Music Reviews

DIIV is the best, man. Some of the best shoegaze in the world since it’s debut. This is not only a perfect 5 because the first song it’s quite there. If you like shoegaze, DIIV is a MUST listen.

I knew I wanted to listen to a breakcore and D&B album as soon as learnt about the existence of those genres from popular youtube mixtapes. The loud and intense rhythm combined with ethereal background sounds creates an experience that sets this genre apart from others in this digital era. Ultraviolet is a great album and a great introduction to the style. Bonus for the re-listenability while working on doing chores.

Funny, diverse and it rocks. Surprised with this one, which I stumbled on by accident on a weird-dreamy-shit reels on instagram.

Now, K-pop cannot be trully appreciated without the complete package - which usually includes song, visuals, dance and merchandising - so it would not be fair to only judge Le Sserafim’s comeback based on the album songs only.

With that being said, I don’t even need to talk about the rest, as this album alone is great enough to sustain itself, a feat displayed multiple times by Le Sserafim. With a diversed yet consistent underlying theme and song proximity, EASY is energetic, feminine, powerful and sticks in your brain.

With all five of them sharing the spolight across the songs, it’s EASY to differ them by their unique voices and pitch - a quality often lost in current K-pop groups.

plugg+synth+trap+shoegaze+punk+rap+muchmore genres across 28 songs, FULL TIME LOVER is a psychedelic trip between the listener and the sound. It got me in such a good mood when listening it, too. got me kinda hyped.

Ooh yeah. I loved the the melancoly embed into the vocals, I loved the guitar riffs and I love punk rock. What else to say? I vibe with the rage in this one.

I enjoyed this one a lot. I’m not used to house or deep house, but I can see myself dancing to this at a club. Although Chicago made, it felt very euro-dancy to me.

At first, I felt it sounded like Goodspeed You! Black Emperor but it quickly became more ambiental and harder to focus on, as the constant wind sounds scratched my brain but also made it more experimental than what I’m used to. Still, I found it to be an above average quality of sound, meditative and sometimes otherwordly.

Alicia Bognanno’s authentic and raw voice combined with her noisy low fidelity alternative rock creates an album that is consistent in every song with upbeat melody yet pessimist in it’s lyrics. I enjoyed every minute of it, and will be expecting more of her.