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It's a lovely listen. Easily their best album front to back since Koi No Yokan. Gore and Ohms had some absolute heaters throughout the tracklist but I personally found it hard to grapple onto the middling tracks through both of them. I found myself utterly entranced with this one the whole 42 minutes. Such a consistent set of songs. Cannot imagine myself wanting to listen to just one by itself for a while (compliment, trust). Definitely don't agree with the "soulless" ... read more
Just the right amount of angst. It shouldn't be anything special, but I kinda love what Steve's doing here. Bedroom pop often does nothing for me, but there's just the right amount of edgy lyrics, super fun production, catchy guitars, and downright awesome vocal inflections to hold me over really damn well. "Saying my ex like my name ain't STEEEEEEEEEEVE" is a personal favorite of mine. I don't care, it adds so much flavor. Sure, half the album doesn't ... read more
In the wake of Zach Bryan kinda sucking as a human being, authenticity is a beautiful thing. The Great American Bar Scene is too damn long, and you can only make so many wonderfully written acoustic sad cowboy songs before it's all just words over the same strumming for an hour. However, its best pieces make for one hell of a country album where, as it turns out, the sad self-loathing cowboy is actually a sad self-loathing cowboy.
The guy just has a way with words. Even on his most bare ... read more
It's just not as visceral as a certain White Pony. It's not far from metal but very much an alternative sound, and I must admit I miss that raw energy a lot of the time when I listen to Koi No Yokan. Hell, I feel alienated from the target audience when I see that my two favorites off the project, Poltergeist and Gauze, are among the least beloved tracks here. Poltergeist is a wonderfully loud burst of energy and Gauze is actually sonic heaven when it hits the chorus. Like how did they ... read more
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