Boris - New Album / Heavy Rocks / Attention Please
Sargent House (US) / Daymare (JPN) / 2011 / Experimental metal
One album a year is enough, Boris.
Thursday, July 4, 2019
Sunday, January 28, 2018
Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun
Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun
Sargent House (US) / 2017 / Experimental metal
Chelsea Wolfe famously skirts the edges of a lot of loosely-related genres, including gothic rock, industrial music, electronica, folk rock, and doom metal, but 2017's Hiss Spun commits decisively toward metal. I've been on the fence about Wolfe's previous albums, which have a ton of atmosphere and tension but only rarely push that into some type of release. It's an approach I associate with gothic styles of music, which are content to inhabit mood without going on a journey. Hiss Spun throws that ethos out the window.
Monday, July 31, 2017
Boris - Dear
Boris - Dear
Sargent House (US) / Daymare (JPN) / 2017 / Experimental metal
After the trash fire that was the 2015 same-day release of Asia, Warpath, and Urban Dance, Boris kind of needed a win. You have to assume that was a motivating factor in last year's reissue and full album tour of their most critically acclaimed album, Pink, as well as the 25th-anniversary lovefest that's been featured on their social media accounts. Aaron Turner, Jim Jarmusch, and Iggy Pop have all weighed in on Boris' greatness, with more plaudits sure to come. Though these quotes have been a little light on the specifics about their current newest album, critics haven't failed to praise Dear, the newest offering from the high-volume trio.
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