FrogyMary

I didn't think one of my favorite releases this year would be from an artist I started listening to over 4 years ago, but I love a good pleasant surprise. Pleasant certainly being the key word here. It's rare an artist has such a successful rebound, both in overall quality, as the release before this was less than stellar, and in my overall interest. The sound is the main factor in this. It's soft, fluffy, and even safe-feeling, but without sacrificing experimentation or ... read more

There's a solid enough foundation here. The heavy, noisy repetition, often being interrupted by bursts of erratic melodics, is an interesting sound that's well explored in "Post-Nothing's" runtime. Though with the overwhelming sunshine positivity of it all, it feels like a gritty steampunk apocalypse car being driven through a gentrified beach town, and then the said car breaks down. As the bumps this album hits are far too harsh to ignore for me. The writing is wholly ... read more

Their transition into pop was less of a Rosenstock and more of a Weezer.
A full turn into the pop side of Prince Daddy's sound was something I've been expecting for a while. Even though nothing has lived up to their debut album for me, I had high hopes for what a proper change of sound could offer for the band. The guitar work has a lot of solid energy behind it. You get a lot of great rolling riffs and interesting experimental licks that feel like they're there to stick out ... read more

Floral Green brings an eerie mysticism to Title Fight's rough-around-the-everything, scrapyard amp sound that tickles the part of my brain that wants to disappear into the woods and have my lifeless body reappear atop Appalachia. The frequent references to the occult and supernatural within the lyricism set such a wonderfully dark tone. Makes it feel like an album made for dryads or an album made by alien clones of the band members. Adding to that are the claustrophobic instrumentals. ... read more