The Bad Penny (beta)

There isn’t a fine line between bands that get drawn into improv jamming as if Charybdis were beside them and acts that play consummately complex music while following sheet music they spent thousands of hours writing and revising. The line is about three feet thick.

It took Deafheaven pals Bosse-de-Nage eight years to craft Hidden Fires Burn Hottest, and it shows they weren’t frittering away most of that time but rather sculpting this masterpiece to perfection. Listen to the eight-minute “Frenzy,” which throws a temper tantrum, quiets down and then starts freaking out again, and you’ll be convinced this is blackgaze at its finest.

My full review of Bosse-de-Nage’s Hidden Fires Burn Hottest is in Treble‘s recent feature, The 48 Best Albums of 2026 So Far.

Find more on Bosse-de-Nage on their Bandcamp page.

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