40 Watt Sun Perfect Light
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DarkNoctus
January 22nd 2022


12210 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

this is beautiful. behind my eyes is so crushing.

Sowing
Moderator
January 22nd 2022


43959 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

A few minutes into the second track and this is not at all what I was expecting based on those genre tags.

Koris
Staff Reviewer
January 22nd 2022


21180 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

^ Yeah, definitely a lot more slowcore than the genre tags let on

Sowing
Moderator
January 22nd 2022


43959 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I should have read the review (will do that now)!



I hate to say it but this isn't doing much for me so far yeah nevermind I already take it back

Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
January 22nd 2022


18258 Comments


Lush review my man.

theBoneyKing
January 22nd 2022


24441 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

At this point you couple probably throw indie rock in the genre tags to cover slowcore.



Also Sowing now you gotta go reverse chronological to get to Watching From a Distance.

Sunnyvale
Staff Reviewer
January 22nd 2022


5914 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Thanks guys!



@Boney, yeah, I voted for "indie rock" for 40 Watt Sun earlier today, I think that's the closest to slowcore in the Sputnik genre system.

theBoneyKing
January 22nd 2022


24441 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah I’ve always felt restricting slowcore to indie rock is a bit limiting as there’s plenty of slowcore that’s mostly acoustic and not really “rock” per se, but it’s the best equivalent we have here for sure.

theBoneyKing
January 22nd 2022


24441 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Diving in now finally, wasn’t expecting those backing vox in the opener

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
January 22nd 2022


60543 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

slowcore tag when

Dedes
Contributing Reviewer
January 22nd 2022


10035 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

New 40 Watt Sun? Whew lad I would've never known

Definitely jamming today, great review. Invisipos.

Demon of the Fall
January 22nd 2022


33926 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Came here to say ‘slowcore?!’ and I see pretty much every comment is along those lines. I’ll have to dive back in without false preconceptions to see if it clicks because honestly I was bored / lusting after Low the first time around.

Sowing
Moderator
January 22nd 2022


43959 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Gonna have to give this more time. First listen had me pretty much constantly waffling between utter boredom and feeling like I was on the verge of an emotional connection



Not sure what that combination means but basically it was like American Football's LP3



theBoneyKing
January 22nd 2022


24441 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

It’s possible this needs a bit more context to hit in the right way - listening now and loving so far, but I might not be as convinced by the more standard soft slowcore style if I didn’t know where this was coming from.

Koris
Staff Reviewer
January 22nd 2022


21180 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I don’t know what it is about this album, but there’s a strangely nostalgic feeling I get from it. It definitely sounds out of place in 2022, but that’s kinda the charm of it. It really does recall a lot of that sentimental 90s indie rock magic, but then it has that sprawling post-rock touch to it… honestly, I just love the whole vibe of the album

DoofDoof
January 22nd 2022


15103 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Yeah, it sounds like 90s RHP and early 2000s Sun Kil Moon- big nostalgia for me

NorthernSkylark
January 22nd 2022


12134 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I don’t think this is slowcore so much as it is post rock. Lovely album for sure.

theBoneyKing
January 22nd 2022


24441 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

And maybe I’m an island, but make me like the sea

To pour across your shores and borders

Before it covers me

I will cover up the scars for you

And the dead parts of the past for you…




Well shit



And yeah I have absolutely nothing wrong with this being a shameless rip of early Kozelek.

Sunnyvale
Staff Reviewer
January 22nd 2022


5914 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah, Kozelek's projects are definitely the biggest influence I find, but this has a "spacier" feel, for lack of a better term, to my ears. It's beautiful

Demon of the Fall
January 22nd 2022


33926 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

‘Yeah, it sounds like 90s RHP and early 2000s Sun Kil Moon- big nostalgia for me‘



Certified Doofcore then… Genre tag when?



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