The World Is a Beautiful Place... Illusory Walls
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GreyShadow
June 24th 2025


8065 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

new one was more interesting than the last but them doing this hardcore influenced stuff is not hitting for me

SlothcoreSam
June 25th 2025


6666 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

New one didn't work at all for me, hopefully the album is not all like this

Sowing
Moderator
June 27th 2025


45523 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

I agree, it's not really my cup of tea either. And I also feel like a huge stylistic swing like that hits much better without warning, like what Foxing did with their self-titled. Slow dripping really heavy but bad singles isn't a great start lmao

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
June 27th 2025


17197 Comments


the only good stuff this band did was with tom may he rip

Feather
June 27th 2025


11467 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Hard disagree, but rip Tom

Sowing
Moderator
August 19th 2025


45523 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

New songs are really growing on me. I even like the screaming parts now.

Feather
August 19th 2025


11467 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I don’t agree, but wish I did. In other news: dissolving is amazing

Sowing
Moderator
August 19th 2025


45523 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

At first I thought the screams sounded amateurish but somehow over time they sound great to me



Especially on Beware the Centrist. Was not expecting the Katie screams lol

Feather
August 19th 2025


11467 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

The screams don’t bother me, the song writing is just boring and this band is usually not boring

GreyShadow
August 19th 2025


8065 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

what Feather said. didn't even realize the album dropped this week until they posted about it today. past few release cycles left me frothing at the mouth

Sowing
Moderator
August 19th 2025


45523 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

We shall see I guess. The melodies have started to grip me. It's weird because if you asked me 3 weeks ago I would have agreed with everything you guys are saying.

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
August 19th 2025


17197 Comments


the first single was something a local band with 28 followers would drop

Feather
August 19th 2025


11467 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

^ lol brutal but I agree. Seriously I think dissolving is incredible though. Makes me think of sorority noise a bit for some reason

GreyShadow
August 22nd 2025


8065 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

OKAY OKAY DIMMED SUN WAS FUCKING AWESOME

GreyShadow
August 22nd 2025


8065 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

okay, that was wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better than I was expecting. Album feels way more TWI than I was expecting. some shoegaze vibes at times too and they were cool. but genuinely, as a full package, I'm officially glad they tried something like this out. i don't think emo/hardcore has been combined like this before (normally that just ends up creating skramzy shit) and I think a lot of this worked really well. that Brendan Murphy single was probably the worst showcase mostly because of the emoy parts not doing enough, but even now, it's surprisingly grown.



closer was cool but without a doubt their weakest of the 5.

GreyShadow
August 22nd 2025


8065 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

also, Auguries (awesome song) sounds like it belongs on another album entirely. production def does not match the rest of this. Not sure if the initial plan was to have it on their next album but it def should've just been a one off. not complaining too hard doe cuz again, awesome song.

Feather
August 22nd 2025


11467 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Glad to hear it, slightly lifting my hopes a bit

WalrusTusk
August 22nd 2025


2022 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Jesus, the new album goes hard as fuck. I really enjoyed Illusory Walls, but I was not expecting this level of aggression. Is their older shit like this?

Sowing
Moderator
August 22nd 2025


45523 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

I told you guys to keep the faith ;-) Band never disappoints.

WalrusTusk
August 22nd 2025


2022 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

New album is AOTY contender. Holy shit... everyone on this site is hitting the Deftones but I'm gonna be spinning this all day.



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