This earthy, velvety, female rock fantasy has been here the whole time?? I'm a sucker for that medieval 70s aesthetic, so the mandolins and frog sounds only made it all feel even richer. A new pet favorite for sure.

Holy fuck, this was art. I'm obsessed with the way it blends this effortlessly cunty and unyielding tension with tender, soul-bearing poetry.

Cool, dreamy, angsty, lovely. What an impeccable emo vibe.

This is my first exposure to Deftones and I didn't expect it to be so deliciously ethereal and expansive. I'm definitely curious how they built this sound and this is such a glorious impetus to explore the rest of their catalogue.

Delightful little surprises around every corner of this album. A great before-bed listen, you just get lost in the sauce. Would've rated it higher, but only a couple of tracks really truly stuck for me.

Extremely pretty. A soothing aloe green. Perfect for a little bedroom poetry writing session.

It took me a second to get into this one, but once I felt fully submersed, it got real magical. I immediately had to put it on repeat. Feels like watching 8-bit fireworks in 2009 while thrashing around in a friend's cousin's pool, but the pool is full of Fanta? Idk man but it made me feel 15 again in the best way, like I got to visit an alternate universe of the past where I'm an indie rock star in my own coming-of-age animated series.

All scratched up like your favorite old CD, yet it sounds so fresh. This was an insane listen. I'm so drawn in by the complexity and cuteness and clear fucking artistry.

I love the way these songs take their time to build and pulse and say their peace. Brings to mind watching the sun rise, the deep and heavy breaths of a hibernating bear, the dynamic weight of nature's power.

The first time I listened to this album, I found myself meditating to it: breathing deeply in and out, letting tears stream, being fully inside the everyday physical pain of my fibromyalgia and letting it be expressed through the intensity of the music. It was extremely cathartic. It flipped a switch in me and rather than finding black metal like this tedious or grating or "too much", I was suddenly seeing beauty, existentialism, and my own experience within the extremity. This album ... read more

This album has been a companion to me this year in particular in the form of take-as-needed hopecore for creativity and healing my inner child. It brings to mind being 11 years old and riding my bike through a big empty field along abandoned, overgrown train tracks on the outskirts of my neighborhood. Listening to this just makes me feel that she deserves the world and I can tap into her magic.

What a tour de force. I could barely keep up. Everything from the pacing to the instrumentation to the vocal performance to the lyrics all manifest with so much poetry and passion. Feels like a feast and a purging at the same time, like I devoured the reality of my mortality, of inherited violence, of desperate illness and loneliness, and expelled light in return.

Feels more like a quality EP or a series of singles than a fully realized album, but it's turning out to be a go-to for me because of how short, easy, and satisfying it is. It feels a little bit more emotional and a little less cute/manic than the last LP, and perhaps some sort of youthfulness or color was lost there, but I think it wears a bit of groundedness very well.

So energetic and FUN. It goes by so fast and is total ear candy for me. I've had it on repeat for months and it's a pick-me-up every time. Feels like being adopted by an extroverted girl best friend who is finally on the other side of a bad relationship and drags you to all the parties in a total whirlwind of fresh feelings and fun times.

Deeply engrossing, I couldn't shut up about it for days. It was really revolutionary for me as a newcomer to metal to find ecstatic expression in a heavy doomgaze sound and I love getting lost in the layers of thick, dark, vibrating, almost woolen textures. Something previously unspoken in me fell into place here and I'll always be grateful to this album for that.

Listening to this album felt like finding the diary of a lost lover in a misty glade. Very pretty, surprisingly rich atmosphere, subdued yet anguished. This stuff belongs on a Twilight soundtrack in the best way.

Fuzzy sweaters, assorted buttons, taking a walk in the fall at the tail end of having a cold, angst with a red nose. This album reminded me what a charming soundtrack to life indie rock can be.

This was fucking gorgeous. What a ripping, shimmering, totally enthralling, oceanic album. Chills all over my body.

Something about this made me feel the way I imagine Taylor Swift fans feel lol. I listened through it while doing the dishes and felt strangely seen, but also like I could dance and just be a girl. It's not perfect, but when it hits it hits good and I like the silly, sticky sweet, almost juvenile elements mixed in with a more adult confidence and understanding.

This LP seemed to have all my pet favorite electronic textures and moods. Introspective yet danceable.