Wholehearted recommendation for the debut album by Pretty Baby.
With each listen I'm becoming convinced it is my album of the year so far. An amazing convergence of Protomartyr style miserably sardonic post-punk, manic post-hardcore and screamo, and blackened post-rock gravitas.
A monument to grief-stricken rage, with perfectly ramshackle production, a thick atmosphere, and disorientating musical left turns.
It's tantamount to a crime against art and humanity that they only have ... read more
The Berlin screamoviolence 4-piece just released their sophomore LP, ;Eris', and, dear reader, I can confirm it's worth the wait. Across 9 tracks that, with seamless transitions, scan as one ebbing and flowing composition in a beautifully sequenced, bona-fide capital A "Album Experience," soastasphrenas don't just deliver Moirae 2, no, they demonstrate that they have evolved in myriad ways.
What immediately struck me was the sound of the thing; it's noisier, a bit ... read more
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simply one of the most euphoric, beautiful and beguiling heavy music experiences of the decade. Deserves to be bigger than Deafheaven. The Flenser just doesn't miss
Oregon's finest emoviolence band, Senza, are a veritable force of nature. Their socials bio tells you everything you need to know: they're earnest, intimately connected to the natural world, looking outward to the wide universe, and burning with energy. The only thing they're definitively not is fucking quiet.
Since 2015, the trio of Hellena Christensen (guitar), Tim Mansell (bass), and Mason Caldwell (drums) have been gradually accummulating a flawless discograpy. Their last ... read more