Huegh

This shit kicks ass. The intro monologue into Schäfer got a full-on stank face outta me.

The tracks do start to lose a bit of steam and blend together in the second half, though that may just be a result of the language barrier. Regardless, Ultraøyer brings the energy back for a satisfying closer.

Highlights: Armor fati, Festen som aldri stopper

The songwriting is, for the most part, very simple and generic post-Weezer power pop. Some of the songs are so blown-out and obnoxiously loud that it drowns out the instrumentation. I don't know if I even think it's "good" or if I'm just nostalgic for it.

But it doesn't matter. Hearing this at 14 years old, combined with FLCL's own absurd depiction of puberty, has permanently ingrained these songs in my brain as the sound of growing up. I don't even know ... read more

It's kinda neat, but I think I missed out on whatever trans-dimensional journey everyone else seems to go through when listening to this. It's an interesting soundstage with lots of layers to dig through, but at times it can also just sound like a clamoring of soundboards.

I'll give it another try in the future.

Heavy, dreary, depressing, and groovy all at once. Hearing a single track off this album often compels me to drop everything I'm doing and listen through the whole thing.

Smooth Sailing has been stuck in my head for almost a decade and never left. Keep Your Eyes Peeled still makes me do a stank face every time it comes on. Vampyre still leaves a pit in my stomach after finishing it. I've listened through it countless times, and every time still feels like the first. Genuinely just a ... read more