As much acclaim as there has been lavished on Taylor Swift's folklore by several prominent music publications, I've seen an expected bit of backlash toward this positive praise, most of which I find to be wholly unfounded or disingenuous. The backlash has mostly come in the form of indie music gatekeeping upset that Swift has traded in her pop sound for one that these publications have deemed to be "indie." Is this album indie? No, not in terms of its label or even the star-power ... read more
Equal parts grand, intimate, dark, & humorous, Punisher is an emo-indie-folk masterpiece.