November 22, 2023

Jordan Guerette (mem. Falls of Rauros) Breaks Down Forêt Endormie's New Album, "Le désespoir utopique" (Album Stream)

I’m really glad to have the opportunity to share more about Forêt Endormie‘s new album, Le désespoir utopique.  Conceptually, Le désespoir utopique came out of the idea of how some people relocate because they’re privileged, and others because they are forced to; some can’t move because of lack of privilege and others are able to...

Purification via Discontent: Slôdder's Sophomore Album Rages Unquietly (Early Album Stream)

Slôdder is about the closest that pure misery can get to being danceable. The Swedish sludge group’s new album A Mind Designed to Destroy Beautiful Things contains truckloads of bluesy, shuffling sludge riffs that ooze so seamlessly one might forget we’re talking sludge–of course, the rasped, half-audible howls accompanying them are a good reminder. It’s...