godspeedglazer

Urgent, visceral, arresting, and vivid, the newest album (after so long) by Caspar Brötzmann Massaker does anything but disappoint, bringing in harsh, hypnotic, industrial tones.

I hate to be a contrarian but this isn't exactly a freeing gesture from the post-rock/jazz-fusion format. Riffs, crescendos, record scratches, and reverbs, repeating tired cliches used by post-metal bands hundreds of times over.
As George Francis Lee of Quietus said, "Wilkinson’s cry that “It’s our differences that make us beautiful,” comes across as offensively simplistic when children are currently being blown to bits."
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a 67 for this EP is fried

To everyone saying these songs are "Disturbing, bleak, and bizzare," (albeit that last part might be correct), Joy Shapes is Charalambides' attempt at hopefully radiant music, and an absolutely beautiful attempt at that.