Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of February 16, 2018.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.  As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.

Featured Release

Senses Fail: If There Is Light, It Will Find You

Genre: Post Hardcore // Label: Pure Noise Records

Background:

Senses Fail started out as an equal blend of pop punk and post hardcore, but with each subsequent album they slowly dropped the pop elements and increased the hardcore. Despite this slow build up, the sound of their fifth album, Renacer, was still a shock for fans. Suddenly, any hint of pop punk or even the friendlier side of post hardcore was missing — Renacer and it’s follow-up Pull The Thorns From Your Heart, were pretty much metallic hardcore with barely any clean singing or catchy choruses to speak of. As much as Renacer was a sudden swing in style, If There Is Light… is just as drastic, but in the opposite direction. Sounding like the golden era of Let It Enfold You and Still Searching, If There is Light… is the return of what most fans probably loved most about Senses Fail — huge hooks, pop punk vocals coupled with hardcore shouts, and enough emotional baggage for any three other people.

“Double Cross”:

– Full List of Releases: February 16, 2018 –

Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto: Glass
Genre: Ambient Electronic // Label: Raster-Noton
Check out our Staff Review courtesy of Aaron.
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American Nightmare: American Nightmare
Genre: Hardcore // Label: Rise Records
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Angra: Omni
Genre: Power Metal // Label: Ear Music
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Belle & Sebastian: How to Solve Our Human Problems Pt. 3
Genre: Indie Pop // Label: Matador Records
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Born Ruffians: Uncle, Duke & The Chief
Genre: Alternative/Indie // Label: Yep Roc Records
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Brandi Carlile: By the Way, I Forgive You
Genre: Indie Folk // Label: Low Country Sound
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Car Seat Headrest: Twin Fantasy
Genre: Indie Rock // Label: Matador Records
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Dabrye: Three/Three
Genre: Hip-Hop/Electronic // Label: Ghostly International
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Ektomorf: Fury
Genre: Thrash/Nu-Metal // Label: AFM Records
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Empress: Reminiscence
Genre: Sludge Metal/Post Metal // Label: Independent Release
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Endless Heights: Vicious Pleasure
Genre: Emo/Hardcore // Label: Cooking Vinyl

Check out our Staff Review courtesy of SowingSeason.
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Escape The Fate: I Am Human
Genre: Metalcore/Hard Rock // Label: Eleven Seven Music
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Eyes Set To Kill: Eyes Set to Kill
Genre: Metalcore/Post Hardcore // Label: Century Media Records
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Fischerspooner: Sir
Genre: Electronic // Label: Ultra
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For The Fallen Dreams: Six
Genre: Metalcore/Hardcore // Label: Rise Records
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Harakiri For The Sky: Arson
Genre: Post Black Metal // Label: AOP Records
Check out our Contributor Review for Arson.
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I’m With Her: See You Around
Genre: Folk // Label: New Rounder
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Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet: Landfall
Genre: Experimental/Pop // Label: Nonesuch
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Letters From The Colony: Vignette
Genre: Progressive Metal // Label: Nuclear Blast
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Loma: Loma
Genre: Psychedelic/Indie Folk // Label: Sub Pop Records
Check out our Staff Review courtesy of Verdant.
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Marlon Williams: Make Way For Love
Genre: Folk/Country // Label: Dead Oceans
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Neal Morse: Life & Times
Genre: Progressive Rock // Label: Metal Blade Records
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Nipsey Hussle: Victory Lap
Genre: Hip-Hop // Label: Atlantic Records
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Onra: Nobody Has to Know
Genre: Hip-Hop/Electronic // Label: All City Records
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Ought: Room Inside The World
Genre: Post Punk/Indie // Label: Merge Records
Check out our Staff Review courtesy of Verdant.
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Pianos Become The Teeth: Wait For Love
Genre: Post Rock/Post Hardcore // Label: Epitaph Records
Check out our Staff Review courtesy of Trebor.
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The Plot In You: Dispose
Genre: Metalcore // Label: Fearless Records
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Polica/s t a r g a z e: Music For the Long Emergency
Genre: Alternative/Indie Pop // Label: Totally Gross National Product
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Robert Earl Thomas: Another Age
Genre: Indie Folk // Label: Captured Tracks
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Ryuichi Sakamoto: Async Remodels
Genre: Electronic/Classical // Label: Milan Records
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Senses Fail: If There Is Light, It Will Find You
Genre: Post Hardcore // Label: Pure Noise Records
Check out our Contributor Review for If There Is Light…
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Slaves: Beautiful Death
Genre: Alternative/Post Hardcore // Label: SBG Records
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Superchunk: What a Time to be Alive
Genre: Pop Punk/Indie // Label: Merge Records
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Taylor Deupree: Fallen
Genre: Electronic/Ambient // Label: Nature Bliss
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Visions Of Atlantis: The Deep & The Dark
Genre: Symphonic Metal/Power Metal // Label: Napalm Records
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U.S. Girls: In A Poem Unlimited
Genre: Indie Pop // Label: 4AD
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Wild Beasts: Last Night All My Dreams Came True
Genre: Indie Pop/Dream Pop // Label: Domino Documents
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