Joey Valence & Brae – Punk Tactics

It’s so fun. However, I cannot see the sentiment that it’s just too close to those that inspired it. I can’t really tell whether it’s an homage, a parody, or something of its own. Second album doesn’t help there still. Perhaps we’ll see on the third one.

Fontaines D.C. – Romance

Alternative rock and indie.

It’s funny, when the Starbuster single came out I was running to show it to my wife as a power song and she had already heard it, although neither of us listen to a lot of stuff like this and it was also extremely fresh still. At this point (well, almost a year later, but still) it’s so well known, used for trailers, tons of listens everywhere, etc. It was just one of those ones that was a clear-cut huge hit from the get-go. I’m happy for their success, it’s well deserved.

Polynation – Igneous

Electronic music ranging from cinematic ambient through mid-tempo moody melodic beats to dance floor grooves for small sidesteps. They are fellow artists from the same roster as Weval, so that.

It’s kinda ridiculous that I don’t have a good genre definition for this kind of music. I always feel it hard to put a label on it, although it’s clearly a thing.

Tribulation – Sub Rosa In Æternum

This band started from death metal and from album to album steered sideways to finally arrive to this absolute classic goth metal sound represented on this last record. The throaty, harsh vocals from their past add an interesting flavor while the clean, deep voiced goth singing arrived to accompany it. I wouldn’t have their previous record on replay, but this one hits home. It’s a set of beautiful dark songs overall.