Definitely going to this now. Sold on Lagwagon, brilliant band.
Lagwagon and NOFX are great live (not seen either for 15 years)
Why this hasnāt been mentioned here I canāt quite understand,album of the year for me by a mile.
Saw both in 2012 (not at the same time!) and both were excellent, in Lagwagonās case, incredibly tight, heavy and fast. Capeās vocals were cracking. NOFX were proper ramshackle, but still decent.
Ben Koller has broken his elbow
Quite an ironic name now
Just tracked down the Hirs Collective album
Featuring quite a few guest artists (standout for me is Sadie Switchblade from GLOSS and Laura Jane Grace sounding ten times better screaming than anything else she has done), really bloody good so far.
nice. iāll goive this a listen later. Iām lookng forward to hearing their nirvana covers on the Thou split iāve got coming in the post
Been revisiting this brilliant album this week and realised I should have spent more time with it in the back end of 2018. Brutal and beautiful blackened shoegaze / post-rock from Denmark. Based on reviews, probably a few nods to Deafheaven, but Iāve never quite got into them, so couldnāt tell you really.
Might have been flagged somewhere in the northern reaches of this thread already, but the search is taken forever.
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I knew Iād seen Molās album mentioned somewhere on DiS. It was you in an April New Releases thread! Been a great work soundtrack today.
Cracking album - one of my top 10 of the year! Glad youāre enjoying it - feel it didnāt get nearly as much love as it could have if itād have reached more ears.
Totally agree. It didnāt make my top 5, but would make my top 10 for this year. I listened to it so much earlier in the year and somehow it got a little lost amongst some other favourites in the last few months.
How accurate are the Deafheaven comparisons? If I like Mol so muchā¦
Theyāre definitely in the same āblackgazeā kinda ballpark. Iāve never really fallen for Deafheaven either though for some reason. Mol sound closer to Alcest with harsh vocals to me, though itās not really my genre tbh.
Just listening to this BBC Live Session on Alcestās Bandcamp page. Great stuff. New to me. Where to go next?
Ooh youāre in for a treat! Most people say debut Souvenirs dāun Autre Monde is their best but Iāve always preferred follow up Ecailles de Lune. You canāt go wrong with anything theyāve done bar Shelter imo, where they decided to make a rather tame melodic shoegaze album. Theyāre back doing what they do best now thankfully.
Brilliant. Thanks. Iāll dive in. Tomorrow at work has a new soundtrack. The 3 tracks on this BBC session sound great - particularly Ecailles de Lune (Part 1)!
Ah nice - the album version of that track is what sold me on them way back when.
Might have an Alcest morning myself. Itās been a while.