Album Rating: 4.5

Yawning is super underrated yes

Album Rating: 3.5

Finally checking this out. First track is sounding great so far…

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah this album is win after win. Sleep Tongue is so simple in its execution but it’s so goddamn cathartic

Album Rating: 3.0

me too Boney, was impressed on my first spin



is this post-shoegaze?

Album Rating: 3.0

wtf is post shoegaze

your bloody valentine

Album Rating: 3.0

exactly Pika



shoegaze with post-elements tho, probably

Album Rating: 5.0

It’s kinda like what I always call Alcest: Shoegaze Metal. Mainly because I don’t really think there’s enough of the black to call them blackgaze.

Album Rating: 5.0

lol I mean they arguably pioneered the blackgaze genre, but who really cares about genre tags other than helping to categorize music better for people to discover.

Album Rating: 5.0

You openly defy me??

Album Rating: 5.0

On a serious note yeah it’s hardly important. I just feel like bm isn’t as prominent in Alcests sound as peeps think it is.



I’m listening to Realms again and I feel like it’s really underrated. It’s an awesome ep.

Album Rating: 5.0

this is more doomgaze than blackgaze

Album Rating: 3.5

I’m probably not qualified to weigh in on this, but most of this sounds like the parts of Alcest songs that aren’t specifically blackgaze (agreed with Mongi that there are aspects of that in most of their music but it’s often not their overriding sound), which is to say it’s a mix of shoegaze/dream pop and post-metal/post-rock, which one could indeed probably simplify as something like “post-shoegaze.” Honestly I don’t even hear that much metal here though. It’s not really doomgaze imo, I feel like it’s not harsh/heavy/depressive enough for that.

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah this album is a cohesive and complex combo of all that stuff. It’s so rare to see that 😁

Album Rating: 3.5

It’s a great sound for sure, though after 2 spins the songs are kind of blending together still, but I look forward to digging into this more and maybe checking their EPs before the new album drops.

Album Rating: 5.0

I kinda agree, which I acknowledge is the albums only flaw, but it ends up working for me because it’s the kinda atmosphere I end up sinking into. It comes to a head with Sleep Tongue I loooove it.

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah, blending together isn’t always a bad thing, especially with this kind of atmospheric music.



One funny thing though, the first time I listened I wasn’t paying super close attention to track transitions and I didn’t even realize the last track had started until several minutes in since it starts ambient just like the previous track.

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah the ending flows so nicely and that ambient section is so naturey

Album Rating: 4.5

New track "Void of Light" dropping Thursday lesgo

Album Rating: 3.5

Could just be the cover art palette but a lot of this does remind me quite a bit of Voyages era Alcest. In a good way though, it’s certainly not a copycat.