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Alienation

Three Days Grace

9.2/10
Alternative MetalMetalPost-GrungeRock

Adam Gontier is back with Three Days Grace, and Matt Walst has stayed. This gives Alienation a more interesting premise than a simple reunion. Each voice brings a different kind of weight, and the best tracks make good use of that contrast.

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Treetop Garden

Foureyes

ElectronicIndieLatin

It's wonderful finding an artist with only one monthly listener on Spotify. Not so great for Foureyes, the artist in question, but great because you...

Broken Machine

Nothing But Thieves

Alternative RockIndieRock

Broken Machine gives Nothing But Thieves a strong, restless shape. The guitars can sound heavier and more electronic, the drums take an active role,...

The Sound a Body Makes When It's Still

Hot Mulligan

EmoIndiePunk rockRock

Hot Mulligan's song titles remain a fairly unreliable guide to what is inside. Monica Lewinskibidi is about grief. That probably tells you something...

Why Would I Watch

Hot Mulligan

EmoPop PunkPunk rockRock

Hot Mulligan hide very little behind the absurd song titles on Why Would I Watch. Family damage, illness, grief and discomfort with your own body all...

Walk the Sky

Alter Bridge

7.7/10
Alternative MetalHard Rock

Walk the Sky adds a subtle electronic layer to Alter Bridge's established hard rock sound. The guitars still carry plenty of weight, and Myles Kennedy's high singing remains central, but synth textures create a softer background around some of the more forceful passages. The change broadens the palette...

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Angine de Poitrine

Math RockProgressive rock/metalPsychedelic RockRock

Exclamation

Chin Up!

Pop PunkPunk rock