i dont think id like it either but im just interested in that dichotomy

Album Rating: 4.0

yeah that's pretty much what i was getting at, the clear contrast somehow works really well/blends together nicely here

that said i don't think you'd like this either pots lol

Didn't like this at all, pretty much a poor The Cure impersonation, which bands like Drab Majesty do a lot better.

Album Rating: 3.5

Drab majesty is sweet but this ain't bad either. It's got some solid bass lines for sure.

Album Rating: 4.0

Kinda bothers me that this has the same rating as Choke, this is so much better.

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

no it ain't

Album Rating: 3.0

The last two songs are really great and everything prior is fine

Album Rating: 4.0

interesting take cuz i don't really fw the closer but oil burner is soo good, really hoping they'll expand on that sound a bit in the future

Album Rating: 3.0

maybe it curried favour with me because it came after oil burner

Album Rating: 2.5

it’s a trend for dudes in hxc bands to start bands that sound like the cure and this band has always kind of been the first band i think of when that gets brought up lol i still haven’t listened to this tho

Album Rating: 4.0

I think this album is really good but the best new wave style album of the year is from Korine. Hands down.

Album Rating: 2.5

i finally listened to this and while the album is overall much better than the very first song, i still did not like it or find any reason to listen to it again. it does sound more focused than their other albums but in a way that sounds like u trained an AI to write a collection of mostly new wave songs without any personality

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

it's pretty unremarkable even by Soft Kill standards. i'd say the band's visual and presentation aesthetic is much stronger than their musicianship.

Album Rating: 2.5

i honestly liked their recordings from before way more until i saw them live with portrayal of guilt. one of the most boring bands like this i've ever seen IRL tbh portrayal of guilt was great tho

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

i thought that their macho tough hood hip-hop vibes are noteworthy. the way they market themselves. but the music does not live up to it

Album Rating: 4.0

ah shame luv! i honestly loved their live show when i caught them with slow crush and many rooms (such an amazing line up), toby had a great stage presence

Album Rating: 2.5

ya for sure it definitely helps them to be successful to the part of their crowd that is ppl that are really into modern hxc culture that also think it's cool to like bands that kinda sound like new order / have that aesthetic but are also hxc dudes that mosh n use words like "crowd killing"

Album Rating: 2.5

cheers jesper! great review as always, i wanted to like this for sure. slow crush was gr8 live when i saw them w grivo



yea soft kill probably is good live sometimes i may have just caught a bad show for them, was v low energy. still like that song hard candy tho

The last third of Crimey is so pretty

Album Rating: 3.5

new single is so fucking sexy makes me horny