This sounds like a song you’d hear in a car advert. Seriously though, this is actually pretty good. The verses kinda remind me of some Mutemath stuff which is always good, but it sounds absolutely nothing like Billie Joe at that part, which is also very off-putting. The chorus is really good, his vocals become kinda normal again, and it’s just kinda fun throughout, even though it’s nowhere near one of the best. I’m concerned how this is gonna fit into an album, ... read more

How? How did this happen? Patrick Stump has auto tune on his vocals. Wyclef Jean is on the track, and he doesn’t even fit. The chorus is “Hands up, ready for the boom, 
Never mind the rocket launcher, talking 'bout a tune, 
You can hear us comin' with the zoom, Listen to the boom, boom, we are breaking through”. The music video is the band members eating ice cream. How did it come to this point? Fall Out Boy’s really consistent... at making me consistently more ... read more

With one less bassist and one less drummer, you’d expect this album to be less heavy than Filth, but they’ve only managed to make it more heavy, and with the lyrical content, more sickening.

The band’s sound didn’t evolve much between the last album and this, but you can definitely tell the difference in sound between Filth and Cop, as Cop manages to be considerably more repetitive and harsh on the listener, which does lead to there being a slight decrease in quality ... read more

The first half of this is just banger after banger, and while the second half isn’t as magnificent, it’s still really goddamn good!

Scattered among these many bangers are more low-key tracks that are just perfect at building up this atmosphere that makes you feel like you’re floating in space, with Nightvision being just the perfect example of this. Digital Love is possibly the most colourful explosion of sound that I’ve ever heard, and it seems to be part of a trilogy ... read more

AAAAHHHH AAAAAHHHH AAAAAHHHHH AAAAAAHHHHHH OH MY HOLY FUCK IT’S SO GOOD WHAT YES THIS IS ALL I NEED

Tool’s latest album is genuinely not much better than I expected it to be from the lead single, but that still means it’s another great record in the band’s great discography.

I’m actually surprised at how well the lead single as well as the whole album was received by the community, because while I knew that I liked the sound here, I wasn’t sure about everyone else, so it’s good to see that the majority of people (except for Fantano) had a great time with ... read more

Tool’s 4th studio album, now with 50% less interludes!

10,000 Days has quite a similar sound to the band’s previous album, but you can definitely tell the difference, as the album tends to expand on the style of Reflection on a lot of songs, as well as having a mix of some of their saddest songs and some of their most triumphant-sounding. The opening track, Vicarious is the best example of a triumphant song here, as Justin Chancellor’s brilliantly heavy bass riffs and ... read more

On Lateralus, Tool really cements their signature unique progressive metal sound, with more complex arrangements and less aggression.

One thing that you can take out of this record right away is that, with the exception of Ticks & Leeches, Tool’s less angry and fast, instead with a lot of songs having a slow build-up until they finally explode and really pay off. During these usually prolonged instrumental passages on songs like Reflection, the band shows off how they’ve ... read more

Ænima, Tool’s sophomore album, is a collection of brilliant alternative metal songs, with a lot of not-so brilliant interludes.

Clearly, the annoying interludes don’t affect my score that much, it’d probably just be a higher 90 without them, but the majority of them are just completely unnecessary, so I have to talk about them. I can see by looking through other reviews that lots of others have already ripped into the interludes, so I’ll just try to make this ... read more

With Brockhampton’s latest album, GINGER, they take a more soulful, slower and sweeter approach to their sound, that they’ve only dabbled in in the past, and it’s ended up being a step in the right direction for them.

Possibly with the exception of the first three singles, I BEEN BORN AGAIN, IF YOU PRAY RIGHT and BOY BYE, Brockhampton has reinvented their sound in the best way possible, while still staying fun and intriguing, and unmistakably themselves. The opener, NO HALO ... read more

Tool’s debut is an enjoyable alternative metal record that certainly picks up in the second half, showing just a bit of what the band had in store for the future.

Surprisingly, there isn’t a great start to the album, sound fairly safe, for example the opener, Intolerance, which has these aggressive vocals from Maynard that just sound fairly plain, and are only barely varied by a vocal effect on the chorus, that doesn’t really help anything. While still fairly safe sonically, ... read more

It may take a while to grow on you, but Swans’ brutal and repetitive sound on this record, constantly beating you down, may not make you enjoy, but will definitely make you appreciate it.

While many would credit The Velvet Undergound’s White Light/White Heat as the inception of noise rock, you can still credit this as one of the earliest, and possibly one of the most influential of noise rock albums. The use of 2 bassists and 2 drummers throughout this whole album certainly ... read more

This album was one that I’m sure a lot of people had worries about. I mean, could King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, as brilliant as they are, really pull off a full thrash metal album in 2019? Well, they certainly did, and then some.

The band here manages to put all the thrash metal stereotypes into good use, without the sound ever growing wearisome, and injects some of their own instantly recognisable sound and personality. And not only do they do this perfectly, they make it an ... read more

JPEGMAFIA’s breakthrough record Veteran is all over the place yet cohesive, experimental yet accessible, comedic yet political, and most importantly, absolutely amazing.

Peggy’s vibrant personality greatly compliments the glitchy beats and bizarre samples throughout this energetic and playful record. The samples can range from just being from other songs to video game sound effects, and all work really well. Peggy’s lyrics are definitely one of the best parts of the album, ... read more

I was absolutely blown away on my first listen to this. I thought it was not only the best Brockhampton album yet, but also the best hip-hop album I’ve listened to so far. And even though it’s clearly shrunk on me a bit since then... it’s still really goddamn good.

The only real problem that prevents iridescence from being any better than it is, is that there’s a few moments throughout the record where the instrumental sounds exactly like an instrumental from one of ... read more

There’s a constant argument as to which Twin Fantasy is better. Many say Mirror To Mirror, and many say Face To Face. But, in truth this argument tends to be extremely biased.

This 2018 re-recorded version of the album was not only my first exposure to the album, but also my first exposure to Car Seat Headrest. Because of this, I have attached myself to this album more, I’ve become emotionally connected to it. And I think that’s the case with many people, where they prefer ... read more

Legend has it Will Toledo recorded this album with solely a cupboard full of kitchen utensils.

The original version of the masterpiece from Will Toledo A.K.A Car Seat Headrest, Twin Fantasy, may have taken me a bit of getting used to, being the first lo-fi album I’d ever listened to, but I can safely say that it’s almost as good as the re-recorded version. On the first track, My Boy, the drums sound quite reverberated, giving them more impact, and Will even brings out some rather ... read more

While nowhere near the masterpiece that I’ve seen many proclaim it to be, Science Fiction is still a great and fitting final album for one of the best emo bands of this century.

As you would expect with an 8 year gap between albums, this record is a major contrast from their previous, completely doing away with their post-hardcore influences, instead heading for a slower, indie rock-tinged sound. Right from the start of the album we have a strange sampled audio recording, with multiple ... read more

I had a really great time with this on first listen. I expected it to be unlistenable, but I laughed my ass off the whole way through. And at this point, that’s all I really want from Weezer. An unintentionally hilarious album.

This is nowhere near as terrible as a lot of people say it is. Sure, if you’re looking for actual quality music, you’ll fucking despise this, but if you’re looking for a Weezer album that’s okay background music, then oh boy will this be a ... read more

Now, THIS is a record where all the hype is right. Lingua Ignota’s masterful combination of neoclassical darkwave and death industrial makes this an incredibly unique listen. Definitely a worthy 200th review.

This album is Kristin Hayter’s way of exploring the abuse and heartbreak that she has gone through, through this musical persona of Lingua Ignota, with tons of biblical imagery to emphasise how important and impactful these can be. This album starts off the only way it really ... read more