i appreciate the new mix, the drums in the first chorus are really nice. aside from that though everything about this version is a downgrade from the original, the cutting of the first verse, the removal of the interlude, and everything just overall sounding way less grand. oh well

like regional at best, but only the good parts

a cover so bad it made me like the original more. i’ve always loved it but hearing it played with all of the emotion completely stripped away really highlights how special of a song it is (and how fantastic of a vocalist isaac is)

this may be the best hit song of all time

booooo y’all are no fun

genuinely song of the decade

I prefer Death & Romance but GODDAMN this slaps. cannot wait for the album

MWE: June 15th

Prior to tonight, I had heard two songs from this album, “Sick To My Stomach” and “Crumbs”, both of which I really enjoyed, so I knew I was in for a treat, but I was still surprised! For the most part, this album is just some really simple albeit really good dark synthpop, but then sometimes it’ll throw in a cool breakdown or instrumental shift like on the aforementioned “Crumbs”. I am all over the vibe this album sets up. It’s ... read more

MWE: June 14th

I don’t know how this album was found by the requester given the band behind it has a whopping 201 monthly listeners, but I’m pretty happy it was, because this is quite nice. It may be the album I have the least to say about yet in this MWE, but that’s not because I don’t like it. It’s a solid collection of indie rock tunes performed by a very charismatic vocalist who tells silly little tales about silly little things like a surfer who’s ... read more

MWE: June 13th

It seems we’re keeping the great album train going, this time with a fairly simple one to talk about. It’s not a very simple album as far as production goes - it sounds like it took quite a lot of effort to get every instrumental right and make everything in such a smooth way - but it’s simple to write about because it just slaps! That’s the whole appeal of the album. It’s 34 minutes of really cool electronic sounds with varying degrees of weirdness ... read more

MWE: June 12th

Like I said in my Ice Nine Kills review, I tend to not love metalcore unless it’s blended with other genres. From the work I’ve heard from Bring Me The Horizon, I can happily say that they are an example of that blend and why I like it so much! This project experiments with electronic elements throughout, with consistently great degrees of success. “Kingslayer” is probably my favorite example of this - I love how it almost switches genres completely at ... read more

MWE: June 11th

I’ve been on an indie folk kick lately, mainly due to my recent obsession with Bright Eyes’ I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning, so I’ve done my fair share of exploration with the genre. The Decemberists are a band I see pop up a lot on related artists pages for treasured indie folk acts, so I am familiar with their name, but up until tonight, I had never listened to their work beyond one song (“16 Military Wives”). I am very glad this album ... read more

MWE: June 10th

I struggle to write about vocaloid, mainly because a lot of it is in a language I don’t know, but also because I know next to nothing about it or its history. That being said, the vocaloid songs I’ve listened to are pretty solid. I don’t dislike it, but I don’t have that much to say about it most of the time. This album isn’t that much of an exception, though I was pleasantly surprised by some of it. Not all of it uses a vocal plug-in. Some of the ... read more

MWE: June 9th

Prior to today, I had heard 11 of 17 songs from this album. On their own, they were all fantastic, but Christ… the listen I gave to this album tonight was one of the most emotional listening experiences I’ve ever had before. Where do I even begin?

Actually, I’ll begin the same way the album does - with “We Begged 2 Explode”. I was familiar with this one already, and yet it still hit me like a truck when I went to listen to the album in full. The ... read more

MWE: June 8th

Stray Kids’ brand of over-the-top pop rap has always been something I’ve enjoyed, but never loved. This album changed how I view them, though. I expected to not love this, but came out of it really pleasantly surprised! I didn’t expect this album to be as varied as it is. There is still a lot of what I knew would be here, like the bombast of “God’s Menu”, but there are some pretty cool shifts in style I didn’t quite see coming. Take ... read more

MWE: June 7th

To follow the cryptic, groundbreaking, widely acclaimed post-rock album I covered yesterday, today’s review is of an album with similarly rapturous praise to its name, but for much simpler reasons. Depeche Mode’s Violator has gone down as a 90s classic just because it sounds really damn cool. Every track sets up a shadowy, sinister atmosphere so well with its use of ominous layers of synthesizers paired with Dave Gahan’s deep, hypnotic voice. The album feels ... read more

MWE: June 6th

Given its reputation as a post-rock masterpiece, I was definitely excited to listen to Lift Your Skinny Fists when it was suggested for this MWE. That being said, I had zero expectations of what it was going to be like. Even considering that, though, I still came out surprised as to what I had just witnessed. I cannot sum up this entire album in a short review, but if there was one thing that stood out to me the most during my listen, it was the dynamics. This album perfectly ... read more

MWE: June 5th

Before listening to this album, I glanced over Guerilla Toss’s related artists, just to see what I was getting myself into. I recognized some names like Lightning Bolt, Zach Hill, and Melt-Banana, and that led me to believe that this album would be a lot less fun than it ended up being. I expected an experience that was crushingly loud and abrasive, but instead, I got a zany little dance-punk album! It’s weird, like I expected, but in a playful way. It throws a bunch ... read more

MWE: June 4th

Metalcore has never been a genre I’ve really connected with. To be fair, I haven’t listened to that much, but the vast majority of the stuff I have heard I have not loved. I like quite a few Bad Omens and Bring Me The Horizon songs, but lots of those I view as regular rock songs with metalcore elements. As far as stuff that is pure, 100% metalcore, nothing has ever blown my mind from the genre. Unfortunately, this album doesn’t really change that. I had hope at ... read more

MWE: June 3rd

After the explosive prog of Kaddisfly from yesterday’s review, I’m glad today’s was something simpler - some nice, sweet jazz fusion. I listened to this album whilem playing Pokemon, and it worked very well as chill background music. Even without my full attention on it, though, I could immediately tell that the musicianship on display here is top-tier. Every instrument sounds as classy as possible, the songs are structured in an elegant, engaging manner, and ... read more