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| 3.0 good | TheManMachine | March 27th 19 |
Whereas their severity generated stunning shock-n-awe on 'Through The Mirror', here it's comparably flattened and fuck-around; the shock still shocking but spun sillier. Skimble-scamble for sure. Band without much plan stuffing as much scrumble and squeals and swishin' into the mix as possible mostly serve as a vehicle for Taichi's vocal antics, and together they transmit something between a group with big amps trying to piss off talent-show attendees and failing at taking care of your friend's newborn. But screeches are horrifying as they are hilarious, rigor and Motorhead riffs never hurt, 11-minute monster "Doubts As a Source" seems to simulate sex and/or a horror flick and closes with opera -- I get a kick out of it. Just hope they don't fall from purveyors of auditory authority to sheer agitators.
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| 2.5 average | cjbizzlebizzle | March 18th 19 |
Endon retain their experimental, noisy approach on 'Boy Meets Girl' but lose a lot of the qualities that made their previous effort 'Through the Mirror' so great. A lot of Boy Meets Girl, to put it bluntly, sounds like Endon just fucking around in the studio while Taichi Nagura screams, cries, shrieks and delivers painful and intense vocals. The production and instrumentation, especially in the guitars, is very underwhelming at times and feels like it was thrown together haphazardly with very little focus or effort. The noise aspects of the album are still well done and without them this album would actually be hilarious considering some of the very run-of-the-mill guitar riffs. So why isn't this just bad? The vocals as mentioned are one-of-a-kind, Nagura grabs your attention and translates pain through a microphone with the best of them. Some of the songs have decent ups and downs and tension dynamics. Doubts as a Source starts off with a shitty guitar chugging along before Nagura begins to rapidly breath and writhe his vocal chords through the best section of the album before the song devolves into a symphony of shrieks and cries. A great journey and the longest track on the album. Heart Shaped Brain also sticks out as an uptempo, violent noise track. It has the energy that some of the rest of the record lacks. A fair effort from Endon but honestly a truly massive step down from the grand, focused Through the Mirror.
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| 4.0 excellent | "Tab" | June 18th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Stagger | December 10th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Wolfe | March 18th 19 |
| 3.5 great | A2112W | March 1st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Yep321 | February 17th 19 |
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