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Courting's debut album Guitar Music is an expansive palate of punchy back-to-back bangers. It is one of the most daring and ambitious debuts this year with its delectable blend of post-punk, noise pop, garage rock, and glitch pop, just to name a few. They built upon their mostly post-punk sound from before and sprinkled in some stuff that elevates this project. There's even a glitchy midwest emo track here. As short as it may be, Guitar Music still shows this band's potential and willingness to ... read more

Hold The Girl is an emotionally potent album about her relationships with her mother and most importantly, with herself - past, present, and future. It is a testament of recognizing, understanding, reconciling, and moving forward with the people who you may have had issues with, especially yourself. This felt like the album that she really needed to write in order to help herself as well as others who might be experiencing the same thing, and I love her for that. I also have no issues with how ... read more

The experience of listening to an album is what I value more than any other aspects, and Preacher's Daughter is a prime example of that. This album connects to me deeply, not necessarily because I can relate, but rather I can feel every second of it as if I experienced it on my own. The poignant storytelling just makes me feel some type of way that few albums has done. Delivered with bleak and somber vocals, this album manages to convey what it wants to flawlessly. And the slow and reverb-rich ... read more

This is certainly not what I expected.

I can commend how enjoyable some moments of some songs are, like the synth pop section in Age of Anxiety II as well as the part II of End of the Empire. But taking a step back, the songs as a whole didn't really leave a mark on me. The build ups take so much space yet the climaxes doesn't feel fulfilled. Songwriting didn't stick with me either because it tries to be deep but sounds superficial. Sometimes the grandiosity also feels so contrived so I ... read more