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deary - Birding
Bella Union, 2026

There’s a moment about thirty seconds into “Smile”, when Dottie Cockram’s voice is already drifting somewhere above the mix and Ben Easton’s guitars are folding in on themselves, where Birding stops asking for your attention and just takes it. You don’t choose to be inside this record. You look up and you’re already there. Pure Lush-style immersion, a universe opening up on the first track. That’s the trick deary ... read more

Cold 2 The Touch sees Angel Du$t embracing a new level of heaviness while still moving fluidly between punk, pop, and hardcore. The band sound more pissed off than they have in years, bringing back a sharper edge and real bite without abandoning the melodic instincts that defined their recent work. It feels like a deliberate recalibration, tougher, leaner, and more direct.

Comparisons to Turnstile are often thrown around, but they miss the point. Both bands have been reinterpreting hardcore in ... read more

Asap Rocky’s greatest strength has always been controlled chaos, and Don’t Be Dumb understands that. The album is at its best when he leans fully into unpredictability, warped flows, unconventional production choices, and moments that feel slightly off balance in the most intentional way. In those flashes, his artistic instincts feel razor sharp, reminding everyone that he is not just influential, but genuinely visionary when he wants to be.

The most unconventional tracks carry a ... read more

With Arson, Story of the Year take a heavier direction than some might have expected, yet it still does not fully recapture the individuality they seemed to lose after their mid 2000s run. The riffs hit harder and the production feels modern, but the songs rarely develop a distinct identity of their own. It is a solid and competently written record, but nothing here feels dangerous or truly memorable. In the end, it is simply okay and never more than that.