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HALLEY LABS Discog Dive | 9/91
Time for another new alias, this time exploring the label debut (and actual debut) of Darius. Em's affinity for trancey, spacey, industrial-adjacent soundscapes comes up once again here, but now infused with more funk/prog rock influence for a melodically and rhythmically complex final product--think Chris Christodoulou. Just from me making that comparison, it should come as no surprise that this album's a lot of fun.
Production-wise, ERGOSPHERE finds ... read more
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As a long time fan of Boards of Canada, Inferno serves as a very logical progression of their work after such a long hiatus. That's not to say this project is trite or boring though; this album is perhaps a bit long winded, but it is the culmination of all the different styles and moods BoC have encompassed thus far and expands upon them in a very effective manner, chasing after the dark atmosphere that makes Geogaddi and Tomorrow's Harvest so great while also channeling the ... read more
With a lot of different genre fusions at play like vapor, IDM, glitch, and hip-hop, Combat Surf proves to be a very enjoyable high-energy, mixtape-like album. It definitely does not leave much room to be bored, constantly introducing new ideas that all fit together well in the album flow.
Favorite tracks: Visions of the Future, Mission Objective, This Ain't a Game, Waterfall Lab, Skydive
The heavy atmosphere of this record is enthralling and effective, with a plodding aggression that keeps you engaged. The undertones of post-metal and doom give this album a great personality.
Favorite tracks: Blind, Seething and Scattered, Last Light
Truly a one-of-a-kind album that's sort of hard to quantify as every listen through will by nature be different in terms of pacing and all that. That being said, it's still got some excellent crunchy sound design and spacey surreal atmosphere, and the concept behind it gives it a lot of points.
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I'm taking a break from "big" reviews for a while. Life got busy, I'm under near constant stress, excuses, excuses. I'll get back to doing full reviews eventually, but for now it'll be mostly abridged comments.
100 = must-listen/exemplary
80 = the album is great
60 = I liked the album
40 = good ideas, poor execution/not my thing
20 = poor
0 = literally no redeeming qualities
I'm taking a break from "big" reviews for a while. Life got busy, I'm under near constant stress, excuses, excuses. I'll get back to doing full reviews eventually, but for now it'll be mostly abridged comments.
100 = must-listen/exemplary
80 = the album is great
60 = I liked the album
40 = good ideas, poor execution/not my thing
20 = poor
0 = literally no redeeming qualities
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The ranked list of all the albums I've heard during and that released in 2026. I'm taking a break from "big" reviews this year, so my thoughts will be pretty abridged.
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Albums with either less than a thousand listens on Spotify (at the time of adding) or just generally don't get enough attention. I recommend listening to everything on this list!
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The list of all the albums I've heard during and that released in 2025 along with some abridged reviews for each. You can find slightly more in-depth reviews for every album here on my main page.
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