Album Rating: 4.5

Infinite Granite is bad Slowdive worship

Album Rating: 3.2

Valid but I still dig it lmao.

Album Rating: 4.5

"Infinite Granite is bad Slowdive worship"



I've never been so offended by a Dedes take

Album Rating: 5.0

I'm not sure I get all the hate for Infinite Granite, it does well what it's trying to do. I personally love that album.

Album Rating: 5.0

I have a good time with Infinite Granite, but I do agree with its criticisms.



It is a pretty decent attempt at the genre, but it really feels like it's more for superfans who just want to experience the band sprinting out of their comfort zone.



"Heathen" here does pretty much everything that album tried to do but better and more elegantly integrated into their sound. If they made a clean(er) album and were willing to open up their sound a bit more like "Incidental II" then I think they could do something really cool.

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

ya odal is spot on, Infinite Granite has a lot of good ideas but they’re stretched way too thin. Nice try but no thanks



Heathen is literally better than that entire record.

Album Rating: 4.5

Shellstar, In Blur, and Great Mass is such a good run of songs tho



And Mombasa is an incredible closer

Garbo is more than acceptable

Album Rating: 5.0

Love me some Mombasa, perfect closer

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

I really only like Great Mass of Color and Mombasa tbh, rest of the album can kick rocks

Album Rating: 5.0

Those are all fair points. It is a great spin on vinyl though.



I also like Alcest's "Shelter" more than most other Alcest albums, so maybe I'm a bit skewed towards the black sheep albums these bands are putting out lol.

Album Rating: 5.0

Odal definitely hit the nail on the head: I still say IG's a great album, but I'm willing to admit it does benefit from being ensconced in the fandom.



Though I wouldn't say Heathen is the final reach of that shoegaze sound they were after, I'd argue it's just a different take on it.

Album Rating: 3.0

“It is a pretty decent attempt at the genre, but it really feels like it's more for superfans who just want to experience the band sprinting out of their comfort zone.”



yeah, I can agree with most of this. Okay, maybe omit the words “pretty decent” and it works

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

I guess I’m the only one who thinks Lament for Wasps is also one of the best songs on IG.

Album Rating: 5.0

Lament for Wasps is a killer, for sure. Huge Villain fan as well.

Album Rating: 4.5

This is good. Really, really good. But it isn't Sunbather.

I like it more than sunbather, I never really got into that one.

Album Rating: 5.0

I never got into any of them. Roads had pleasant sticker shock value. This however has grabbed me by the balls and ain’t letting go.

Album Rating: 5.0

I'm more of a New Bermuda fan myself, never really fully got into Sunbather. This album is such a perfect blend of New Bermuda and Infinite Granite that I just can't quit it.

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Pretty much like me Obsidian yeah



I also dig IG