Band seems to be recording again (check Jeremy Snyder @rogue_snacks ‘ insta story)
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Album Rating: 4.0
Great ass band. Love the Southern Gothic style lyrics.
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Album Rating: 3.5
I don’t care at all.
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Album Rating: 4.0
This is my 2020 AOTY by a long shot tbh
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Album Rating: 4.5
Just had a long overdue sitdown with this with the lyrics, wow.
Snapped the whole thing into focus, brilliant
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Album Rating: 4.3
Shit yes, the prose on here is delicious
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Album Rating: 4.5
Great fucking feel for tying lines to the next with interior rhyme.
Gonna have to try a free write while this thing's cadence is still buzzing holy holy
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Album Rating: 4.3
Just went through them now, and hot damn I didn't realise these narratives were so explicitly connected
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Album Rating: 4.5
Right? Way it ties things together by distinctive features (Pale eyes, blonde wig, stained dress) and leaves the interpretation wide open is so very mmm
Need more southern gothic noir pretty please
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Album Rating: 4.5
Like is Death Croons happening on the very same night as Made for Me?
Signs point to yes
But signs also point to no
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Album Rating: 4.3
the flow of time is d i s t o r t e d
real question is should Stay Cruel have been called Metropolis Pt. 0: The Miracle And the Sleeper Pt. 2
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Album Rating: 4.5
Lmao not a sleeper anymore since the sirens woke him up!
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Album Rating: 4.3
That is a good point! I underestimated the narrative depth!
Seriously though, I'm losing it even more to Machete as a closer now. I feel like Sweat could have worked lyrically as a "we get it" note to end on, but then the bois dish out one hell of a final act no-one knew they needed, with all the same tropes, mainly new characters, and somehow even more absurd suspense and stakes? Incredible song
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Album Rating: 4.5
Yeah, right? To bury that huge fucking lead as an aside in Sing Me to the Street, and then come back as crushing, and even more heavy because you know the ending in advance that the actual story cuts before reaching -
This might be a reach, but it kind of feels like a similar structure to the way Fox Dreams of the Log Flume's narrative prologue/chronological epilogue details make Bear's Vision hit even harder
But yeah Machete might be the best here and this thing never stops hitting from the word Go
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Album Rating: 4.3
Ah yeah, I feel you re. Fox's Dream, although that one's a pretty heavy foregrounding whereas Sing Me to the Street is something you'd be lucky to catch on repeats if you weren't combing. Same goes with all the Ben & Lily foreshadowing in the opener and Serafina
I just love that this thing can kick off with one long description of a girl in front of a mirror/window, and end up with a morbid epic that might as well summarise a whole novel. Superb performance, every step of the way. Maybe imma bump
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Album Rating: 4.5
Would not be surprise if this crawls into the 5s at some point (not that I'm a stern guard handing those around lol)
Just absolutely seething and choking, like drowning in the spew from a ruptured car oil line you're trying to fix.
An over arch journey of petrol and fuckage. Fucking adore a record that steps up and makes you invest in the lyrics alongside the tunez. The elliptical approach to Ben & Lily is so beautifully rendered.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Wow a 0.1 bump this was less about the rating and more about the flex, Johnny, I see you
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Album Rating: 4.3
Was gonna reply saying baby steps and this has a couple of weaker songs, but then there was a small earthquake so maybe it should have been a bigger bump
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Album Rating: 3.5
Feel like I might be underestimating this a bit, it’s a lot of fun.
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Album Rating: 4.3
Fun and then some, best bits here are chills and delish
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