awildpeter_

Got the chance to see Zulu the night they dropped this. The energy was unique and undeniable, they absolutely killed it. The band has a very eclectic mix of various styles of hardcore punk with splashes of Powerviolence and funky/jazzy interludes which makes for a very uniquely engaging experience. It may not be the most cohesive album experience and some ideas are more engaging than others but it's mostly excusable because of how genuinely passionate and intense this is.

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no band has ever quite re-captured the magic I felt when first hearing my bloody valentine until now...

yet simultaneously "They Are Gutting a Body of Water" feels like something uniquely in it's own universe made by insane aliens. Not every idea pans out quite perfectly but I'm more than willing to take that if it means getting some of the craziest and most creative shoegaze I've ever heard. I would almost expect to at least not like a couple parts here and there on a project that ... read more

While the very lush wall of sound on this album is plenty enough for any shoegaze fan to dig their teeth into, the more longwinded post-rock leanings of much of the material doesn't compliment the one note vocals and similar feel between many of the songs.

Still, I certainly enjoyed much of this record and parannoul is one of the more interesting shoegaze projects I've heard from the last couple years. The sonic explosion halfway through Polaris, or the build at the end of Blossom with the ... read more

I'm a sucker for slow heavy rock music with a soft spoken vocalist and twinkly guitar parts... well this may be the king of albums like that.

The music invokes a similar amount of melancholy and personally emotional feelings as many early emo albums around this time period do for me however there is also something extremely mysterious and creepy to the atmosphere and writing of this record. I think the instrumentation mostly having a very dry texture to it really helps set up the ominous ... read more