Lordwheat

Snow as a Metaphor for Death is one of the best albums I've heard this year. Its intimate and existential story following the death of someone close is only elevated by the unique blend of abrasive noise rock and other hardcore influences. The ingenious placement of grand climaxes elevate a despair and acceptance toward death just as the electronic and screaming segments perpetuate an anger toward the mundaneness life takes on once a core part of your being is torn from you. We see the ... read more

Deathconsciousness blew me away when I first head it, and it continues to whenever I re-listen to it. It goes from ethereal, droning songs like A Quick One Before the Eternal Worm Devours Connecticut, to songs full of energy and harsh metal-shoegaze guitars and synths like Holy Fucking Shit: 40,000 and Deep Deep. This albums progression through sound and style is really extraordinary to me, seeing how the first disc (The Plow that Broke the Plains) is set in past, even ancient times as we ... read more

Divorce Lawyers I Shaved My Head is a very special album to me. Similarly to The Glow Pt. 2 it opened up a new style of music which I hadn't yet got used to when I first listened to it, but it also opened a new world queer storytelling as well as a new take on narratively driven projects. There is no doubt that this album has had a profound affect on the way I see music lyrically, but also how I see and understand myself. With that being said this is one of the most depressing albums I ... read more

The Glow, Pt. 2 is one of the greatest albums I have ever listened to. It has forever changed the way I experience and understand music whether it be the lyrics of an album or the sonic diversity of a project, this album fundamentally altered what music is and what music means to me. Story: The Glow, Pt.2 follows a narrator who has fallen into a deep spiraling depression where the grief and self hatred created by their most recent breakup has fully consumed their life, stripping them of any joy ... read more