Most exciting, charismatic album I've heard all year. Incredibly consistent tracklist while spanning such a diverse array of sounds. The swelling pianos on tracks like Days and Liverpool Street emit a dreadful sorrow overtop beautifully haunting lyrics. The End Is Now and Lay Me Down brilliantly execute a more poppy sound while keeping up the creativity. Meanwhile, the multi-phased Wyrmlands (maybe my fav track of the year so far) is peak progressive rock. And this is all without touching on ... read more
Not my preferred genre, so I’m a bit biased. However, even within this style king gizz have executed better before with Infest the Rats’ Nest, making this effort seem extra pointless. Their musicianship is undeniable, but the lack of creativity and variety makes this a boring slog of a listen.
Pretty interesting album that at least kept me intrigued enough to keep listening all the way through. The lyrics are way too edgy and the vocal performance was repetitive and underwhelming, but the production was creative enough to save some tracks. Overall inconsistent with some massive duds but some suprisingly enjoyable highs.
Favorite Tracks: Sleep Paralysis, It's a Joke, Going Under
Worst Tracks: Heaven's Night, Trauma Bonding
Three more Cheekface bops. Adore If I Catch on Fire, Please Put Me Out, especially the piano/horns passage, and wish it was on the album.
Was hoping for a bit of a larger jump from shame here, but still a very solid output. Love the noisier sections like on Six-Pack, The Fall of Paul, and the second half of Orchid. Some good ballads on here as well. A few mixing issues and the vocal performances leave a little to be desired, but I guess my biggest problem with shame at this point is that they're not doing anything exceptionally well. I hear the potential but they just haven't peaked yet and come through with a consistently great ... read more