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Lammbi
Feb 18, 20244 min read
Album Review: Tapir! - The Pilgrim, Their God, and the King of My Decrepit Mountain
Tapir! and their journey find a lot of consistent footing in their strong indie folk melodies, warm instrumentation, pristine production,...
Lammbi
Feb 12, 20244 min read
Album Review: SPRINTS - Letter To Self
Looking through the debut project of SPRINTS, there is an unabashed sense of feverish smoke that comes out of the pummeling post-punk...
Lammbi
Feb 11, 20244 min read
Album Review: Future Islands - People Who Aren't There Anymore
After rendering their synthpop sound within wafts of slow-burn melodies for the past decade, their recent output puts back the bombast in...
Lammbi
Feb 10, 20244 min read
Album Review: Quiet Commotions
His third album might provide a sense of polish on the production side, but it’s sadly marred with underwhelming issues across the board....
Lammbi
Jan 31, 20243 min read
EP Review: NMIXX - Fe3O4: BREAK
NMIXX runs around and charges all of their strengths into showcasing a sense of improvement. There may be still some underwhelming...
Lammbi
Jan 26, 20244 min read
Album Review: Jane Remover - Census Designated
‘Census Designated’ pulls in shoegaze and noise rock curtains that instill crushing noise and glitch at every turn. Musically does not...
Lammbi
Jan 24, 20243 min read
Album Review: yungatita - Shoelace & A Knot
In this debut project, yungatita shows more color in their skill set as a writer and a performer. While the overall sound and writing...
Lammbi
Jan 21, 20242 min read
Album Review: Macaque Sauna - What I Didn't Say
The finale of the unwinding melancholic trek based upon regret and loss, Macaque Sauna boils their piano cascades into its boiling point....
Lammbi
Jan 17, 20244 min read
Album Review: Squid - O Monolith
Squid manifests an evolution through the observation of objects around us, coasting through slithering soundscapes that horrify us...
Lammbi
Jan 15, 20244 min read
Album Review: Home Is Where - the whaler
The sophomore project of midwest emo and screamo act Home Is Where, they lurk within a world that keeps being stained over piled-up...
Lammbi
Jan 12, 20245 min read
Album Review: Slauson Malone 1 - EXCELSIOR
Transferring to Warp Records and changing his artistic name means one thing, Slauson Malone 1 is doing something different. And different...
Lammbi
Jan 10, 20244 min read
Album Review: grouptherapy. - I Was Mature for My Age, But I Was Still a Child
After putting out a couple of EPs and Mixtapes since their kickoff in 2020, grouptherapy. folds and rolls through variations of...
Lammbi
Jan 4, 20243 min read
Album Review: Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
‘The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess’ and its swing to go for rambunctious slices of queer thrills and drama unveils greatness for...
Lammbi
Dec 31, 20234 min read
Album Review: underscores - Wallsocket
An ambitious polish in every single way, underscores crafts quite the enthralling conceptual masterwork with ‘Wallsocket’. The...
Lammbi
Dec 30, 20235 min read
Album Review: Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS
‘GUTS’ lets loose of the doe-eyed tones Olivia Rodrigo approached on her debut project, now flaunting a lot more riotous edge that hits...
Lammbi
Dec 29, 20234 min read
Album Review: quannnic - Stepdream
A swing to alternative rock, ‘stepdream’ within its ramshackle compositions and mostly dynamic production fulfill a refinement that gives...
Lammbi
Dec 28, 20235 min read
Album Review: Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
A followthrough to her isolated 2020 disco ball of a record, ‘That! Feels Good!’ essentially enriches Jessie Ware with a thrilling flash...
Lammbi
Dec 27, 20233 min read
Album Review: 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs
Updating their hyperpop sound palette to include more alt-rock elements, 100 Gecs does bring a variety on ‘10000 Gecs’ with even more...
Lammbi
Dec 24, 20233 min read
EP Review: James Ivy - Everything Perfect
Saturating his 90s alternative pop rock influences even more, ‘Everything Perfect’ transforms James Ivy’s self-loathing as a backdrop for...
Lammbi
Dec 22, 20234 min read
Film Review: Iti Mapupukaw (The Missing)
A standout stepping stone in the Philippine animation landscape, ‘Iti Mapupukaw’ despite being a patchy project, is a labor of care from...
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