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We're now deep enough into the Rawring 20s' return of nu-core that we're seeing projects getting upstaged by other projects the literal week after it drops; kinda funny in a cosmic sort of way. And almost fitting that the man who'd come back for the crown nowadays is Josh Ang and David Wilder, both formerly of Dealer, though unlike Josh's other side project PINCER+, his contributions are pretty lesser in comparison, being credited moreso as a studio collaborator and lending his vocals to a ... read more

Let me paint a picture. It's summer in some indiscriminate period in the early to mid 2000's. Some generic party, blink-182 playing in the speaker, frat bros playing beer pong somewhere in the corner, some other kids playing Tony Hawk's Pro Skater in another, it's sunny out, there's probably a volleyball game going on outside and everyone's trying to make sure the volleyball doesn't fall onto the grill, nobody knows just how absolutely godawful the next two decades are gonna get, and everyone's ... read more

The musical route that AFI have taken throughout the years has been a strange one. Starting off as a hardcore band, before shifting towards a more melodic, alt-y sound not unlike My Chemical Romance, then going full alt rock, the path has led us here: The ever polarizing land that is post-punk. Not a genre I tend to have the best relationship with, but to AFI's credit, they pull it off pretty well. As expected for an AFI album, there's a noticeable pep here.
It's a controversial move, ... read more

Having gone too far off the deep end by calling Fashionably Late, one of the most condemned albums of the 2010s, "actually kinda good", I figured "fuck it, might as well finish the discography up", leading us to Just Like You. And yeah, this one's pretty good too. Unlike Fashionably Late, Falling In Reverse tend to play things way safer sound-wise here, downplaying a lot of the aspects and influences that made that album special. Not to say they're completely gone, save for ... read more