This EP is quite different from their album, leaning more into shoegaze, having quite a lofi sound that I've come to enjoy. I love this EP, it's a different sound but it's still so clearly them and have all the passion they normally have, and also the type of shoegaze and distortion they use here is my favourite kind, where it sounds like a strong wind blowing, I love it when guitars sound like that, also 'Liftin' On Up' is one of the best songs ever, the way it ... read more

Ahh 'The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads', from its album cover or the fact that it's a post-rock/shoegaze record about the second coming of Jesus being in Texas, it has gained quite the notoriety for it, people bringing it up for laughs but most of those people also love it and it has quite the cult following and defenders, well I'm one of them now!

First of the bat I just want to talk about the lyrics and themes, which is quite odd for me since I usually never focus on them in ... read more

Currently I'm quite burnt out on godspeed and similar stuff so the songs here and the album may get a higher score in the future, I remember liking this quite a lot so hopefully it goes up.

This compilation is a bit of slog to get through, these all feel like half baked songs that drag on for too long, most of them start out strong and interesting but don't evolve or do much and by the end of the track, the sound gets stale and I just want it to end, they're not quite mid, ... read more

A short split EP between 'Fly Pan Am' and 'Godspeed You! Black Emperor', also for some reason currently AOTY has the tracklisting swapped. The Fly Pan Am song is a short and one idea type of their usual chill and bouncy, almost jazzy feeling post-rock, sounds like something I'd hear in the game 'Manifold Garden' or the 'Song of The Silent Land' compilation, a pretty nice song, and the locked groove at the end is really good, if I had the vinyl I ... read more

(Been a while since my last review lol, burned myself out on GY!BE and also maybe listened to the discogs of 6 bands including swans while I was away lol)

This isn't as good as the CD version but is still pretty nice and has its own vibe and sound that separates it from the other version, the sections here are played slower and more peaceful, and I think some of the tones and sounds here convey the feeling of the post-apocalyptic world here better than the CD version, having a more ... read more

‘all lights fucked on the hairy amp drooling’ is the fabled demo tape of ‘Efrim Manuel Menuck’ from before the band’s existence, once thought to be lost media, it has since been found and now everyone can listen to it, I came into the community a while after it was found so I didn’t get to enjoy the hype of finding it.

This demo tape is… very interesting, it’s literally just a collection of tiny demos he had made up, some of the songs have ... read more

I have finally made it to their latest album! Their discography has so far been the hardest for me to write down about, as every album is so massive and amazing, every single one of their albums is over 90 for me, same goes for this one!

They finally broke out from using 2 songs and 2 drones!... By using 3 songs and 3 drones…

This album is an improvement on the sounds and ideas on ‘G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END!’, the songs feel much more fully realized compared to ... read more

I see this album as the beginning of a new era for them, as their post-quarantine albums have quite a different sound and feel to their previous 3 albums, focusing more and weird melodies and structures, than the noisy landscapes of the previous 3.

People view this album as them becoming good again, although from my previous reviews, you can see that I disagree on them ever being bad, although this album is indeed better than the previous two albums, as this album is much more cohesive than ... read more

‘Luciferian Towers’ is widely considered to be their worst album, and I couldn’t disagree more because I loved this and have from the start. Yes, they do use a more normal post-rock sound and style, but they executed it amazingly, and I really do not understand how people say that this album is emotionless and dull, it’s so far from that for me. ’Bosses Hang’ is an amazing progression of a song, and it’s so celebratory. ‘Anthem for No State’ ... read more

This album was the album I listened to the least from them, and when I was listening to it again for this review, I realized how textured and beautiful this album is, there’s so much going on, melodies and textures, all buried within the noise, you really need to focus and pick it apart to properly enjoy it, as when you listen to it casually and in a noisy environment, it can come across as a repetitive and boring album, as you don’t notice all the slight changes in the songs. I ... read more

One of the strongest comeback records out there, showing us that they still got it, and that they’re here to stay. It’s also the beginning of their 2 songs, 2 drones structure that they would use for albums.

This album is their noisiest and most fiery work yet, just 53 minutes of a blazing inferno, suffocating us in its smoke, ‘Mladic’ is one of the best songs they’ve ever written, a tiny spark that builds into a flaming whirlwind of melodies drowned out in noise, ... read more

Edit: found out this was produced by Steve Albini and that explains everything.

Yanqui U.X.O. is their last album from the original run of the band, it’s quite different than the others from that era, not having samples and following a more normal post-rock structure instead of the soundscapes and multi-part songs they constructed in previous albums, although this album’s songs still have quite differing parts within compared to their later albums. This album is quite intense and ... read more

‘Formless and Empty’, that’s what the text on the cover translate to, and we do begin the album as such, floating in this sea of noise, the violins being used as waves moving around in this dark ocean, eventually the noise gives way to a gentle guitar line joined by a glockenspiel, the music sounding so delicate and vulnerable. It eventually builds to a choir of guitars and violins, all singing with sad desperation, reaching a climax as all the guitars become in sync with ... read more

Easiest hundred of my life, wtf this song be making me wanna rewatch the twilight series (it's nowhere near as good as this song).

My brother and I sometimes react to albums together, this is his first 10/10.

This album… This is probably the album review I feared making the most, how does one put such beauty into words? Nothing I write about this will do it justice, for this experience transcends all words. I’ll try my best anyways.

For me, this album is like one big story that also works as its own little 4 stories. I’ll talk about the small stories first then the story of the album as a whole, ... read more

Since everybody is talking about what post-apocalyptic scenarios this album makes them come up with, I'll also talk about mine, it went like this:

The Dead Flag Blues:
The album immediately hooks you in with an ominous drone, setting up the dark, bleak atmosphere, the listener wondering where it’s gonna go from here, then suddenly, comes the most iconic part of the album, the speech about the state of the world now and the apocalypse that caused it, He makes such a vivid painting of ... read more

WOO 100TH RATE FOR AN EPIC SONG

A perfect ending to Lush, each song here representing a different aspect of their sound.

'Out of Control' represents their classic shoegaze bangers such as 'Sweetness and Light" and "For Love". 'Lost Boys' has the strange minor key progressions in many of their hauntingly beautiful tracks such as 'Covert' and 'Untogether'. Burnham Beeches goes in a more Britpop direction with new instruments, like can be heard on 'Ciao!' and ... read more

500 (Shake Baby Shake) / 84
I Have The Moon / 79
Piledriver / 86
Olympia (Acoustic Version) / 91
Overall: 80

500 (Shake Baby Shake) / 84
I'd Like to Walk Around in Your Mind / 57
Kiss Chase (Acoustic Version) / 89
Last Night - Hexadecimal Dub Mix / 87
Overall 77

Ladykillers / 90
Matador / 53
Ex / 76
Dear Me - Miki's 8-Track Home Demo / 70
Overall: 67

Ladykillers / 90
Heavenly / 75
Carmen / 73
Plums and Oranges / 77
Overall: 70