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the music that plays at the local underground metal punk show that that one annoying stoner guy with awful grown out hair brings you to that you just kind of tune out and maybe sometimes bop your head to occasionally.

U sees underscores donning a fresh coat of glittery hyperpop paint that blends into the wall with the other artists who are also using the same exact shade of glittery hyperpop paint.

while the album's production and songwriting are enjoyable by that standard, this album feels more like a regression from "wallsocket's" intricate brutality and bluntness and more like a slip into familiarity of an excessively growing "safe" microgenre. it instead feels more ... read more

tennyson ditches the subdued and personal influence on 2022's "rot" in order to fit more snuggly into the "hyperpop :p bleehh xD rawr" influx that every other artist has found themself at.

while the music is more intricate, delicate, and pretty at times, that's about all there is to say. some tracks like "moose" and the closer "choose" find themselves at a sweet spot in this album, echoing aphex twin's drum patterns while still having ... read more

happy to report that volumes' newest LP "mirror touch" is NOT a dud! volumes delivers a serviceable and pleasant album after "happier?," which is an improvement in some ways and a downgrade in others.

mirror touch continues to see volumes going in a more stylized route that grabs traits from old albums and slaps them together on a new album. some songs feel grabbed from 2017's "different animals" and 2014's "no sleep." (though it's ... read more