Review Summary: Mol mean business.
If I was to sum up
Dreamcrush in one word it would be “eclectic”. We live in an age where younger generations are dismantling genres and utilising their favourite elements from disparate styles of music to push boundaries and carve out a sound that’s entirely their own. However, this is the first time I’ve come across it being pulled off so effortlessly and naturally. If you look at Code Orange or The Callous Daoboys as examples, they draw from a slew of different genres, but they present it in a gaudy and erratic way. Mol on the other hand takes a vastly different approach, in a way that really distinguishes them from their peers. What makes
Dreamcrush such a slick and cohesive experience is in the way they ground their ideas; this is achieved by delivering songs with consistent and easily digestible time signatures. Every song has a number of styles in it – drawing from black metal (complete with shrill Dani Filth-esque vocals), shoegaze, post metal, and, at times, bordering on pop punk, topped off with some big rock ‘n’ roll solos – but it feels so calm, accessible and methodically pieced together. It’s actually a little unsettling when you sit back and breakdown just how natural post punk, pop punk and blast beats go together on here.
In short, it's albums like
Dreamcrush that bring me felicity and hope, making it all worth it when you’re sieving through tens of bands at one time trying to find some decent, worthwhile new music.
Dreamcrush is filled with cover-to-cover bangers, has impeccable pacing, and delivers a dozen different styles of music to you in one unbelievably cohesive and unique experience. Mol have blown the doors off 2026 and delivered a strong Album of the Year contender already.
Dreamcrush isn’t to be missed.
