Alternative Rock Album reviews - Page 12

GenresAlternative Rock

Golden State

Bush

Bush - Golden State 7.5

Album review

Alternative Rock
Post-Grunge
Rock
Golden State puts Bush's guitars back at the centre. The electronic emphasis of The Science of Things gives way to a more direct…

Feel It All Around

Soul Blind

Soul Blind - Feel It All Around 8.0

Album review

Alternative Rock
Grunge
Shoegaze
Soul Blind understand the value of leaving room around a heavy riff. Feel It All Around uses dense guitars and strong grooves, but…

Stupid Dream

Porcupine Tree

Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream 8.5

Album review

Alternative Rock
Progressive rock/metal
Psychedelic Rock
Rock
Porcupine Tree bring their melodies closer to the foreground on Stupid Dream. The British band’s fifth album keeps the atmosphere…

The Perfume of Decay

Tigercub

Tigercub - The Perfume of Decay 7.6

Album review

Alternative Rock
Hard Rock
Shoegaze
The Perfume of Decay puts a darker tone around Tigercub's heavy rock. Fuzzy guitars and thick bass lines carry most of the weight…

Guilty of Everything

Nothing

Nothing - Guilty of Everything 8.7

Album review

Alternative Metal
Alternative Rock
Shoegaze
Guilty of Everything finds a powerful balance between a gentle voice and a heavy band. Nothing place hushed melodies inside layers…

A Place of Our Own

Have Mercy

Have Mercy - A Place of Our Own 7.8

Album review

Alternative Rock
Emo
Post-Hardcore
A Place of Our Own gives Have Mercy's emotional rock a more polished outline. The guitars sound firm and the songs move towards…

The Things We Think We're Missing

Balance and Composure

Balance and Composure - The Things We Think We're Missing 7.6

Album review

Alternative Rock
Emo
Post-Grunge
The Things We Think We're Missing surrounds its melodies with a thick layer of guitar. Balance and Composure mix the directness of…

Notes on a Conditional Form

The 1975

The 1975 - Notes on a Conditional Form 7.3

Album review

Alternative Rock
Electronic
Pop
Rock
The 1975 give themselves a lot of space on Notes on a Conditional Form. Their fourth album moves through guitar pop, harsh punk…

Hopium

Kingcrow

Kingcrow - Hopium 7.6

Album review

Alternative Rock
Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Hopium moves Kingcrow towards a more atmospheric form of progressive rock. The Italian band keep enough guitar weight to give the…

Raise

Swervedriver

Swervedriver - Raise 8.2

Album review

Alternative Rock
Hard Rock
Shoegaze
Raise gives Swervedriver's layered guitars a strong connection to hard rock. The music has the blurred edges associated with…

We're Not Here To Be Loved

Fleshwater

Fleshwater - We're Not Here To Be Loved 8.6

Album review

Alternative Metal
Alternative Rock
Shoegaze
Fleshwater fit a great deal into a short debut. We're Not Here To Be Loved brings heavy alternative rock, shoegaze and a harder…

Rat Saw God

Wednesday

Wednesday - Rat Saw God 8.6

Album review

Alternative Rock
Indie
Shoegaze
Rat Saw God joins loud guitar music to stories that feel close to ordinary life. Wednesday draw from country, shoegaze and…

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