What an incredible album. Unlike Turnstile, Honningbarna from Norway don't make soft-washed post-hardcore, but post-hardcore with as many rough edges as possible. With noise, with din and with a whole lot of anger. Interestingly, the end result is similar: an album that euphorises, makes you happy and allows you to identify with it.
I don't understand a word, but you can understand the content, the important stuff, even without mechanically translating the lyrics (which I did, of ... read more
This album is perhaps the greatest miracle in music history; the mere fact that it exists is a miracle. Perhaps the most important band of my life, certainly of recent years, is releasing a new album after 26 years. Five years after the death of Tim Smith, the genius behind the Cardiacs. Seventeen years after his cardiac arrest (how cynical) and a subsequent life in a wheelchair.
And yet 2025 is the year in which the Cardiacs release another album, their last. And I get to be there. I get to ... read more
Very hyped and the album is also very catchy, even if it is a bit lengthy in places.
Controversial, but I thought "I Disagree" was better back then. Poppy was never heavier though, I like.
Don't really have much to add to the album title, better get back to making your own albums, James.
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