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hollowmines liked Micah511's post in the thread Album The Callous Daoboys - I Don't Want to See You in Heaven (May 16th, 2025).
I just have a feeling this album is going to slot in front of a lot of established favorite bands of mine come year end. They just check every box for what I’m looking for in heavier music these days.
May 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM -
hollowmines liked AP_Punk's post in the thread Propagandhi - At Peace (May 2nd, 2025).
Chris released a nearly hour-long Patreon-video about the album. can't wait to check that out! also, the Unscripted Moments podcast recently released a compilation episode containing interviews with band members and engineers about the album. here's the link for anyone who missed it.
May 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM -
hollowmines replied to the thread Propagandhi - At Peace (May 2nd, 2025).
Feels weird to say this about an album that's coming off of one of their longer absences, but it feels to me like a transitional album, kind of in the way Failed States did to me also - thinking their way through a new register they haven't quite mastered yet. It's not as killer as Victory Lap for me but now that Chris and Todd are over 50 there was always going to be change and this is not a bad direction for them to evolve in. Hope the next one's not another 7 years out. I continue to enjoy the Todd songs as being very much their own thing with their own special charm and that's no different here. I was half-expecting a Sulynn-led number...maybe next time!
May 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM -
hollowmines replied to the thread Album PUP - Who Will Look After the Dogs? (May 2nd 2025).
My only real complaint is that the lyrics alternate between pretty good and a bit rote, punctuated with lots of stock phrases and f-bombs.
May 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM -
hollowmines liked AP_Punk's post in the thread Propagandhi - At Peace (May 2nd, 2025).
There were moments in Victory Lap that made me want to hear the band explore a scaled-back ambient sound ("Adventures in Zoochosis" is the main track that made me want more of that sound from the band). It kind of seemed like a logical extension after that album. I love what they're offering here on At Peace. It's pleasant to hear them lean into a mid-tempo, prog sound, which makes the heavier, driving moments more impactful. They're great at building atmosphere and texture. Throughout the album I find myself savoring those spaces they carve out and absorbing the emotional landscape in each song. Also cool to hear more Todd - he's on fire with bass, vocals and lyrics. And for a band that doesn't really write choruses, it's cool to see them change things up here. If anything, there are refrain they return to in a few songs, more than before. And as much as the lyrics confront an overwhelmingly grim landscape, there's this message of carrying on, being grateful to be still present and caring about the world around you. I think this might be my favorite Propagandhi album. I'll definitely be revisiting a lot in the years ahead. If anything, I'm grateful to have this band around and grow old with their music.
May 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM -
hollowmines replied to the thread Album PUP - Who Will Look After the Dogs? (May 2nd 2025).
Jeff singing "ohhhh......lyrics!" cracks me up every time
May 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM -
hollowmines liked beatingheartsbaby's post in the thread Album The Callous Daoboys - I Don't Want to See You in Heaven (May 16th, 2025).
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May 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM -
hollowmines replied to the thread Album PUP - Who Will Look After the Dogs? (May 2nd 2025).
The production reminds me a little of Pinkerton, skronky but polished. I like the little touches like the added percussion on (iirc?) "cruel"
May 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM -
hollowmines liked swboyd's post in the thread Genre The Metal Thread.
[MEDIA] ffo candlemass, crypt sermon, gelatinous cubes, paralyzing eye rays, hexcrawls
May 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM -
hollowmines replied to the thread Album PUP - Who Will Look After the Dogs? (May 2nd 2025).
funny that's the only one that doesn't work for me, otherwise my fave since Morbid I feel like so far
May 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM -
hollowmines replied to the thread Propagandhi - At Peace (May 2nd, 2025).
Album is very good. definitely a more consistently melancholic register than we've heard from them before, but the riffs haven't gone anywhere.
May 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM -
hollowmines replied to the thread Genre The Experimental/Unclassifiable/Weird shit thread.
ahaha I came here to post that. good shit, freak shit.
May 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM -
hollowmines liked Elder Lightning's post in the thread Genre The Experimental/Unclassifiable/Weird shit thread.
This is rooted in noise rock, but it's so much more than that: An eclectic patchwork of dissonant noise rock, neoclassical arrangements, minimalist folk, chiptunes, glitch experiments, percussion ensembles, homemade gamelan, microtonal Mellotron drones, re-sampled improvisations, and electroacoustic noise can be discerned from the dizzying aural splay which grounds the record like a rug constantly being pulled out from underneath. This inclusion of disparate elements amounts to a cohesive totality that is greater than the sum of its parts. With various fidelities welcomed, everything from studio sessions engineered by Jason Schimmel, live recordings, and even phone demos were thrown into the blender that yielded Motherfucker, I Am Both: "Amen" and "Hallelujah". [MEDIA]
May 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM -
hollowmines liked rxbandit89's post in the thread Propagandhi - At Peace (May 2nd, 2025).
I have no doubt that it is. I think it’s less of a “protest” on their part and more a matter of visas and legitimate safety concerns, because the ultimate protest would be singing their songs on US soil.
May 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM -
hollowmines liked OotyPa's post in the thread Genre Hip-Hop Thread.
Recommending this great playlist from the often excellent archival label Numero Group. Obsessed with this rn [MEDIA]
Apr 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM -
hollowmines replied to the thread Album Kendrick Lamar - GNX (November 22nd, 2024).
Feels like that was a decade ago
Apr 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM