crushinglove - Malevolent Melancholy

3.0

Above the numerous problems this album has, the quintessential aspect here is that it never ever deciphers what on earth wants to transmit and how on hell wants to sound like; in the meantime, all the efforts it develops are excruciatingly languid and famished.

Highlights

- Lyrics are simple, raw and obtusely mundane.

- There's always praise for trying to high up the bar, right?

Lowlights

- It's messy: the tracks jumble from quiet folk to dischordant electronics in no logic manner.

- The mixing is terrible; neither the voices nor the instruments can be fully enjoyed.

- It's monochromatic in tone and prose while never displaying something actually substantial.

Standouts

- Wooden World

- Kill 4 U

Country: Philippines

Released: January 12, 2019

Length: 31:24