This sounds like what would happen if youd’ve gotten early Phil Elvrum on antidepressants and caffeine . It’s an extremely unique mix of influences, American folk, the grungy, alternative rock and butt rock/guitar pop bands that dominated the radio of the time, and indie singer sing writer balladry, just absolutely stunning diversity of pallet. When they mix these palletes a sound emerges that is, in my mind, owned truly by this record alone, completely unique. Despite the fact ... read more
Bleak and beautiful stories, which feel so infinitely timeless and personal. Elevated by the stripped back solo composition lanker thrives within the personal nature of a record like this, and an incredible sense of intimacy emerges.
This is more critically acclaimed than any Black Midi project, let that sink in, Picton has outdone himself and evolved to continue to be a leader in the windmill scene
An extremely generic album which loses the lyrical richness and character of his first, and tries to make up for it by being even more pop than ever. Really disappointing follow up to an album that showed potential for growth, I’ll always be left to wonder what might’ve happened had Hozier not blown up we might’ve gotten a masterpiece or two out of him, but as it stands this is 14 consecutive attempts to be a 2 hit wonder
Blatant Sleater Kinney worship. These guys aren’t trying to hide it at all. It’s Sleater Kinney in a 2026 costume, but a hell of an imitation of “The Woods” which is an absolute 10.
Also: Me when AOTY hates music that’s produced in high fidelity and by women 😔
Special album, beautiful, production, songwriting, composition, and performance by a genre defining artist. Definitely the greatest Post-Dubstep album of all time
I was so worried going into this album, because how many times do you see artists “going solo” and completely changing a formula that works, but now it’s clear that the label was forcing Blake to stay accessible and poppy, now he can make all these pretentious intricate post-dubstep IDM style compositions which pull strings out of your brain, and the songwriting is so raw 😭 just such raw shit bro. FAV TRACK: Rest of your life Worst track: Didn’t come to argue.
There are some albums, that “justify their length“, and there are others which don’t, with a project like this, you can’t think of listening as a chore, Zach Bryan creates a world which only gets more lush and vivid the longer you spend inside of it, throwing this on as I drive down the highway in the middle of nature amplifies the beauty of the rolling plains, and the longer I spend immersed the more I look forward to the next minute
The National but British, this sounds so much like the national it’s ridiculous. … But the national is one of my favorite bands of all time, and Salas uses the style to tell his own stories, some of which I really connected to. don’t let the obscurity fool you, this album is a classic.
Came because I watched a Vsauce video about this album cover being a triple entendre and stayed because HOLY SHIT THIS IS FIRE
(They wanna be squid so bad)
This is one of the greatest albums of all time, and set the way for the majority of the experimental indie scene. Without battles we don’t get Black Midi or Turnstile or any of the other mathy proggy shit you listen to. Respect your elders. (Gloss Drop is even better than this by the way)
This is one of the greatest albums of all time, and set the way for the majority of the experimental indie scene. Without battles we don’t get Black Midi or Turnstile or any of the other mathy proggy shit you listen to. Respect your elders. (This Album is better than the debut)
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