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I am a good bit familiar with John Darnielle’s The Mountain Goats. I am well acquainted with his later release ‘The Sunset Tree’. I found it to be a remarkable record because of John’s unique fashion of vocals and his fascinating style of lyricism. The Sunset Tree takes themes of childhood abuse and spins it into a beautiful folk record with a good bit of charm to it. So going into this record, I expected to hear a similar record to The Sunset Tree but less polished ... read more

Anathema is an artist I am criminally unfamiliar with to the point I have never even heard of them. Apparently their earlier stuff is a lot of Doom metal which is interesting because this album is far from sounding like that. But Anathema have been at it for a while since this is their 9th studio album. So I went in with the usual open mind and found myself quite liking the record.

We’re Here Because We’re Here is an incredibly uplifting but melancholic progressive rock album. The ... read more

There are a lot of adjectives I can glue on to this record; from how cinematic and grandiose the atmosphere in a lot of the songs are to how dense the sound is in a lot of the songs. The album is certainly quite eclectic in its tracklist as some of the songs are these ornate and almost classical piano compositions like Mellifluous and other songs are pounding and dense EDM beats. I think the eclecticness of the record is a slight detriment to the album as it makes the album less cohesive and a ... read more

Apparently this is an absolutely seminal album in the hardcore punk genre. This album is really my first time dipping my toes in the water of hardcore punk and I found that I enjoyed it thoroughly.

The tracks on this album are short and for the most part intense. The vocals are delivered fast and manically which combined with the energetic instrumentation make a very visceral and thrashing hardcore experience. Intercut between these hardcore punk cuts are these reggae songs which in my prior ... read more