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On Making A Door Less Open, Car Seat Headrest attempt to go electronic for the first time since How To Leave Town. Yet the overblown production and complete inconsistency on this album tanks it for me, especially when the highs aren't even that high.

Crywank return with what they do best, overbearingly depressing anti-folk.

Diet Cig return with a blend of melodic pop punk and Vaselines-esque twee on this new, undoubtedly bland record.

We Are Only Human Once have once again went through a transformation, something they seem to do best. Last time we heard from them album wise was the loud, aggressive, and harsh noise pop of seveneighteen. After two compilation albums, a hiatus, and an expected return, We Are Only Human Once must've gained a sincerity not found on other albums. On a musical level, I prefer seveneighteen, but on a songwriting basis, this just beats seveneighteen to the curb. This album, like seveneighteen, was ... read more