Krohme’s “Before the Animals Know You’re Dead” is not here to entertain you. It’s here to test whether or not your soul is up to date. Following the apocalyptic grief spiral of The Ceremony of Innocence, which is an album that sounded like it was pulled from the wreckage of a society that tried “vibes” […]
Let’s get one thing straight: Fu Lai by Yudes is not here to make you feel cool; it’s here to make you feel everything. This isn’t some curated global fusion playlist with easy hooks and celebrity cosigns. No phonetic training wheels, no Dua Lipa cameo to guide you in gently. This album opens in Mandarin-English
Some albums ease you in, like a warm bath. Saline is not one of those albums. Saline is the equivalent of being dragged into the ocean by some primordial horror, held under until your lungs burn, and then being thrown back onto the shore, gasping, confused, and somehow wanting to do it again. This debut
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Eric Schroeder has apparently decided that subtlety is for cowards. Cat’s Game is what happens when a musician who’s spent years carefully crafting harmonic introspection finally looks around, shrugs, and mutters “screw it” before plugging in everything he owns and turning it all the way up. The result? A lean; loud; emotionally wrecked album that
Through solid basslines, slinky riffs, and defining beats, this album fully encapsulates the experiences and struggles of one that may be applicable to many. “Slow Progress” consists of twelve tracks, each of which tells a story within a similar path. It embodies the sound of alternative hip-hop, with rap that leaves no detail behind. It
You know when an album doesn’t just play, it sort of… arrives? Like someone gently kicking in the door to your emotional stability and saying, “Hi. Here’s my heart. Please look after it, it’s been through some things.” That’s All at Sea by daidrum. This isn’t just prog rock; it’s prog rock for people who
On February 21st, 2025, Dashed to Shivers, a band that sounds like they were formed when four Romantic poets were cursed to wander the Münsterland countryside until they learned power chords, released Undertow, their second full-length album. It also marks the debut of their new frontman, Sebastian Kavermann, whose voice is less “lead singer” and
By all conventional metrics: structure, genre cohesion, basic artistic restraint, Culinary Vendetta by Rubbish Party should not work. It is a deeply unserious concept delivered with unnerving sincerity. It is emotionally volatile music wrapped in what can only be described as an aesthetic best understood by those who’ve felt nostalgic grief over a dead Flash
TORRANCE’s debut studio album, Galaxy of Punks, isn’t content with being just a collection of songs. No, it’s a hyperactive, genre-smashing rollercoaster that grabs you by the face and demands you have a good time. It’s pop, it’s rock, it’s dance; it’s everything, all at once, and somehow, it works. TORRANCE himself is a full-on
Having a very early start in the world of music during his childhood in Australia, Ivan Bullock, the man behind the titles of Mystral Tide and Minorarc, embraced the field with open arms up until moving to Japan. Surrounded by music and creativity for most of his life, he expertized piano, experimenting with that very
