Recommend me some 2022 albums +1000th album halp

[rayword45]

Why did my title get censored wtf

[ilikexd]

review The Dukes of Stratosphear - 25 O'Clock (psych pop/rock)

[rayword45]

Day 304: Rhythms From A Cosmic Sky by Earthless

I'm gonna see these guys on Wednesday because I have no school Thursday and it's cheap.

I took some melatonin around 27 minutes into this bloated, jammy album and it immediately became much more grand and enjoyable and much less bloated and jammy. Is it the sleep hormones or the songs actually becoming better, the world may never know.

Best Track: Sonic Prayer
Rating: 6/10

[rayword45]

Day 305: Progression Towards Evil by Skinless (Album Choice: sonicman68)

This album is revolting and idiotic and the creators of it clearly know that, but I'm not sure if they realize they aren't funny. The vocals, for someone untrained in brutal death metal, sound like just about any other brutal death metal band. The riffs are pretty repetitive except for that surprisingly mathy and enjoyable first song. I've heard much better than this.

Where did they get those samples?

Best Track: Confines of Human Flesh
Rating: 4/10

[rayword45]

Day 306: Jerk Routine by Pile

Man I circlejerk around this band too much, but they get me through shit like no others.

The jump from this to Magic Isn't Real is both incredible and subtle. The pieces were clearly here, and at times they come together to make something special, like the incredible Haunt or Fidget. For the most part, however, this wavers between pretty average blues rock or shitty country-blues, the latter being something they practically completely dropped.

Not a bad sophomore effort but they improved exponentially from here.

Best Track: Haunt
Rating: 5.5/10

[Deadlyx39]

Killswitch Engage released a new album last week, sounds pretty good to me so far.

[V-Ormix]

Waddya think of dream theater's astonishing?

(It's rare I sit down to listen to music so I spend my time carefully, astonishing was the last thing in recent history that I listened to and no surprise to me was amazing.)

[rayword45]

Day 307: Incarnate by Killswitch Engage (Album Choice: Deadlyx39)

My school is run by fucking rape apologist assholes.

That was completely irrelevant. It's 5AM in the morning why am I listening to this? Because I wanna listen to some more 2016 shit.

I said I don't like metalcore too much but this was decent. The riffs and weird time signatures are both appreciated like a good cup of coffee. The vocals are sometimes out-of-place and kinda wimpy sounding but I can get past them. The song structures are too samey.

It's 5:45 A.M why did I wake up so early?

Best Track: Strength Of the Mind
Rating: 6/10

[Deadlyx39]

Understandable. Probably 2nd or 3rd best album by Killswitch Engage. Can't tell if it's better than Disarm the Descent or not, but still a solid album imo.

[rayword45]

Day 308: Art Of Life by X Japan (Album Choice: Nick Sayaka)

Song structure isn't everything, but this is some REALLY GOOD song structuring.

Best Track: That piano part
Rating: 7/10

[rayword45]

Day 309: ///Codename: Dustsucker by Bark Psychosis (Album Choice: EzExZeRo7497)

Despite being considerably different this reminds me a lot of Natural Snow Buildings due to the split vocals, chilly atmosphere and use of ambient sounds and field recordings. It's also a great album but not quite as grand as The Dance Of The Moon And The Sun (and it's also a bit jazzier).

Highly recommended, it's like the auditory equivalent of heroin on a snowy day. Why is it snowing in April?

Best Track: Shapeshifting
Rating: 8.5/10

[rayword45]

Day 310: Weezer by Weezer (Album Choice: Hazel H.)

This is referring to The Blue Album specifically. I've listened to The Green Album and Raditude in full, because I guess I'm a masochist. But these guys definitely know how to write a pop song. Just, can they write a full album? I don't know. Those albums left a really unfairly sour taste in my mouth.

Of the three songs I recognize by name, I fully and unashamedly enjoy Buddy Holly and Say It Ain't So and I forget most of The Sweater Song. These first two songs are fucking garbage, through and through. Is this considered one of their best releases? I'm not gonna look because I feel that will shape my expectations, I'm not sure if it's the red or blue one that's more acclaimed. But yeah, these songs sound like a 13 year old's first garage band, except now that 13 year old is 25 and going through his quarter life crisis and digging up his childhood. Just awful.

It gets better after that, especially the singles. They're not deep or anything, but they're extremely catchy, which is what power pop should be. Oh yeah, I do recognize The Sweater Song. They also can write a good, slightly emo riff for sure. Or they could up until whenever they started losing their marbles.

An okay album. The singles are the best songs by a wide margin.

Best Track: The Sweater Song
Rating: 6/10

[rayword45]

Day 311: Sleep Cycle by Deakin

A slight conflict when rating this. First and foremost, this DESTROYS both Centipede Hz and Painting With and we don't even need to talk about any recent solo releases. These are some very solid pop songs despite their long length, spacy, catchy, varied and just experimental enough to please a shallow psychedelic trip for its short running time. Not a single one of these tracks is bad, which is amazing considering how inconsistent Animal Collective has always been and probably will continue to be.

Those live tracks are a complete fucking waste of time. Self-indulgent pseudo-tribal vaguely racist mindless bullshit and this is coming from someone who enjoyed Here Comes The Indian as well as many more experimental releases. He sounds like he wants to be Wayne Coyne after fucking Miley Cyrus to the sounds of a bootleg Shpongle. Just awful, awful stuff. However, I'm not sure if this is actually part of the album, considering the Bandcamp release only has the studio tracks. They might just be bonus tracks.

Eh screw it, I'm considering them bonus tracks. Don't listen to the live tracks, please, they're AWFUL. But listen to this album/EP. It's good.

Best Track: Good House
Rating: 7/10 (If we were wasting our time it would be a 5 at best)

[rayword45]

Day 312: Empty As Me by Pucker Up

These guys are much better live.

Best Track: Bodies
Rating: 6.5/10

[rayword45]

Day 313: The Ugly Organ by Cursive (Album Choice: Lord of Sushi)

I've never seen these guys live.

Best Track: The Recluse
Rating: 7/10

[rayword45]

Day 314: Sweet Nothings by Dog Fashion Disco (Album Choice: DoctorSatan)

I enjoy Adultery quite a bit but not gonna lie, these guys managing to raise over $90000 for this album and its sequel is pretty goddamn impressive for a band of their caliber.

There are two main problems with this album. One, it's too damn long and two, the quality control is lacking as a result. A lot of these tracks are pretty unnecessary, ESPECIALLY that horrendous rap song and Untitled which was very blatantly made for the sake of fulfilling their Indiegogo pledges. Stick it on the deluxe next time.

This is the poppiest they've ever gotten and the most varied they've ever been, and it's nice to hear them moving forward even after an 8 year hiatus (although it's not really BETTER than Adultery it seems like an advancement nonetheless). Flawed but good. The jazz and pop tracks are the best ones here. Fuck you Christgau.

Best Track: Tastes So Sweet
Rating: 7/10

[rayword45]

Day 315: Rifts by Oneohtrix Point Never (Album Choice: Spenner)

I listened to this whole album while cramming more AP Psychology. I must be the lowest GPA ever to take 5 AP tests in one year. Oh well.

This is good study music. I paid so little attention that I'm surprised I have a favorite track, but this is way too fucking long (2012 edition though the earlier edition still sounds like it's way too fucking long). It's mostly very nice though.

Best Track: I Know It's Taking Pictures From Another Plane (Inside Your Sun)
Rating: 6/10 (If you made, hell, a 60 minute album (and maybe you can stretch that to be slightly longer) consisting of the best tracks from this album you'd have a masterpiece)

[TheRapingDragon]

Originally Posted by rayword45

Day 314: Sweet Nothings by Dog Fashion Disco (Album Choice: DoctorSatan)

Rating: 7/10

This is way too generous when compared to their first three albums.

And it wasn't really a hiatus when you consider that they released three albums between 2007 - 2013 as Polkadot Cadaver. Same style of music. Same warped lyrics. Same core band members including the main guitarist, vocalist and songwriter.

I was so pissed when I had to miss a gig over in London where it was Dog Fashion Disco headlining with Polkadot Cadaver as the support.

[choof]

replica will 4evr be my favorite 0pn album

go listen to my new album

[rayword45]

Hey buddy here's a promise your album is reserved for my next cram session which is probably tomorrow.

I know nothing about this album, but I hope that this isn't gonna be retardedly long because goddamn Rifts.