This new wave of expirmental rock & post punk bands has been incredibly exciting to see! Bands like Black Mid, Black Country New Road, Shame & now Squid can add their names into that catalogue. With their debut release of Bright Green Fields, feeling the most spaced out & punk influenced between all these groups. Its an album that relies on heavily distorted grooves & wide open spaces of ambience for our front man to shout his eccentric mantra's over. All with the occasional ... read more
Okay so first impressions, luckily none of the songs are as bad as choker or Saturday (small edit, bounce man is annoying and sucks).. The outside is decent, I like it but I doubt I’ll listen to it much. The only song I can see myself coming back to is mulberry street. It’s the one song where the instrumental compliments the tone and lyrics of the song very well. The upbeat nature is accompanied by a plucky piano and sampled trumpets it works quite well with his optimistic and warm ... read more
Kick ass record to start my Gojira binge. It’s been so long since I’ve heard a chugging riff carry so much weight to it. The sound here is dense in its atmosphere, which is not only being created by talented musicians. But maybe even more importantly, is their strong song writing Taking influence from both extreme metal and progressive metal. Gojira holds these labels up with an iron fist & a tactful mind. As they weave a conceptual dystopia revolving around our planets struggle ... read more
stale beat
middling chorus
cool drum pattern that gets barely any shine
nice bridge, though its only because of the production
feels like a pop rock track with no identity
which is the worst part considering the album that came before it
First ever experience with Robinson's music and what I can take away. Is that while these songs don't offer anything to unique. They are all effectively mixed and produced. Which when dealing with a electronic and indie pop record. It's one of the most essential elements. Songs are catchy enough to keep your attention all the way through. A pleasant listen to be sure.
Favorite Tracks: Get Your Wish, Musician, Blossom, do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do
Least Favorite: Wind Tempos, dullscythe
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If you like Hail the Sun's sound than you're gonna be more than pleased with their latest release. If you're not, then don't bother with it. But as someone who's a big fan of their output. But was left a bit disappointed with their last effort. I was skeptical to say the least with this project. However since linking up with DGD's producer. They've delivered some of their best work as a band. The song writing here is top notch stuff, with very few weak spots. Having a punchy mix and ... read more
A burst of summer fun, that doenst hold back its emotional resonance. BROCKHAMPTONS first effort for this year. Delivers in many ways, but it stands out for how it’s able to balance its tone.
Favorite Tracks: BUZZCUT, DONT SHOOT UP THE PARTY, I’LL TAKE YOU ON, OLD NEWS, DEAR LORD, WHEN I BALL
Least Favorite: BANKROLL
A transformative album not just for hip hop or the music trends we'd see in the early 2010's. But just for me personally, Death Grips opened the world of hip hop to me. Before them, nothing ever clicked with me in the genre. Now I've found expirmental hip hop to contain some of the greatest artists I've ever heard before. The Money Store is an amazing record, with its themes of online paranoia, drug addiction & mental illness. It tackles issues that would come to be heavily discussed in the ... read more
This speaks to me like a lot of hard rock/punk music from this time. First half is catchy if a bit rough around the edges. Loses its luster by the mid point, with repetitive song structures & the ever decreasing song writing quality.
Surprised to see a modern & popular punk/garage album. With some actual grit. While the record doesn’t break any new ground. Or have any super unique quality about it. That’s okay because it understands that fact. So it does it’s best to provide some well written and catchy music for the genre. Which to its credit, it very much succeeds in that effort. With the proper amount of intensity to sell itself, but still having plenty of broader appeal. Even the one slow song ... read more
Has the metalcore scene become so disillusioned with itself. That something so un special & lacking in any kind of hook. Is what is being hyped up as one of the biggest releases in the scene this year?
Animals As Leaders continue to be the most interesting fully instrumental modern prog metal group. With this record they brought in more of the staccato riffing & technical djent overlay that they’re known for, but with MM the crew delve even further into their jazz roots and produce an album that is in complete and total conversation with itself. straying away from some of the cliche structures of modern prog metal and instead taking certain sounds and cliches and adopting them into ... read more
FGL's hit single "Meant to Be" is one of the most annoying songs to ever be conceived of by man. So if the same geniuses behind that make 16 tracks of boring, melodically dead, lazy country bro pop. Than a rating so generous is well deserved
Favorite Tracks: lol
Least Favorite tracks: 1-16
It's very visceral & direct nature capture an atmosphere that is unlike other Death Grips albums. While I find myself more attached to other projects from them. This is something very special
Favorite Tracks: No Love, Bass Rattle Stars Out the Sky, World of Dogs, Artificial Death in the West, Hunger Games, Deep Web, Whammy,
Least Favorite: Come up & Get Me ????
Makes ya feel like a whole donut
Favorite Tracks: Beware, Lord of the Game, Guillotine, Takyon (Death Yon), Spread Eagle Across the Block, Known For It,
Least Favorite: I Want it I Need It
Fueled by Ramens most Fueled by Ramen album.
Best Tracks: Resentment
Worst Tracks: Brick Wall, Bloodsucker, F.Y.M. , Degenerates, Viva La Mexico, High Diver, Mindreader, Only Money, Everything We Need
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