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| 0.0 | this space for rent | June 9th 23 |
Experimental in a more coherent and pleasant manner
than the debut, but I still long for the hard-
hitting avant rock from Town Centre. Sanding off
the rough edges has left the product looking a bit
small.
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| 5.0 classic | jciccotelli | June 9th 23 |
Easily my favorite release of the year so far, could very well be AOTY.
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| 4.5 superb | cjbizzlebizzle | December 30th 23 |
'O Monolith' sees Squid bridging the gap between approachable/catchy and experimental/complex incredibly well with a repertoire of tracks that shows off a vast variety of sounds and wonderful instrumental depth. The album's opening track exemplifies all of the aforementioned very well. On the surface 'Swing (In A Dream)' has a A+ hook and is a true earworm but once you dive past that you hear the many, many intricate little details going on musically around that and within the vocals themselves. Immediately after, 'Devil's Den' starts out cautiously, again with some wonderful instrumental arrangements, before exploding into an anxious, noisy finish that pairs whacky vocals with a barrage of dissonant instruments. This mixture of memorable hooks and emotional moments with technical and complex layering of sounds continues and it feels like each song has its own personality that fits into the album as a whole. As good as it gets for noisy/experimental rock/punk in 2023.
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| 4.5 superb | Gene Gol-Jonsson CONTRIBUTOR | June 20th 23 |
Once again Squid pull together an impressive instrumental and stylistic barrage, surpassing expectations and conventions. If you enjoy subverted melodies, drowsy instrumental passages, twisted vocal inflections, and playing guessing games with influences, this is a perfect album, nay a perfect band, for you.
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| 3.1 good | Erwann S. STAFF | June 15th 23 |
I feel like Squid lost some of their vigor here in favour of some experimentations that do not leverage their complexity into bona fide banger songs.
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| 4.0 excellent | ajcollins15 | June 14th 23 |
The UK-based post-Brexit band finally releases their sophomore album after the breathtaking and innovative rebrand of post-punk: ?Bright Green Field?. Squid has an interesting juxtaposition in the grander landscape of the post-Brexit scene with obviously heavy hitters BCNR taking the internet by storm the last few years. On top of the brash and bombastic nature of Black Midi. In many ways, Squid stays in the same vein as their debut. With experimental rock tracks that constantly ebb and flow from fast-paced dance/art punk to light and building post-rock. There is a lot of love on this album and the way every track builds into a triumphant orchestration of guitars and drums. It?s not all perfect though, especially by the end of the album the band spins its progressive wheels too much plus the auto-tune on ?Siphon Song? is extremely degrading to the ears. Overall though the band tries their best to stick out and expand their sound in an innovative and explorative way.
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| 4.0 excellent | juiceviaorange | June 9th 23 |
Absolutely was blown away by their debut. This sounds super awesome so far.
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| 4.0 excellent | brandaao | June 9th 23 |
After a 1st spin, this is definitely better than the 1st one.
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| 4.0 excellent | TwigTW | January 17th 24 |
| 3.5 great | Veldin | January 13th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | Risodo | January 8th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Xenoflux | November 11th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | UrukHai | August 10th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | SadLad | July 28th 23 |
| 3.0 good | kiri | July 27th 23 |
| 3.5 great | tellah | July 25th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | MvdW | June 27th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | June 25th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | mallen- | June 24th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | greg84 EMERITUS | June 24th 23 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | June 22nd 23 |
| 2.5 average | Runeii | June 21st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Timmy | June 20th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Corney | June 16th 23 |
| 3.5 great | vult | June 16th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | leon486 | June 15th 23 |
| 3.5 great | jhop | June 15th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | jsredna | June 13th 23 |
| 3.5 great | arf | June 13th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Zac124 | June 13th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | FunJan | June 13th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | iGuter | June 10th 23 |
| 2.5 average | Ryus | June 9th 23 |
| 3.5 great | doofy | June 9th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Mser94 | June 9th 23 |
| 3.5 great | clavier EMERITUS | June 8th 23 |
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