nickyverb

yet another stellar loud rock record going under the radar. trauma ray are pushing the genre forward and keeping things fresh and interesting. not a single dull moment here and this is loads of fun. all killer baby

MONO sail the skies on their most recent album "Oath". this project is heavenly and ethereal in it's presentation. the drums sound absolutely massive, being a companion piece the frequent piano to lay the groundwork for nearly every track on here.

they continue to pump out just very immersive post-rock projects and I will always be here for it. there's nothing really here i found to be moving the needle much or anything super forward thinking, but it's what i was ... read more

yet another fully realized product from MONO. Nowhere, Now Here is a very very sad journey and a gorgeously produced record. you're pretty much getting all of the MONO standards on this project from extremely dynamic instrumentals and blissful string orchestration (though they are a bit more sparse on this project).

while redundancy is fairly common in post-rock, I was fearing that being 10 years removed from HttIW that this would suffer from that but it was far from it. in fact this is ... read more

never thought i'd hear doom metal like grooves incorporated so seamlessly into modern pop. this band continuously surprises me.