Album Rating: 4.5

Is this gonna be a year for 2 5/5 record? i think so, this is fantastic

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

l'enfant de la lune is fucking unreal, amethyste too



bold move for the band and label to save the best two songs for the album proper rather than single releases

Album Rating: 2.5

started listening



komorebi is okay, l'envol is pretty bad



hopefully the album will pick up from here on

Album Rating: 4.0

it picked up for me on Amethyste, that outro is fucking godly

Album Rating: 4.0

"l'envol is pretty bad"



pls just go away

Album Rating: 4.0

Might be my favorite Alcest next to Kodama. This was stunning first listen.

Album Rating: 4.5

After my third spin i gotta say: IT'S TIME FOR A 5, BAYBAY

Album Rating: 4.0

I'm not a huge fan of the production. it sounds good when there's a lot of instruments and sounds in the background, but at other times it sounds a bit flat? idk, maybe I'm tripping. drums sound great tho

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah the drums sound fantastic

Album Rating: 4.5

"I'm not a huge fan of the production"



Yeah i gotta agree, tbh. There's a section at the beginning of amethyste that sounds not that good in particular.

Album Rating: 2.5

l'enfant de la lune is one of their best songs, wow



the rest is pretty much non-essential alcest imo



definitely an improvement over SI tho

Album Rating: 4.0

l'enfant de la lune and amethyste are definite highlights for me after one listen

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

l'enfant de la lune is the obvious highlight for sure - that ending sends me into shivers. it feels like the kind of song that should have been on spiritual instinct - basically the style of that album done right.



it's somewhere between a 4 and a 4.5 for me. if the more subdued tracks (l'adieu and reminiscence) were cut it'd be a better album imo - those tracks do nothing for me at all. thankfully only accounts for like 6 minutes of the experience. definitely an improvement front to back over spiritual instinct which i basically never revisit except for one song.

Album Rating: 3.0

Niiiiice! Getting on this soon. Lovely review as always Jesp 💖💖😍

Album Rating: 3.5

Sort of 'metal Takk'

Album Rating: 4.0

Really pretty album, love the art for it too.

Album Rating: 3.5

this is my 'focused listen of the week' so it'll get at least six listens before this time next week - see if we can improve on an initial 3.5, it will have every chance...

Album Rating: 4.5

So many moments on here transporting me back to that springtime nostalgic atmosphere of Souvenirs, but with an added twist of Kodama's intricacies. Compared to Spiritual Instinct this album feels very inspired and rejuvenated. Easily one of the best, if not the best records I've heard this year.

Album Rating: 5.0

" l'envol is pretty bad"



Peak Mononoke Metal. Best song I heard this year by a long shot. ( But I haven't heard much since April tbh)

This was an awesome morning listen. Definitely sounds more invigorated than Spiritual Instinct. Gonna need a bit more time with it to see where it settles, but it makes me excited about Alcest again.

Cannot say enough how much I adore the cover