More than a week has passed, which means I’ve been given ample time to listen through AFI’s 11th full-length album, Bodies, to fully appreciate its awesomeness. Not that I really ever had any doubts. And even though I was able to experience over half of this new release in the form of singles in the months leading up to the full release, there was still so much to enjoy cohesively about this record.
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James Righton – The Performer Album Review
At the moment I have a lot of albums stockpiled from last year to this year, and I am slowly making my way through them. On this bleak weekend, I decided to sit down and draw for a bit while listening to James Righton’s feature debut, The Performer. For some cool background, Righton was a member of one of my favorite now defunct bands, Klaxons (still holding out hope they will reunite). Another cool factoid about Righton is that he’s been married to actress Kiers Knightley for quite some time! Now that we know that cool stuff, let’s get to the review!
Read moreDeath From Above 1979 – Is 4 Lovers Album Review
I know a couple months ago I told you all about Death From Above 1979’s newest single, “One + One,” but evidently I didn’t think to look any further into new music from this group. I’m a fool! It’s been out for two month’s now! To make up for it, I ordered some merch along with the album. Now, let’s get down to reviewing Is 4 Lovers.
Read moreTwenty One Pilots – Scaled and Icy Album Review
It really doesn’t feel like that much time has passed since Twenty One Pilots’ last album, Trench, came out but then again, 2020 was a bit of a blur. Indeed, it has been three years since that release, so of course quarantining in a pandemic spawned the duo’s latest effort, Scaled and Icy. While a lot of the content on here is new territory for the band, there does seem to be a fair bit of throwback in it, too. Let’s dive in!
Read moreRoyal Blood – Typhoons Album Review
It’s been many years in the making now, and months of singles, but 100 percent worth the wait! As I anticipated, Royal Blood’s new album Typhoons is a banger from beginning to end, and I’m about to walk you through my thoughts on all of it!
Read moreAlbum Review: girlfriends
It seems I had missed the boat on the 2020 release, but I’m all caught up now, and fellow emos and punks of the early 2000s listen up because girlfriends is a band you need to listen to! In fact, it should be mandatory listening! If this is the start of the new wave of emo and punk bands then I’m all for it.
Read moreI Don’t Know How But They Found Me – Razzmatazz Album Review
Well folks, I feel like a full-length album from I Don’t Know How But They Found Me has been a long time coming. The band itself formed nearly five years ago, with the last new material coming in the form of a Christmas EP back in 2019. They finally put out a complete work entitled Razzmatazz, that seems stylistically different than their initial EP from 2018, 1981 Extended Play. I didn’t really love that EP, so I was hesitant and then pleasantly surprised when I finally sat down and get the album a listen!
Read moreThe Used – Heartwork Album Review
Th Used’s latest release, Heartwork, was an immense improvement from the train wreck that was The 1975’s latest record, so that’s a great place to be. It also is sort of a return to form for the band after the more experimental turn they took on The Canyon. Not that I disliked that album at all, but it’s a nice dose of nostalgia when a band from your formative years of music go back to the old style.
Read moreAlbum Review: The 1975 – Notes on a Conditional Form
I was taking stock of my CD collection the other day and came to the realization that I hadn’t yet taken the time to listen to The 1975’s latest release, Notes on a Conditional Form, which hit shelves this past May after some delay. Yes, originally this album was to serve as sort of a sister album to A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships and be released last year, but got delayed almost a whole year after the fact.
Read moreAlbum Review: Haim – Women in Music Pt III
Alright, I’m not going to lie, I bought Haim’s third full-length album solely based on their performance of “3 A.M.” on Late Night with Seth Meyers. Yes, it was slightly subdued and a little quiet, but something about it just clicked with me and for whatever reason that was the only convincing I needed. I have been a Haim fan since the beginning, but their sophomore album was a supreme disappointment to me. That, and they were touring with Taylor Swift. Pass. But this rock trio of sisters have managed to redeem themselves in my eyes!
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