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	Rolo Tomassi Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It Listening diary 23rd April, 2022: Rolo Tomassi - Time Will Die & Love Will Bury It (post- hardcore, 2018) It's been a real pleasure to follow Rolo Tomassi over the years. It's been a decade since I first heard Astraea, right in the middle of the period where I was convinced that mathcore was a worthless genre, and since then they've done nothing but grow in creative ways. You could hear it back then, what was coming - how else were they album to sell mathcore to someone who can't stand the style? And so it's no surprise that they move into softer pastures with an incredibly refined	4.0 04.25.22
	Robert Wyatt Shleep Listening diary 22nd April, 2022: Robert Wyatt - Shleep (canterbury/art rock, 1997) A strange record from a strange man, but Wyatt has this odd ability to be totally compelling with his strangeness, even when writing about sleep. I hear a lot of Richard Dawson in this, and I have no doubts that a lot of his idiosyncrasies are influenced by Mr Wyatt, particularly in the incorporation of atonal avant-folk in to otherwise straightforward songs. There's nothing here that stands out to me as being exceptional, but it flows by without making much noise and occasionally will bring out a section	3.5 04.24.22
	My Chemical Romance Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge 21st April: My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge (emo-pop/post-hardcore, 2004) My Chemical Romance were arguably my first ever musical love, and while I do welcome their critical re-evaluation (the real ones always knew it was coming), I have to say that I was never as taken by this album as many fellow fans were. I think it's the almost excessive melodrama, with absolutely every vocal line and every guitar solo embellished beyond recognition, and with the hardcore roots still firmly in place here, it can be quite abrasive. Way is clearly excellent at composing mel	3.5 04.24.22
	Chelsea Wolfe Mistake In Parting 19th April: Chelsea Wolfe - Mistake in Parting (singer/songwriter, 2006) I can definitely see why Chelsea wants this one gone from the internet, but in all honesty it's an interesting piece of history on her development - and many artists have albums of this type. It's just a pity that she released it under her own name. To me this feels like a slightly edgy version of singer/songwriter mum-pop. I honestly hear a lot of Brooke Fraser in this, and for the non-New Zealanders who don't know who she is, it's like inoffensive and occasionally inspired generic-bandground-pop-for-cafes. Like Bro	3.0 04.23.22
	Soilwork The Living Infinite 18th April: Soilwork - The Living Infinite (melodic death metal, 2013) I listened to this once, nearly a decade ago, and entirely wrote it off. In fact, there's a likelihood that I didn't even listen to all of it, because it is 20 damn tracks. So I don't know what I was expecting when my beloved spreadsheet told me to revisit it, but it certainly wasn't any sort of moderate enjoyment. But you know what, this is decent, and with a bit (okay, a lot) of trimming, it could even be good. The real feather in the cap here is that they frequently deviate from the melodeath formula - sometimes int	3.0 04.23.22
	Slowdive Slowdive (LP) 17th April: Slowdive - s/t (dream pop/shoegaze, 2017) It’s probably impossible to avoid mentioning the context of this - after all, it’s not every day that a 20+ year return from the dead album actually ends up being worth the hype. It’s the perfect reunion album, taking enough of Slowdive’s original sound and adding just enough modern shoegaze twist to keep it sounding relevant and to help the album avoid redundancy. But above all, they’ve made sure the songs are still good. In fact, these are some of their best ever, and even when the sound design is lacking, the melodies shin	4.0 04.20.22
	Bohren und der Club of Gore Sunset Mission 16th April: Bohren & der Club of Gore - Sunset Mission (dark jazz, 2000) I was asked by my sister to put on “whiskey bar vibe music” for a game of cards. This was, very naturally, the first thing I thought of, even if less than half an hour later she asked for something “more upbeat” because it was putting her to sleep. This is pure, concentrated atmosphere. It has one idea, and does it for well over an hour with very little variation, but you’re not here for variation. You’re not here for light or technicality either. For anything that requires dark, immersive, pseudo-sophist	4.0 04.20.22

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