Saturday Night Wrist is pure melancholic, aquatic, bittersweet euphoria. It formally began what was arguably Deftones' golden age, placing a high bar for the distinct blend of alt-metal and shoegaze that defined them as all-time greats and one of the few long-term success stories spawned from the nu metal era. Saturday Night Wrist delivers both halves of their sound with a kind of precision that they frankly haven't hit since. To me, this is *the* Deftones album.

The last minute of Pink ... read more