Strong whiffs of TV On The Radio in this one, also displaying emo or post-rock flavors at times. The title-track can also remind you of M83. So file *Nearer My God* under the "art rock" label. There's not a single bad track in this LP, some intense instrumental or vocal moments shine bright, and yet, that being said, I still have trouble finding my footing listening to the album. It's not because of the variety of styles (all of them are well pulled-off). It's not the productions values. It's obviously neither the musicianship nor the way the music is written. So what is it, then? I don't know... Maybe it's because there are very few memorable vocal lines on first listens -- you can be intense vocally and yet still miss the dynamics that generally make a sung melody endearing. But given that everything else is excellent, maybe those vocal earworms will be easier to pinpoint after a few more spins... We'll see. ---- 3.5/5 for the purposes of this list of essential albums rounded up to 4 8.5/10 for more general purposes: 5 + 3.5 ---- Number of albums from the original list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 465 Albums from the original list I *might* include in mine later on: 288 Albums from the original list I won't include in mine: 336 ----- Number of albums from the users list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 50 Albums from the users list I *might* select for mine later on: 67 (including this one) Albums from the users list I won't select for mine: 121 --- Hey, Émile. Tu as déjà dû voir ma dernière réponse sous la review de *Young, Loud And Snotty* des Dead Boys ! J'essaie d'écrire la mienne bientôt
Nearer My God
Foxing
2018
Album Summary
Nearer My God is the third studio album by American rock band, Foxing. The album was released on August 10, 2018 through Triple Crown Records. Nearer My God was met with "universal acclaim" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 82 based on 11 reviews. Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 78 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 13 reviews.
Reviews
Like a review? Give it a thumb up to help us display relevant reviews!One of the reviews was “sometimes rock, sometimes punk, sometimes just noise” which “reminded them of Radiohead” which to me is uhh yea sure
There was nothing specific about this that made me think it was bad - however, there was also nothing distinguishable about this. Why should I care about this entirely middle-of-the-road work by a band I've never heard of? It's tempting to wait until the person who suggested this can give some interpretation of it.
Could be worse 2
I was under the impression that this was a post-rock band, but it's literally just Arcade Fire if they were sauceless and overproduced. Boo, scammed once again.