Pelican Flickering Resonance
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EoinCofa
May 16th 2025


1002 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Definitely their “prettiest” album to date.

jmh886
May 16th 2025


3003 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Rocks so far. One of my all time favorite bands. Dudes have been on a roll since forever becoming.

DamnVanne
May 16th 2025


3666 Comments


The couple songs they played on tour with Russian Circles were EXTREMELY promising so I’ve been looking forward to this. Great review and I’ll be jamming this ASAP

Flugmorph
May 16th 2025


35409 Comments


dudes rock

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
May 16th 2025


114957 Comments

Album Rating: 3.2

Hmmmm I like this but it's pretty much just sounding "good" to me. Nice atmosphere and cool riffage but nothung that really puts it over the top for me.

Confessed2005
May 17th 2025


7557 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Solid and entertaining for the most part. Not necessarily much different to their last few releases in terms of style and execution but it is a good album.

ShartHarder
May 17th 2025


312 Comments


got a soft spot for these guys as they were one of the first bands i ever saw live, but this is some of the most boring mid post-metal out there. they've always been more good than great but the last album was maybe their best. this is devoid of anything interesting other than the guitars sound kinda nice

FearThyEvil
May 19th 2025


19391 Comments


I wonder if I should get tickets to see them live. Unpopular opinion I guess but it's hard for me to enjoy live acts without any vocals at all.

Odal
Emeritus
May 19th 2025


3129 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

If you have any passing interest in Pelican, I would absolutely see them live. They are so loud and heavy, and their entire change in ethos was in service of making their shows more entertaining (for themselves, as much as the audience).



There are a lot of bits in their writing from their last few that are looser, with transitions that could be uncharitably read as sloppy or slapdash, but really work live giving them a sort of super heavy jam band feel.

0GuyMan0
May 19th 2025


5603 Comments


Not sure if like instrumental live?

Watch Russian Circles. I can't vouch for pelican, but RC is otherworldly good.

DamnVanne
May 19th 2025


3666 Comments


Russian Circles’ live show is so phenomenal. I think I’ve seen them 4 times and each time is better than the last. This tour’s setlist is especially potent, even with the more forgettable new songs

Odal
Emeritus
May 19th 2025


3129 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

With instrumental bands in this genre, the live shows rip and the songs usually play out more like movements to a grander set.



Turn your brain off and forget studio versions exist, and just experience the heavy and loud noise

veninblazer
May 19th 2025


20047 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

pretty under par for Pelican but I still like it

Wizard
May 20th 2025


20627 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

I think I'm the only one around here who is so bored with this sound.

Xen0scale
May 21st 2025


48 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Very much getting Cloudkicker vibes from this latest one.

DDDeftoneDDD
May 22nd 2025


23512 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Woa

This boring eh?

Relinquished
May 22nd 2025


50089 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

not at all

Volt2187
May 24th 2025


269 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

This is embarrassingly bad. Shame too because everything up until City of Echoes is a post-metal classic.

EoinCofa
May 24th 2025


1002 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

These are lies you speak of

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
May 24th 2025


114957 Comments

Album Rating: 3.2

You're all wrong tbh. Its not amazing and it doesn't suck. Its somewhere right in the middle.



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