Sophie

Eusexua falls flat for me, and I really wish I didn't have to say that. The title track was my most listened to song last year, and I was expecting the album to be something, but that something wasn't this.

The visual spectacle and conceptual thematics are dissonant to the final product: Euphoric ego-death, underground raves, explicit sexuality vs in-store pop and minimal techno.

Certain tracks (see: Girl Feels Good) sound acutely similar to work by other artists in way that feels more copy-cat than homage. (And I won’t go into the conversation that surrounds Childlike Things).

But I raise the question: if we were expecting heavier techno and industrial club noise, would it be considered a twigs album?… More

I need to know the scientific reason why dream pop sounds exponentially better when the temperature outside is below freeing.

Ethel said “fuck the charts”!

I will be honest, up until a year ago I hadn’t given Father John Misty much thought, actually ignore that, I had given him a lot of thought and decided I found him quite pretentious so decided to pay no mind to his music. That was until I saw him open for Lana Del Rey in Hyde Park and had what could be described as a spiritual revelation because unfortunately he has some insane level rizz. Believe the cult leader moniker, it’s a real phenomenon, and it changed my life (for better or worse).

On their debut record, Memorial, THUS LOVE curated a sound that sonically resembled 80s British post punk and conjured a timelessly striking aura that was in tandem with both the old and the new.

All Pleasure swaps the sweeping fuzzing tones for a more erosive yet refined sound, and leans more into the “punk” of the genre it inhabits. However, there is still the same sweetness to the melodies that twists around the backbone of every song on the record. It is undeniably THUS LOVE, but it is also a new exploration of what that identity entails.

I keep expecting Tyler to serve the immeasurable high that was Flower Boy but end up being somewhat disappointed. He is a visionary, granted, but 2017 had something magic for music released that year.
That, or everything was great because I was 18.

Refreshing twist to shoegaze with influences from the likes of Pixies and Sonic Youth.

Their debut album comes out next month and I expect it to fill the grungy void that has been sat in contemporary rock as of late.

Listen to these guys if you get the chance.