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Howling Giant
Chat Pile God's Country
4.0
11.08.25
Howling Giant Crucible & Ruin
5.0
10.31.25
Conjurer Unself
3.0
10.25.25
Thrice Horizons/West
Thrice shed some of their recent bluesy trappings in favor of the cinematic atmosphere of earlier works such as Alchemy Index and Vheissu, for a stirring and largely successful companion to H/E. Even amongst a discography and sonic palette as diverse as what Thrice has established this is quite the eclectic smattering of styles, experimentation, and genre-blending: there is no shortage of creativity and inventiveness on display here.rIt's not a perfect album. While H/W avoids H/E sin of sometimes songs dragging on a bit long, most of the tracks here could have benefited from at least one more section to really achieve their full potential (lo		4.0
10.03.25
Elder (USA-MA) Liminality/Dream State Return
...there it is. I bitched in my review of Elder's previous album because to me, their new drummer has had a bit of a tendency to get locked into grooves that didn't really complement the rest of the instruments and songwriting, and I felt this led to something of a lack of impact compared to their releases with their previous drummer. This EP gives me hope that perhaps Georg Edert has fully assimilated with the band because he has finally dialed in, and plays with swing-laden aplomb that makes the music feel impactful, huge, momentous, unstoppable. Even the second track here, the kind of instrumental studio faffery that I generally don't go f		4.0
09.26.25
La Dispute No One Was Driving the Car
For a few songs La Dispute's singer drops the whole shout-three-varying-notes schtick and those are the highlights of the album. The rest of the time is generally typical La Dispute, for better or worse. That said, the rhythm section is a consistent standout from track to track, and there are a number of songs that really itch that mewithoutyou scratch stylistically.		3.0
09.07.25
Chevelle Bright as Blasphemy
Chevelle in my opinion is at their best when they contrast pretty, atmospheric, emotion-rending harmonies with huge, intense, ugly ones. This album is more the speed of La Gargola and North Passage where they are pushing unrelenting momentum, churning guitars, and pounding drums without a lot of interest in things like dynamics or variety or memorability. Pete's high-pitched yowling and rambling lyrics don't lend the songs much of hook-factor and so what we're left with is an incessant noise floor and songs that lurch into existence and eventually kind of just sputter out rather than go anywhere interesting. I'm all for band evolution but not		2.0
08.26.25

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