After more than 3,100 plays of All I Need, I still feel that knot in my chest every single time. It’s my absolute favorite on the album and the song that’s affected me the most. It starts restrained, with a deep bass marking the pulse, gradually building layer by layer until that brutal explosion in the outro releases everything you were holding back. When the climax hits, the urge to cry is inevitable… and I say this as someone who’s zero percent sensitive.
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I’m not really a big fan of metal in general, to be honest, but Deftones have always felt simply different to me. Around the Fur is an album that pulls you in from the very first moment, even if you’re not looking for something that intense. The sound is dense and groovy, and somehow they manage to fit heavy riffs into a dreamy, ethereal atmosphere, like it shouldn’t work but it does anyway. Chino Moreno’s voice shifts from raw screams to soft, sensual, and melancholic ... read more
Although I love CAS, all their songs sound pretty much the same. As an album, it's nothing special, but "Don't Let Me Go" and "Touch" really resonated with me, and maybe that's why my rating is so high.