urgency, urgency, urgency!!!
Last Rated: 83 (April 3, 2018)
Dark places and darker music, way before the faux-sadness of a new generation of trap crooners began spreading like a plague across hip-hop.
Last rated: 81 (April 3, 2018)
First heard this six years ago sheeeesh. I miss you g'ma
Pure emo freedom is in free-wheeling form on this lo-fi debut.
It’s hardly an understatement to say shoegaze as a genre might have crystallized itself in the sublime When The Sun Hits, and the album wisely builds itself towards this triumphant climax before gently unwinding the listener, almost as if blasting them with the radiant power of a dream before gentle lulling the listener back out.
![神聖かまってちゃん [Shinsei Kamattechan] - つまんね [Tsumanne]](https://cdn2.albumoftheyear.org/100x0/album/68073-tsumanne.jpg)
Last rated: 76 (April 26, 2020)
Abrasive, at times grating J-Rock, but hardly ever uninteresting.
Extremely fuzzy to the point where it sounds a smidge muddled at times, but nonetheless a wellspring of promising ideas from a debut talent in the ever uncompromising k-indie scene!
The pacing is superb - it begins with a roaring start, ushers itself into an introspective middle section, before crescendoing into a couple of closing tracks. Definitely deserves its place in discussions of the best indie rock music produced in the 2000's.
It's a bright album, one that challenges its listeners to agree that despite hardship, life is worth experiencing.
Yeah I got my vinyl copy today and it slaps, but I agree that Athens, France is slightly better and Sunglasses is slightly worse. The Slint worship might be a bit grating, but if you're into that sound, you'll probably dig this quite a bit.
![유키카 [YUKIKA] - 서울여자 [SOUL LADY]](https://cdn2.albumoftheyear.org/100x0/album/261021-soul-lady.jpg)
![Ground-Zero - 革命京劇 Ver.1.28 [Revolutionary Pekinese Opera Ver.1.28]](https://cdn2.albumoftheyear.org/100x0/album/61744-revolutionary-pekinese-opera-version-128-2.jpg)
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