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Demon of the Fall
June 5th 2020


40123 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Agreed inferno, but then me neither re Shoegaze. Perhaps I just prefer dream pop (particularly the melancholy kind) to gaze and this leans more in that direction.

wildinferno2010
June 5th 2020


1970 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I reckon Loveless is pretty melancholic too, but in a livelier, and yeah, warmer, way if that makes sense.

Trifolium
June 5th 2020


41141 Comments


Yeah could be melancholic but a completely different kind of melancholic. Here there is sadness and longing and a sense of something being unattainable; whereas on Loveless it's more positive, more nostalgic, sunnier, agreed!
Or something.
At least that's what they sound like to me. I imagine this could be different for many people actually.

wildinferno2010
June 5th 2020


1970 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I agree completely. Souvlaki is slower, colder, more contemplative, whereas Loveless is more... idk, emotional, chaotic. Like it's using warmth and noise as a way to distract itself from its own sadness.



Bit of a wanky description but it's the only way I can think of to describe it rn

Trifolium
June 5th 2020


41141 Comments


Yes I think we're on the exact same page then, haha! So difficult to describe, but I think we feel the same way about it.

parksungjoon
June 5th 2020


47226 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

love less

Trifolium
June 5th 2020


41141 Comments


Sou vlaki

parksungjoon
June 5th 2020


47226 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

ur thinking of sous vide i think

Demon of the Fall
June 5th 2020


40123 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Interesting, I can see that. Part of my brain hears those noisier guitars and I think it takes me away from the place I want to be, it conflicts with the melancholy, that introspective head-space is easier when the instrumentals are less assertive and more calming, sparse, when they drift etc.

I get that feeling from Souvlaki, less so from Loveless. I guess it’s hard to quantify, so hopefully this makes sense.

How do you guys feel about Ride’s debut?

Trifolium
June 5th 2020


41141 Comments


Yeah I get that Demon, for me it totally works and I cannot ever get enough of it ever, but it's a bit of a weirdo in that sense. The noise for me makes me go to that relaxed and hazy place immediately.
Ride's debut was very sharp if I remember correctly, I think I didn't really like it but I've heard it only a couple of times, a loooooonng time ago. I remember the noise here made me go far away from that nice place very quickly, but it's high time I revisited Ride.

wildinferno2010
June 5th 2020


1970 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

"love less"



Good advice



"How do you guys feel about Ride’s debut?"



Nowhere always struck me a bit too hard rock for my liking. I never really gave it much of a chance though, I was basically looking for another Souvlaki in it.

Trifolium
June 5th 2020


41141 Comments


''Nowhere always struck me a bit too hard rock for my liking.'' / ''I was basically looking for another Souvlaki in it.''
Exactly.

parksungjoon
June 5th 2020


47226 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

> Good advice





i try my best

Demon of the Fall
June 5th 2020


40123 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

If you approach it expecting Souvlaki then yeah it’s gonna be a massive disappointment. Totally different vibe/purpose for me. The vox aren’t the best, but the instrumentals have started hooking me. Interesting journey.

Trifolium
June 5th 2020


41141 Comments


''The vox aren’t the best''
...
Oh yeah... I remember now... This was why I didn't like it!
It's all coming back to me!

Demon of the Fall
June 5th 2020


40123 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah it's disappointing the vox don't live up to the instrumentals. Nevertheless I gave an album with brit-pop vibes an almost unprecedented 3.5, so I'm happy claiming that as a win of sorts.

wildinferno2010
June 5th 2020


1970 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I should give it another look. It wasn't the vibe I was looking for then but I remember basically enjoying it. My impression was that a lot of 90s shoegaze is more in that brit-pop vein so I didn't dive much into it.

FR33L0RD
June 5th 2020


6400 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

The noise for me makes me go to that relaxed and hazy place immediately.[2]

I feel the same about it.

( Its part of the reason why i like BlackMetal., btw)

BenThatsMyJamin
July 10th 2020


4020 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

40 days and I miss you...

loveisamixtape
July 10th 2020


12472 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

the 5est



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