stillcassius

this bit will fail if she doesnt deliver something spectacular

Sincere and insane graduation of sound from one of hyperpop's most exceptional prodigies

On initial review I thought SOULPUNCHER was just good, a new beginning for Astrale to build upon....But now, I find myself listening front to back almost every day. It's an absolutely intoxicating album. It gets stuck in my head, and when I can't decide what to listen to, I can bump this for an hour. This record is like a deep blue heated pool at night, I can swim into it as deeply as I want to. It's unobstructive, unpretentious, but rich. I can half-listen while doing work, or ... read more

Not as strong as their first EP, but still a lot of fun. I don't think every single piece of art needs to insist upon itself, brandishing itself as the next big breakthrough in human thought. What After excels at is abandoning the notion of trying too hard to be cool. Nostalgia is a very powerful factor in music, nodding to childhoods or a bygone age is and always has been popular. Connection through time is something some artists will touch upon, but After is steeped in it. This band ... read more