Dave_sardine
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There's a fair amount of hype coming from this album, and I can understand why. There's a 90s/00s alternative light rock style that sweeps across this album that feels very connected to the likes of Spiritualized & wilco, this has been done by Bill on previous releases before, but not as cohesive and emotionally punchy as what is on this record.
There's a vulnerability and weakness that is exposed by Bill in these tracks which is shown in the delicate acoustic playing with plucky electric ... read more
I'm in awe that someone of Stygian's age, let alone anyone, can make something that's simple in its pieces but can build into an encasing feeling of the song being slowly wrapped around you with these slowly changing drone passages.
The instruments take mostly from the Scottish highlands that Stygian is based and puts this through a very raw recording process, making you feel like the two tracks are being performed live next to you in a hut close to where the sleeve was taken.
Whilst the ... read more
This wild and futuristic mix of anything and everything electronic and internet-based within music. The music wizzes around your head so quickly it's almost hard to keep up with it.
Each set of 8 or 16 bars can't predict what is going on next, it feels like tracks within tracks are happening most of the time that you could be forgiven for taking is as a mixtape.
It's messy from a production and composition perspective, it can't be avoided when hearing it. The individual components of the ... read more
Kicking the year off with a jaggedy rock album that smacks a lot of energy the listener's way with these tense guitar and bass beating into you rhythmically through each of the tracks.
With the song composition, it is something that I feel has been heard many times before from previous artists, so that does lose my engagement slightly when listening to it. This is made up by how thick the production is with all the instrumentation and vocals that comes rampaging through these quick, ... read more
A release that likely isn't going to pick up much wider traction, but is a really good example of how underground shoegaze blended with indie can be made to sound great. Each piece of instrumentation has been produced really well and fits into a cool 90s sounding guitar style layered with so many effects that you end up with this swell of noise.
The vocals with their lyrics give a sense of being spoken into the void with the reverbed vocals always finding their own separate space in the mix. ... read more
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Doing the simple EP list without descriptions before the big album list, some great EPs in the top 5 this year.
Updated 3y ago
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No descriptions like last year, just a smattering of suggestions for the shorter listens of this year.
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Member since October 8, 2018