It's standard Converge fare; energetic, dismal, violent, and the like. Sounds most like All We Love We Leave Behind to me. Nothing truly new is done here, but Its a great record nonetheless. If you like other Converge, you'll like this.
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an ep for people who make a soyjak face at marginally cool guitar riffs
Absolutely essential blues listening, entrancing and soulful minimal styles in the form. tones of empty space. extremely groovy. very indicative of the personalities and relationships of the performers. absolutely INCREDIBLE.
Pretty Dynamic drum grooves but i think there's a bit too much of a blend between everything for it to stand out soooooo much
One of the highest draws to "Moon Beams" is the fact that it's Bill Evans at his most Bill Evans, home to some perfect examples of his rosy, ethereal, and meditative style of piano.
The sheer variety of chord voicings and textures he uses accompanying Chuck Israels' bass solo on Re: Person I Knew is pretty stellar if you listen for it.
The phrasing and rubato on the I Fall in Love Too Easily's initial melody is essentially a masterclass in those two subjects, easily ... read more
What's frankly hilarious abut J Cole is how good ideas he has are immediately shattered by something we call "TOTAL FUCKSHIT" in academia. Why does he have to be transphobic with it? Just very funny. Not a bad album, just perplexing from Cole
Some tracks really grew on me once I settled into the vibe. Certainly good for background music.
January 30th: The Death of Morality.
On January 27, 2009, French duo Natural Snow Buildings released their eleventh project, Daughter of Darkness. Daughter of Darkness is a daunting six hour recording combining Drone, Ambient, and Folk to create an immensely bleak collage of sonic calamity. Its signature walls of immense sound are created through extensive use of loop pedals, ritualistic percussion, and low continuous pedal tones. This sound continues to morph through highlighting of ... read more
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"@TopHatGoose I do quite like Forever Howlong but i think any copycats wouldn't be particularly enjoyable. The sound evolution was VERY appreciated to me. The combination of Baroque Pop and Chamber Rock is hard to fake: It's usually great, or it's quite bad. Forever Howlong proved to me that BC,NR are one of the more cohesive modern bands in the artistic sense, and I deeply respect them for their commitment to originality. They don't invent the conventions but they do innovate in important ways. If other people fail to make Baroque Pop next, fine! Most I can do is give my props and credit to the artists I like.
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The constant windmill scene veneration is something that has annoyed me to no end! It essentially has two genres (crank wave and chamber-post-baroque-rock-pop / ants from up there-ish), and i'm sick of both. this year has seen so many derivative windmill type albums that the scene has near lost its charm. It's frankly ridiculous how boring it's all become (looking at Racing Mount Pleasant). I seriously hope its just a 2020s fad."
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"@TopHatGoose Pain to Power was the first Maruja thing I ever heard, it's fascinating how they've been making the same okay crank wave for years It kind of pisses me off that I disliked this EP so much because now i feel like i was swindled. Takes a lot for a band to pull that off.
Funny story, after hearing Pain to Power I was so enamored by it (as one is the first time hearing Proletariat-Crank-Wave) that I pre-ordered the vinyl. It never ended up coming after four months, I eventually had to call my bank to refund. I don't know if that's a normal occurrence, but I think it IS a sign."
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