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Kim Deal’s ‘Nobody Loves You More’: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Kim Deal, The Amps, the Breeders on 12/02/2024 by Kurt Orzeck

No one–and I mean no one–expected Kim Deal to pull one of the best albums of the year out of her pocket. But that’s exactly what the tragically self-deprecating, perpetually under-appreciated and divinely talented artist has done. With Nobody Loves You More, the first album released under her own name, the pride of Dayton, Ohio, stupefies us for–stupidly–not giving Deal the level of respect that she’s deserved since 1986. Read my full, bittersweet review of her towering work of art on FLOOD‘s website.

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Venus Twins’ ‘/\/\/\/\/’: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Venus Twins on 11/14/2024 by Kurt Orzeck

Juxtaposing a love of sewing with 13 minutes of whiplash-inducing, eardrum-destroying atonal assaults, Venus Twins’ latest EP is yet another confounding manifestation of twin telepathy. Read my full review of the Brooklyn duo’s \/\/\/\/ (no, that’s not a glitch) on FLOOD‘s website.

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Thank’s ‘I Have a Physical Body That Can Be Harmed’: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Thank on 11/12/2024 by Kurt Orzeck

Thank’s a lot, as the Leeds pranksters prove on their second album. I Have a Physical Body That Can Be Harmed is a mixed cocktail that deviates from traditional proto-punk by lacing songs with ’80s synth lines. Read my full review on FLOOD‘s website.

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Planes Mistaken for Stars’ ‘Do You Still Love Me?’: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Planes Mistaken for Stars on 11/04/2024 by Kurt Orzeck

The fifth and final record by Colorado heavy rockers Planes Mistaken for Stars exhibits their broadest sense of appeal, ranging from aggressive noise rock to catchy post-hardcore hooks. Read my full review on FLOOD‘s website.

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Leaving Time’s ‘Angel in the Sand’: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Leaving Time on 11/02/2024 by Kurt Orzeck

At various turns haunting, alluring, catchy and confident, Florida’s Leaving Time deliver a well-considered debut, Angel in the Sand (Sunday Drive), that introduces the shoegazers with aplomb. Go to FLOOD to read my review in full.

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Gaerea’s ‘Coma’: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Gaerea on 11/01/2024 by Kurt Orzeck

Climbing out of the black-metal pigeonhole, Portugal’s Gaerea sound more confident and creatively unrestrained on their fourth album rather than merely louder. Read my review of Coma on FLOOD‘s website. (While you’re at it, check out my interview with the band’s mysterious vocalist on New Noise‘s website.)

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Blood Incantation’s ‘Absolute Elsewhere’: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews on 10/16/2024 by Kurt Orzeck

As Blood Incantation continue to forge new paths for technica death metal, it often feels like the Denver band is doing too much on their third album. Read my full review via FLOOD.

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Touché Amoré’s ‘Spiral in a Straight Line’: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Touche Amore on 10/12/2024 by Kurt Orzeck

The 11 eloquently imperfect recordings on hardcore punks Touché Amoré’s Spiral in a Straight Line harness the anger that shakes them to their core as they take aim at wishful thinking and our imminent demise. Go to FLOOD for my full review.

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Oranssi Pazuzu’s ‘Muuntautuja’: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Oranssi Pazuzu on 10/10/2024 by Kurt Orzeck

Finnish avant-garde quintet Oranssi Pazuzu’s sixth album, Muuntautuja, is challenging from start to finish, managing to heap even more styles onto their mesmerizing blend of black metal and psychedelia. Go to FLOOD for my full review.

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A Place to Bury Strangers’ ‘Synthesizer’: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags a place to bury strangers on 10/08/2024 by Kurt Orzeck

Each song on noise-rockers A Place to Bury Strangers’ seventh LP, Synthesizer, is distinct in style and substance, allowing Oliver Ackermann to tap into his emotional self as if looking through a slowly twisted kaleidoscope. Go to FLOOD to read my full review.

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