Album Rating: 3.5

shoegaze nfts coming soon

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Typical shoegaze this isn’t, an oversimplification of what the band are doing here. Spacious, at times surreal soundscapes and varied tempos with an almost post-rock kind of songwriting approach, but at the same time more of a verse-chorus structure as well. The ethereal production is central to it all sounding as great as it does.

Also loud in the mix and adventurous bass playing that almost sounds like a lead instrument at times, then there’s the fantastic drumming and fills he does to keep the energy going the whole time. Only flaw really is that the singing sounds kinda flat at times.

Like I’ve said before, try to say an album that’s similar. No one has been able to.

Album Rating: 3.5

I do recall deriving a "generic" vibe from this but I like that comment. someone prove him wrong god dammit!

this is cookie cutter mid-career Envy fucking cookie cutter Turn On the Bright Lights on a mattress of overproduced shoegaze textures using a metal drummer who plays metal drums as birth control because, oh right, this is still technically kinda indecisively a metal band (lol???) and the reason this sounds like bad fanfiction with no central identity despite a lot of contextually striking components is because [wow you guessed it]
not a hard album to pin down and certainly not one that one that a band with a coherent artistic direction would care to make

Album Rating: 4.0

Calling this cookie cutter sounds like a huge stretch, but I admittedly haven't digested tons of shoegaze before. I feel like the band accomplished exactly what they were going for here, so calling this directionless seems a bit ridiculous.

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

I get a little Turn on the Bright Lights influence, but I don’t think it sounds much like Envy. There’re some noticeable influences from various bands sure, but its not obviously sounding like anyone else. I’m not hung up on the metal aspects, though I’d love this even more if there was 0 black metal as opposed to the 5-10% that there is.

Johnny I think what you’re calling “incoherent” and “no central identity” is actually a lot of variety to the soundscapes, tempos, and dynamics of each song. Does it all flow together perfectly as a whole album? No, especially the second half, but if it was all as samey and derivative as some are trying to claim, it would be criticized for being too safe/boring.

it has no central identity because their songwriting is boring as all hell
which is why people have been calling it safe and boring on and off for 90 pages now
it is incoherent because they don't know what to do with their metal roots, which are shoehorned into 3/8 songs in an attempt to make their climaxes more interesting; not exactly the sign of a band fully on top of a bold style departure
the focus of every track here is on following predictable dynamic shifts, and the soundscapes and textures, which are often competently engineered, are underwhelming because they pan out as a shiny vehicle for this rather than an engaging focus
maybe if deafheaven gave up on trying to write overlaboured Big Songs and made an ambient record or smthng they might finally find their feet
oh wait, there's an ambient song here and it's a complete nonentity
yeah, this band ain't it

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Has not been 90 pages of people saying this is safe and boring. Most of the ratings are high, and it got very positive reviews from music critics and has a solid average on here, so most people do like it quite a bit.

I think the metal is used appropriately and makes for great climaxes. But different strokes for different folks.

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

thats alot of text above me i wont read, anyways every song is great but other language kinda drags but thats it 10/10 aoty . I wish they could've went the black brick direction but I love their shoegaze phase nonetheless

Album Rating: 4.5

Amen, Talons and mrdog.

Album Rating: 3.9

Shot. 90 pages really

Album Rating: 1.0

appropriate review for this album

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

i'm going to listen to this again tmrw for the first time in like six months(???) so let's hope I do not also degenerate into the safe and generic g a z e

Album Rating: 4.0

They played this for a livestream show. It’s pretty good

Album Rating: 3.5

Can't wait to see them with Holy Fawn next march

So is this any good?

Album Rating: 3.5

It's a pleasant listening experience yes

Album Rating: 4.0

dang i jus came 2 jam on how nice it was to see george do his cleans on the livestream, rip (lost it with how perfectly he hit the “imagine you laughing” in in blur)

Album Rating: 4.0

ooo I can not wait to see them live now

Album Rating: 3.5

Saw previews of their set on IG and man they sound sublime. George's cleans sound amazing and Dan has gotta be the most underrated drummer of all time.