winternimbus

quick review of this record as a "sign-of-life" to show that i'm not dead after... almost a half-a-year's worth of not sitting down, and writing reviews on this site.

(also, i do want to give justice to this album's reviews because how mixed the popular reviews of this album at the time of this review being written)

"in absentia" is a fairly solid progressive rock/art rock album, it's not to the levels of the wild experimentation, frenetic energy and ... read more

i had the urge to listen to this on a whim for nostalgia's sake--because i remembered listening to this all the way back in 2017 as a 15 y/o and enjoying it at that time.

the song isn't really anything *too* special, it's decently enjoyable late 90's alternative/weird post-grunge even if it's a bit homogeneous with the rest of the generalized 90's alternative sound (i do enjoy the rhythm section during the chorus, something just tickles my brain) RIGHT UP until ... read more

anyone else in this thread drink crude oil

i'm going to have to sit down, re-listen to this--and write a more thorough review of this later at some point, but here's a generalized summary of my thoughts on the album:

*oh my god* this album made me cry. this is the perfect thematic follow-up to monarch of monsters (even though love & ponystep hits incredibly harder if you have BPD like i do, and are familiar w/ some of VP's discography), and it's a display from vylet pony PROVING that EDM/electronica isn't ... read more