Jatzki

It's definitely not an exceptional or original album in terms of songwriting, but the production and atmosphere are great. There is usually a nice balance of catchy melodies and heaviness, although often the melodies are a bit too easy and not as imaginative as I had hoped. They could use some more melodic guitars. Overall, I still really enjoyed listening and it's not overly long.

Firstly I will just say I really like the production on the album, especially the drums are just perfect. The gothic rock aesthetic seen in the lyrics and musical elements is really cool to me and although I can see many people thinking it is cringe, I love it. The songs are really catchy. I notice them playing over and over again in my head even when there have been many days since last listening to the album. In my opinion there is not a single song which is even slightly below average. ... read more

There were no bad songs, and no good songs. Overall pretty consistent but the song structures were incredibly boring. Many of the riffs sounded like I could have come up with them in my bedroom in like 5 minutes. Not really worth listening but didn't offend me.

I am disappointed.

The previous 3 albums from Soen have all been really nice to listen to, especially Lotus which is one of my favourite albums. Reliance is very different to those three: it just feels boring. There is nothing really going on. All the cool rhythms Soen used to have are nowhere to be seen.

The songs are all structured the same. Especially the drum parts are really unimaginative, it feels like half the songs just have a steady, alternating kick-snare pattern.

There were some ... read more