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I can definitely appreciate Northlane furthering the experimentation of their sound, and they go a step further on Obsidian. However, the songwriting quality of the tracklist is very inconsistent, and the album as a whole doesn't have too much cohesiveness to it. There are some brilliant bangers on here, but there's also a good few half-baked and under-developed ideas that don't really go anywhere. It's not a bad album by any means, but I feel like there's more they could've done with this new ... read more

What made Animals As Leader's discography up until now so good was that their instrumental approach to djent was so kaleidoscopic and rich in sound that no vocalist was needed to fill in any missing gaps. On Parrhesia, while there's a great collection of tracks here, some don't successfully fill that gap and leave my mind wandering off. It's certainly not their best record, but still far from an unpleasant listen nonetheless.

FAVORITE TRACKS: Micro-Aggressions, Thoughts and Prayers, Red Miso, ... read more

Despite Charli XCX steering towards a more traditional pop-focused record, CRASH manages to get through just fine only with a few dents and scratches.

FAVORITE TRACKS: Baby, Twice, Constant Repeat, Beg For You, Lightning
LEAST FAVORITE TRACK: Every Rule

Melt My Eyez sees a slight shift in direction for Denzel, moving towards more conscious/introspective lyric writing as well as a wider variety of instrumentation and more fluid song progression. While a few ideas on here are rough around the edges, this album showcases a nice evolution of his sound, and I'm curious to see if it's elaborated further upon in future projects. I can definitely feel this is a grower album, so expect my score to change at some point.

FAVORITE TRACKS: Walkin, The ... read more