The first thing I noticed on Deftones' self-titled LP was the diminished volume of Chino's voice. After the stripped-back, vocal-focused production on White Pony, I was taken aback by how quietly the vocals were mixed. Additionally, the voice sounded compressed, completely unrecognizable compared to anything from their previous records. "Hexagram" starts the album with a raucous opening — that familiar blare of heavy guitar and pulsating rhythm — but the guitar ... read more
My experience with Deftones in the 2020s has been one of exhaustion. The cultural onslaught of modern alternative spaces — constant memes praising and deriding the band, millions of lovers and haters flooding my feed, extreme in tone and adamant in their convictions — has nothing to do with their music, and everything to do with the sensationalism surrounding a rock band that has somehow not fallen off after 20+ active years in the scene. The actuality of the music, however, is far ... read more
Beach Fossils: Beach Fossils
As much as one would like them to be, not every album or song is a grand statement. Beach Fossils 2010 self-titled record falls as something adjacent to nothing, a collection of one note, jangly guitar jams that slowly bore the listener to death. The band mainly plays pop tunes, Sometimes and Vacation as major examples of it, with faded, filtered vocals that border on completely emotionless. Its bog standard pop choruses and apathetic singing can barely keep one ... read more
No one hates Britain more than the British
does anyone else find the objectifying album cover weird? it feels like its really trying to be vultures style, and also it feels like hes going against his sentiments of respecting women
decent composition, a tad underproduced for my liking. also the album cover is horrendous
the pitch distortion was a bit distracting, but overall interesting and experimental record
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