WEEKLY ALBUM RECAP #3 -- something a little different this time

YOU'VE BEEN INVITED TO THE TOWN PLAY!

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the new year approaches

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avant-prog | brutal prog

★★★★★

i have two copies of this now and i don't know what to do with the second one. i'm still devastated that they broke up. this is one of the best albums of the 20s so far, #2 imo. geordie greep has one of the most instantly recognizable voices i've ever heard and i really can't imagine black midi's sound working the same without him. his auctioneer-esque flow really is what sells a lot of these songs, particularly Hellfire and The Race Is About to Begin, the latter of which is a 7 minute brain-melting epic that is an incredible display of the sheer talent these guys have. speaking of which, the technical skill displayed on not just Hellfire but really every black midi album truly is a feat, especially with just how young they are. morgan simpson i love you

i think everybody needs to hear this before they die

      tracklist

1. Hellfire
2. Sugar / Tzu
3. Eat Men Eat
4. Welcome to Hell ★
5. Still ×
6. Half Time
7. The Race Is About to Begin
8. Dangerous Liaisons
9. The Defence
10. 27 Questions

noise rock | industrial rock

★★★★★

i hate that alexis is like the Worst Guy Ever because i love daughters so muchh (〒_〒). but tbh at the same time....knowing what we know now kind of adds a whole new layer to both daughters and lingua ignota's music that makes them both even more captivating to listen to. i don't listen to a lot of industrial rock but if it all sounds like this i might have 2 tap in

if you really like defending msi, i have a new challenge for you

      tracklist

1. City Song
2. Long Road, No Turns
3. Satan in the Wait
4. The Flammable Man
5. The Lords Song ×
6. Less Sex
7. Daughter
8. The Reason They Hate Me ★
9. Ocean Song
10. Guest House

industrial hip hop | hardcore hip hop | experimental hip hop

★★★★½

i don't think i love this album as much as most death grips fans but it is easily some of their most impressive work. if i have to be completely honest with you, the sole reason i can think of that i haven't given this a 5 is just because i fucking hate Lost Boys so much i really fucking hate Lost Boys and if it wasn't there i would probably give it a 5.

for fans of that one guy on tiktok who juggles to death grips

      tracklist

1. Get Got
2. The Fever (Aye Aye)
3. Lost Boys ×
4. Blackjack
5. Hustle Bones
6. I've Seen Footage
7. Double Helix
8. System Blower
9. The Cage
10. Punk Weight
11. Fuck That
12. Bitch Please
13. Hacker ★

jazz-rock | progressive rock | art rock

★★★★½

i find it strange that he's coming to Brattleboro, Vermont on tour. fucking Brattleboro? Really? anyway i WILL be there and i'm very excited.

i was admittedly a little worried how greep would fare without cameron and morgan but The New Sound  in my opinion feels like a natural progression black midi could've taken. this is more jazz and latin inspired than anything black midi did, and a testament to how incredible of a musician greep is. i am of the belief that he truly is a generational talent because he has 4 total albums to his name and the musicianship and technical skill shown on all 4 fucking blows my mind. what a guy.

for people who are really lonely and horny

      tracklist

1. Blues
2. Terra
3. Holy, Holy ★
4. The New Sound
5. Walk Up
6. Through a War
7. Bongo Season ×
8. Motorbike
9. As If Waltz
10. The Magician
11. If You Are But a Dream

synthpop | dance-pop

★★★★

magdalena bay greatest to ever do it. sexy edits have never been the same since Killshot. revolutionaries. also this came out the day covid lockdown started which i think is funny.

for fans of sexy anime edits

      tracklist

1. How to Get Physical
2. Story
3. Good Intentions
4. Venice
5. Airplane ★
6. Killshot
7. Stop & Go
8. Oh Hell ×

picopop

★★★★★

feels like getting punched in the face with glitter and silly string. i feel strangely nostalgic listening to this despite the fact that i listened to it for the first time like 2 months ago. they really capture the western cartoon feel well, Dough-Nuts Town's map and THE mARTIN SHOW!! i really could imagine being in the opening for some old cartoon network show that got cancelled after one season. and have some advice - maybe don't listen to this for the first time at 8 in the morning like i did.

for big fans of glitter glue and decora fashion

      tracklist

1. CartoomTV
2. fiddle-dee-dee!!
3. Dough-Nuts Town's map
4. f(ake)
5. SUZZZZZY
6. starship.6
7. CM#&'($_?>!
8. THE mARTIN SHOW!! ★
9. Uncle Chicken's drag rag
10. Fantasie C dur P.491 -Generalprobe-
11. rival
12. Hoky-Poky a.la.Mode.
13. PAPA says ×
    bonus tracks (cd only) (not counting these for fav/least fav)
14. SUZY P
15. BABY P
16. Dough-Nuts Active Map

experimental rock | post-rock

★★★★★

i already wrote about this one.. on the first week i think. you can go read that if you want. tldr; don't do it if you can't lock in for 2 hours

for fans of watching paint dry

      tracklist

1. Screen Shot
2. Just a Little Boy (For Chester Burnett)
3. A Little God in My Hands
4. Bring the Sun / Toussaint L'Ouverture
5. Some Things We Do ×
6. She Loves Us ★
7. Kirsten Supine
8. Oxygen
9. Nathalie Neal
10. To Be Kind

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industrial hip hop | abstract hip hop | experimental hip hop

★★★★½

this went from being one of my least favorite death grips albums to one of my favorites from them. i think i like this more than The Money Store because although The Money Store undoubtably has the stronger highlights i think Bottomless Pit comes pretty damn close and i think i just generally like the non highlights here more than the non highlights on tms. the lack of Lost Boys also plays heavily into its favor. i will say this is a great album to clean your room to. i locked the fuck in. my bedsheets have never gone on so smoothly.

for people who listened to the money store because of that one guy on tiktok who juggles to death grips

      tracklist

1. Giving Bad People Good Ideas
2. Hot Head
3. Spikes
4. Warping
5. Eh ×
6. Bubbles Buried in This Jungle
7. Trash
8. Houdini
9. BB Poison
10. Three Bedrooms in a Good Neighborhood ★
11. Ring a Bell
12. 80808
13. Bottomless Pit

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