lizhatesaoty

I is an atmospheric black metal experience defined by its melodicism and its both distant and blanketing production style. everything goes smoothly on the opening track which is at once blistering and comforting, like a winter storm, but the rest of the EP doesn't really live up to its initial moments, mostly because its musical choices are too obvious to be individual. most tracks on the EP are accentuated with sparse synth melodies that sonically resemble wintry 90s dungeon synth but ... read more

i am begging damian to stop pitching the vocals on every trha and sadness release.

at its core, musically, "§ºanΩë aglivajsamë cá nëlh¶iha i eddana pi¶e" is decent enough, taking mostly from the traditions of blackgaze, depressive black metal, and a large helping of paysage d'hiver with an occasional gothic twist. it's wintry and the compositions and instrumentals are evocative. unfortunately they are irreparably blemished by ... read more

zig finds poppy and her collaborators in a maze of tripwire conjured of their own will. and they keep hitting the wire.

probably her most haphazard release to date, it's hard to get over the feeling that zig shoots itself in the foot by merely not trying hard enough. a great deal of the songs on this album carry a persistent feeling of having been unceremoniously dropped into existence with very little editing and not enough will to paper over the cracks that are therefore so apparent in ... read more

last is an awkwardly backloaded screamo album that doesn't reveal its intentions or strengths until its final four tracks.

produced to resemble noise rock without usually actually dipping into that genre stylistically, last carries the quality throughout of some sort of collapsing. the louder it gets, the less clear it is and the more it feels like the music itself is disintegrating. it's a cool effect, but with so little in the way of dynamics, it initially seems pointless and ... read more