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Choked with emotion, Black Country New Road's second album is a significant leap in quality on their first. Where their debut was indebted to spoken word post-rock, Ants From Up There is maximalist in every way possible. Every drop of emotion is wrung out of these songs. This makes this album a hard listen, but a compelling one, and the band's mastery of the crescendo gives it the energy it needs to reach catharsis. Rather than wallowing, seething, or moping, this is a high energy kind of ... read more
Becoming a meme is a shortcut to exposure, but comes with the obvious downside of memes having the shelf life of milk in the Sahara. The core problem with Tree's music remains - there's a fundamental mismatch between the audio and the visual - a 'fun' image that clashes with his instinct toward neurotic complaining. This is music that leaves you with a sour aftertaste - instead of showing you a good time, it makes you feel like you are wallowing in teenage angst. What on the surface may seem ... read more
Lil Nas X has star power and a good marketing team. His ability to bait and ride a wave of controversy is mid-2000s Kanye-tier, except Nas X is able to achieve it without sacrificing charisma or likeability. Unfortunately, the music comes second, leaving us with Montero, a front-loaded pop project that would have worked better as an EP. Where Old Town Road was country-tinged, there is much more of a mariachi flavour here, with blaring horns, guitars, and flat 2 cadences. The album works best ... read more
The mic check before Paranoid. Its position as a proof of concept means it holds little appeal to anyone who isn't a student of metal. This is a pitch perfect example of the first mover's curse - a hugely innovative album that has been fully strip mined by legions of metal disciples in the decades since its release. Downtuned guitars, power chords, and the tritone, along with occult themes, have all been put to better use elsewhere. As a result, this album often sounds simplistic, such as the ... read more
My favourite Mastodon album because it demonstrates the value of pacing. This is an incredibly dynamic and engaging progressive metal album, as abrasive as it is packed with ideas. It's clear a lot of this material was pulled from jams, but it's speedy, high energy, and oddly light hearted, avoiding a lot of the self-indulgence often associated with prog-influenced rock.
Seemingly influenced by metal jokesters like System of a Down, the band will often interrupt doomy minor key riffs with ... read more
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