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ONE OF MY FAVORITE RECENT DISCOVERIES

I found the band's previous album, You'd Prefer an Astronaut, last October after the zebra-adorned album cover popped up on my spotify FYP. I was instantly hooked on it- from the first shoegazey seconds of "Little Dipper", to the alt-metal worship of "The Pod" and "I Hate It Too", the quiet-loud dynamics of Suicide Machine and the bittersweet slowcore closing track, this album was everything I wanted in music. ... read more

Crazy how everytime I begin to expect a song on here to do something or sound a certain way, it instantly changes its sound with elements from like every genre with every instrument of all time

ezra and the boys really outdid themselves on this one, best vamp weekend so far. 9.8/10, only because the song Connect was just really good and not as mind blowing as the rest imo

This is rivaling Congratulations or LDA for their best album, hear me out.

I'll start with the themes in the album. For an album called "Loss Of Life", the sound of the music is surprisingly... joyful. Not joyful like, "Today is the best day ever!!!!" but more like "Wow, my life has been shit recently, but today I got a good grade on my test, things are okay for now!" Almost like an optimistic gloom. Specifically, tracks like People In The Streets and Phradie's ... read more

beautiful album

better than stratosphere. I'll say it. The songs here (while still lyrically minimal in slowcore fashion) are more complete than on the predecessor, the hooks are catchier, the songs feel more emotional and introspective, the instrumentation is similar but with some noticeably better riffs.

I especially LOVE Cooking and The Breakup Suite. Literally the two best slowcore songs ever. 10/10 songs for me.

Only complaints are the album feels a little one-dimensional at times ... read more