I feel good all over

★ LET GO - PSYCHOBUBBLE - SHH - FLICKS - THE DUMBING DOWN OF LOVE ★

kick up my shit, why don't you ♥

*** APOLOGETIC SHOULDER BLADES - LOVELY BLOODFLOW - HALL - YOU'RE MY EXCUSE TO TRAVEL - RAIN SMELL ***

an incredibly engaging mourning of the body and the deterioration of self. i sincerely feel close to the world of Obsidian, an exhale that i come to when needed.

*** WORSENING - OSSUARY - PHEADRA - NO PAST LIVES - INTER ***

The B-sides go off way harder than they have any right to do so!

★ HYPERBALLAD - ENJOY - YOU'VE BEEN FLIRTING AGAIN - ISOBEL - POSSIBLY MAYBE ★

Never has utter despair sounded so good!

★ QUICKSAND - STONEMILKER - BLACK LAKE - HISTORY OF TOUCHES - FAMILY ★

Like a campfire on a chilled night.

Standout: A FULLNESS OF LIGHT IN YOUR SOUL

But I love the boys... 🥺

★ BOYS AT SCHOOL - ALWAYS - QUEEN OF WANDS - MAGIC ACT - LITTLE DEER ★

There's a few solid tracks that I love on here, but i find the back half of the album to be more engaging to me than the first.

Standout: GOODBYE
Loved: MAN'S WORLD - NEW AMERICA - I LOVE YOU BUT I LOVE ME MORE - FLOWERS

My foray into the stylings of art and experimental rock this year have been quite lukewarm. I've listened to the likes of Nick Cave's CARNAGE and St. Vincent's DADDY'S HOME and wasn't as into them as a lot of others on this platform. Black Country, New Road's FOR THE FIRST TIME has been the closest I've gotten to fully enjoying an art/experimental rock album! I find that the tracks jazz instrumentations are my favourite, with a blasting of saxophones and horns, it's a new pallet of sound that I ... read more

A fabulous record here that speaks to me in this current moment. I adore Kinlaw's back and forth of poetic and matter-of-fact lyricism on separate tracks. My favourite album of 2021 so far!

Standout: THE ROAD
Loved: THE MECHANIC - THERE SHE IS - PERMISSIONS - OLEANDER