerful song title omg),

JS97

This is really good space themed Post Rock. The songwriting here is engaging and epic. The best part of this record is the production. The guitars sound great and don't get grating after a while which sometimes happens with Post Rock. The drums sounds here are immaculate as well although I wish the drummer was a little more distinctive in the playing style

CNFilms

Tars come out swinging on their third full-length album, fully embracing their space aesthetics and blasting you sky-high with their otherworldly prog rock anthems. All twelve of these tracks will make you feel as if you’re being shot into space at the speed of light. The band gloriously captures the adrenaline displayed in all your favourite sci-fi movies with blaring guitar and heavy, heavy drums. Tars is obviously inspired by Interstellar, which also happens to be my favourite film. If ... read more

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