Updated Blog Visuals!

Hello everyone!

It's been a while. More than two years after the last entry, I am back at writing for this blog. But that isn't all: I have updated the blogs' visuals, so they better match the aesthetic and vision I had for this platform. This is a generalist music review blog, but I am also very fond of heavy and underground music, so I decided to match the theme to those preferences.

 

Chat Pile's Who Loves the Sun, the album I am currently listening to.

New Rating System: Qualitative Scores are in!

Dear readers,

I have decided to post an update on this blog, after writing two posts for the first time in almost three years. Well, some first words: life has really gotten in the way. Listening to music used to be an hobby for me, something that I considered constructive and that brought me a lot of joy. Well, then graduate school happened. Now, in this new busy lifestyle, I have a lot less time to listen to new albums as they come out. There are highlights, however: it is crazy to think I am actually really close to being an actual scientist! And a dinosaur paleontologist at that! 

 

Foo Fighters's But Here We Are, the album I am currently listening to.

The Weeknd - Dawn FM ALBUM REVIEW

Dawn FM scratches a specific itch: the pop current landscape is flooded with music that tries to revive the futuristic, analogue vibes of the 80s, but with nowhere nearly has much inventiveness. Dawn FM takes risks, and ends up being a polarizing album for most, but it exactly for that reason that it is great. It is inevitable to compare it to Daft Punk's music: I like both of those for the same reasons. The production is impeccable, the vibes are solid, the performance passionate. 

Verdict Okay

Cult Of Luna and Julie Christmas - The Mariner ALBUM REVIEW

Seminal release by Swedish band Cult Of Luna, The Mariner, is impeccable. In this effort, Cult Of Luna reinforce their catalogue of Atmospheric Sludge with a collaboration with American singer Julie Christmas. With only five songs, the later half of this record is packed with 10 minute plus compositions. In fact, every next track in this record is longer than the last. However, the music does not overstay its welcome: in some cases, ten minutes is too short of a time. 

Verdict Good

The Ocean Collective - Palaeozoic ALBUM REVIEW

This 2018 release by German collaborative project The Ocean Collective (a.k.a. The Ocean) takes a very interesting approach to conceptual music: The record is themed around a geological era, and the songs represent the different geological periods the era contains. This, along with the collective's willingness to experiment and thread new waters makes Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic an intriguing listen.

Verdict Okay

Radiohead - OK Computer [OKNOTOK] ALBUM REVIEW

It is 1997, and the world is in shock following the release of Radiohead's legendary album OK Computer. Some call the band's seminal release the best album ever, the peak of a career, the apogee of Radiohead's creativity. While I would disagree, OK Computer is still one of my favorite records ever, and 20 years after it's initial release, Radiohead remaster and compile the album and b-sides in the entitled OK Computer OKNOTOK, which I consider the best way to experience the album. The fact that the b-sides alone could stand alone as one of the best albums ever published speaks for itself.

Verdict Classic

Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi ALBUM REVIEW

From Finland, the demonic Oranssi Pazuzu make their debut on Nuclear Blast Records with Mestarin Kynsi, their fifth LP. The band's name literally translates to "Orange Pazuzu", referencing a mythological entity from Mesopotamian myths, while Mestarin Kynsi literally translates to "The Master’s Claw": Everything about the naming scheme of this release points to a quasi-mythological psychedelic experience.

Verdict Okay