yoizillmatic

If an album was the future, this would be it. Experimental doesn't even begin to cover it- this sounds like it was made in year 3000, between the layered synths and drum machines this is undoubtedly one of the most interesting and unique sounding records that I've heard in a long time, and in a good way no less. What's my gripe with it, then? I couldn't tell you a damn word that anyone said on this album. I couldn't even tell you how many different vocalists there are. If Drake and Future are ... read more

It's rare that I'll walk away from an album saying both 'damn, that was a hot mess' and 'damn, that was a really fun listen', but here we are. I'm usually not the biggest fan of noise rock- perhaps my most controversial take is that Daughters' You Won't Get What You Want is a 5/10- but this rubbed off on me a little bit more than I expected. The guitar work on this thing is glorious- it is at once messy, disorganized, and catchy as hell. Some of the riffs had me nodding my head like a madman ... read more

This was the first In The Pines project that I've listened to, and to be completely honest, I was pleasantly surprised. While the ideas on this record certainly aren't original- you'll be hard-pressed to find that at all in psych-rock nowadays- the formula is still executed quite well. There are moments of brilliant instrumentation on Snow Blink, like the opening two and a half minutes of 'Naked Eye' and pretty much the entirety of 'The Sun', and everything in between still manages to sound ... read more

I'm pretty sure if I listen to this at any other point in my life I'm giving it a 4... something about being cooped up for so long when I'm supposed to be out and being rebellious made the screaming pop punk that this record offers strangely appealing. Not that I thought that it was some sort of masterpiece or anything, I'd go more with comforting.

Favorite Tracks: Ride or Die, Jealousy, Possession