UK Jazz - Matthew Halsall's new album An Ever Changing View dropped today. It's more 'Journey in Satchidananda' or 'Thembi' than it is 'Kind of Blue' (his earlier album Colour Yes being more like the latter, which is what originally got me into his work). Gave it a first listen this morning while cycling through the nearby countryside. It was a gratifying combination.
Slim week this week and that's completely fine. Fossilization is a strong enough release that it could stand alone for this week. But I'll toss in a distant runner-up.
A lot of my favorite non-metal bands/genres just don't seem to hit my radar the same way- and a lot of the new music outside of metal right now just doesn't always reach me. Trying to change that- as I'm very open when it comes to music, it's just that metal is my wheelhouse so I find it hard to discover and stay up on bands in other genres.
Fossilization - Leprous Daylight bc / a.l
Fossilization does it again with their first real full-length. There is no contest for best album of the week. This is AOTY-material for me. I absolutely loved their debut EP He Whose Name Was Long Forgotten and this just takes it up another step further. One of my favorite death/doom bands.
Cryptopsy - As Gomorrah Burns bc / a.l
Out of the plethora of boring tech-death clones only a few bands transcend the genre tropes and venture into genuinely good songwriting- for me Cryptopsy is one of them (among others like Archspire). Feels like the grind influence helps here. Still yet, this does have its faults. Tech-death production leaves a lot to be desired and Cryptopsy's in particular often feels a bit thin and also very strange when it comes to drum/cymbal hits in the mix. If they improved their production/mixing this would be a much stronger recommendation, but I still think it's worth checking out.
Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS
Single
Genre(s): Pop Rock
Country: United States
Spotify
RYM
James Blake - Playing Robots Into Heaven
Single
Genre(s): Garage, Electronic
Country: United Kingdom
Spotify
RYM
The Chemical Brothers - For That Beautiful Feeling
Genre(s): House
Country: United Kingdom
Spotify
RYM
Tinashe - BB/ANG3L
Genre(s): R&B
Country: United States
Spotify
RYM
UK Jazz - Matthew Halsall's new album An Ever Changing View dropped today. It's more 'Journey in Satchidananda' or 'Thembi' than it is 'Kind of Blue' (his earlier album Colour Yes being more like the latter, which is what originally got me into his work). Gave it a first listen this morning while cycling through the nearby countryside. It was a gratifying combination.
Slim week this week and that's completely fine. Fossilization is a strong enough release that it could stand alone for this week. But I'll toss in a distant runner-up.
A lot of my favorite non-metal bands/genres just don't seem to hit my radar the same way- and a lot of the new music outside of metal right now just doesn't always reach me. Trying to change that- as I'm very open when it comes to music, it's just that metal is my wheelhouse so I find it hard to discover and stay up on bands in other genres.
Fossilization - Leprous Daylight
bc / a.l
Fossilization does it again with their first real full-length. There is no contest for best album of the week. This is AOTY-material for me. I absolutely loved their debut EP He Whose Name Was Long Forgotten and this just takes it up another step further. One of my favorite death/doom bands.
Cryptopsy - As Gomorrah Burns
bc / a.l
Out of the plethora of boring tech-death clones only a few bands transcend the genre tropes and venture into genuinely good songwriting- for me Cryptopsy is one of them (among others like Archspire). Feels like the grind influence helps here. Still yet, this does have its faults. Tech-death production leaves a lot to be desired and Cryptopsy's in particular often feels a bit thin and also very strange when it comes to drum/cymbal hits in the mix. If they improved their production/mixing this would be a much stronger recommendation, but I still think it's worth checking out.
UnityTX - Ferality
Genre is a mix of hardcore and rap.
I haven't gone through the whole album yet but my favorite so far is ROC SH!T
Link to Spotify Album