New Music Report – April 23, 2021
I’m a bit late again cause I actually thought I had more to go off of with new music for last week week, but I guess releases are still getting pushed back, so we’re pretty light on actual releases, but this one is still really good and the singles this week have been INCREDIBLE and honestly, I feel like that’s more than made up for the otherwise light week. And, if nothing else, the new releases for this current week (next week’s post) are well worth the wait.
Left to Suffer EP – With such a light week for complete releases, it’s easy to be a bit disappointed with just a single EP, but holy fuck do these guys stuff a lot of content into just 21 minutes. Don’t let its length fool you, this is absolutely not an album to sleep on. Left to Suffer are one of those bands like Bodysnatcher or Crystal Lake that sort of skirt the line between metalcore and deathcore, with crazy technical riffs and intricate syncopated rhythms you expect from metalcore bands, with the absolutely heft and brutality of deathcore. And with that fusion of genres, it opens up a huge spectrum of sounds to work with and Left to Suffer have really taken advantage of them all, turning around with some incredibly creative and diverse songs. Not to mention all the unreal features on this album (including Ryo Kinoshita from the aforementioned Crystal Lake). It’s crazy really, I know it’s a short album, but it really feels like they packed an LP’s worth of material in here. Like I said, don’t sleep on this one.
The Mars Volta – First off, before anyone gets too excited, this isn’t a new release. I’m going to keep this kinda of short cause this only technically counts as new music. This is basically a compilation album of all the early demos and such from De-Loused in the Comatorium. Now, De-Loused happens to be one of my all-time favorite albums, so getting a peak into some of the bones that turned into such a brilliant piece of music is honestly pretty special. Now, I will say it’s given me a newfound appreciation for all the production work and development that went into the final product, but you get this sort of raw feeling with these demos that are sort of a spiritual bridge between At the Drive-In and The Mars Volta. This is one of those things that I’m going to listen to once or twice, just for the experience, but it will never hold a candle to the actual De-Loused. Nor is it supposed to, frankly, and that’s just fine.
Singles/Albums – The Devil Wears Prada (Metalcore), Imminence (Post-Hardcore), Our Last Night (Post-Hardcore/Metalcore), Wristmeetrazor (Screamo/Metalcore), Chemical Brothers (Electronic), Kaonashi (Metalcore), Sleep (Stoner metal), An Autumn for Crippled Children (Post-rock), Attack Attack (Just the worst, jfc), August Burns Red (Leveler re-recording with Ryan Kirby), Lustmord (Dark ambient)