CrabInABarrel

Loved the first album but I think this is really up my street. Kinda Radiohead-ish in parts but still very much has its own identity and that post-punk drive. Songs like Belonging and A Thousand Lives also give my guitar pedal brain a dopamine rush. Generally a nice varied tracklist with almost no skips, but Return my Head really does a disservice to the album. It feels kind of unfinished and unlayered by comparison but also isn't particularly raw or energetic either. The highlights of more ... read more

Geniunely do not understand how the rating ended up here, kinda sad tbh. Brutalism's actual score is so high, this seems to have just been found by people who already didn't like it maybe?

The fact that piano rolls exist for Debussy is honestly insane, as much as some people hate his version of Clair De Lune I think it's a fascinating take, given almost no one I've heard plays it anything like he actually does. Honestly a tribute to history, for those wondering despite when it was released most these were recorded in the early 1900s.

Almost Joni Mitchell-ish in parts, with nice textures basically everywhere. For the first three tracks, they fall victim to my arguably unjustified rage against ploddy piano chords but this album makes up for them in almost every other way so I can (almost) basically ignore them. The melodies are great and the guitar, string and harp additions really make it sound truly rich and layered. The strings on here especially actually sound like they've been well placed and composed, which is honestly ... read more