nopeinomicon

Gothic perfection from Japan. Chock full of dark atmosphere, sharp guitars, and great melodies. Even has a Bauhaus cover for good measure just to let you know, if everything else didn't, that they are goth.

Possibly the most consistent and head banging classic punk album. There’s not a weak track on here, just back to back bangers with blaring guitars and infectious melodies.

This album is a wonky one. I don't really know what to think about it. It feels like it should be an album I should hate, with the surface level industrial aesthetic, and also what on the surface seems like a very vain kind of "woke" attitude, but at the end, it pulls through. Once one digs past the titles alone, the lyrical content actually is decently substantive and intriguing, and there is just enough variation and depth in the poppy industrial aesthetic it presents to keep it ... read more

Okay, look, I hate Morrissey as much as the next guy and/or gal, but I can't deny that this collection of singles pretty much constitutes a masterpiece, in my opinion on par with, if not surpassing a good amount of albums by The Smiths.

Everything on this album is filled to the brim with Morrissey's trademark swagger and overinflated ego, but unlike with some of his other work where that becomes irritating, here it really plays to his advantage, as he crafts a bunch of incredibly solid pop ... read more