Album Rating: 4.0

Nah I think the text adds a nice contrast to the bland color scheme of the art itself. Fits pretty well imo

^yep, the text completes it

Knew that after new bermuda

this rules

Album Rating: 3.5

The beginning of Worthless Animal is stuck in my head.

Album Rating: 3.5

"Near is good but does it compare to the best Slowdive tracks? Not really."



I don't think it's fair to compare 'Near' to the best of Slowdive, but to do so anyway, I would say that Deafheaven tops Slowdive hands down in production. Production has always been a strength of Deafheaven since Sunbather and this new album continues that trend imo.



And I don't think it's even fair to compare based on the context of OCHL overall. 'Near' as a stand-alone track is definitely not as interesting as Slowdive's best tracks, but I think it serves as a perfect segmentation between the 1st half of the album, containing two very straight-forward Deafheaven tracks (Honeycomb & Canary Yellow), and the 2nd half, containing Deafheaven's most atmospheric and melodic songwriting to date.

Album Rating: 3.0

It just reminds me of Adele on the cover art lulz

Album Rating: 3.5

looks more like bubbles from trailer park boys



cannot unsee

Album Rating: 3.0

The artwork wouldn't be so bad if they didn't use the terrible font colors.

Album Rating: 1.0 | Sound Off

Holy FUCK it does look like Bubbles lmao.

Album Rating: 4.0

I can’t stop listening to Glint.

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

i get bored of that song like 6 minutes in and then realize i have 4 to go and get totally exhausted at the thought of finishing it.

Album Rating: 3.0

^ said this in the news thread: 'Near + Glint is so fucking good. should just stick to song interludes instead of every fucking song having a 3-5 minute random jam bullshit'

next post: '.... and then ofc Glint starts to drag onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn'

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

lol right? I feel the way this one is produced to be more about the atmosphere than the riffs really hurt the actually metal side of the music. The guitars don't sound as forceful so when they actually come in for a large part of Glint they don't have any impact. Anything off Judah sounds more powerful than that.

Album Rating: 3.0

fucking a bro, NB and this try so hard to get that atmospheric element on every song, but all it is is just shitty wahwah and detuned solos or repetitive chugachuga.

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

opener is some good dfhvn asmr

Album Rating: 3.0

Black Metal has only shown me how inbetween Deafheaven are. I'd rather just go listen to straight post-rock or straight Black Metal the likes of Altar of Plagues or Krallice.



But that's okay, you kids go enjoy your super meaningful music.

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

straight Black Metal the likes of Altar of Plagues or Krallice.





Those are not examples of straight anything. Krallice specifically since they all wibbly wobbly.

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

I want to like this more than I do. But for me, about 40 minutes of this is just a snooze fest.

Album Rating: 3.0

Yeah, Glint may be their greatest song they’ve done. It’s like a bigger, beefier, Vertigo. The intro is seriously almost too good. And the segment from 3:45 to 4:25 is one of my favorite music moments in recent memory. That reverberated scream at the end of that segment is orgasmic as hell