If you like Hizaki, you’ll like this EP fine. The arrangements are great as always, although when placed in Hizaki’s discography there’s very little notable here. I don’t know whether it’s fair of me to expect more of a variety in Hizaki’s sound, especially on a EP, but feelings of burn-out did cross my mind on this project where it hadn’t before on something like their 2014 release: Rozario.
There are moments here that do offer some heterogeneity. ... read more
An album up there with Nick Cave’s Skeleton Tree in terms of verbalizing raw grief imo. Two different styles, yet bring the same tear-filled, cathartic result.
By far the most fully realized yet experimental sound of Imagine Dragons. Very strong 6 song start with Shots, Gold, and Friction standing tall, but takes a nose dive in the middle with some of their most corny songs (Dream should’ve been just that, a dream) and is unable to really get rolling again. Towards the end their trademark bombastic production feels more like an attempt to win you over rather than a celebration of Imagine Dragons at its artistic peak seemingly promised in the ... read more
Would’ve been a 100 if it wasn’t for the “her nipples rose like bread” bar. Even for music released by a literal corpse, really unsexy.