Magnolia Park ditch pop-punk in favour of nu-metal on their new album, but to call it a ‘successful experiment’—or an experiment at all—is being far too generous.
Tag: Epitaph Records
In this Review Round-Up, there are some sizable jumps up from Death Lens and El Moono, while Eat Defeat stay exactly where they were (though that’s still not a bad thing).
Although transitioning into bigger, broader metalcore doesn’t show them at their absolute best, there’s enough raw determination built into The Ghost Inside that still takes them a good, long way.
Family legacy meets wide-reaching creativity on Jakob Nowell’s debut, for a madcap exercise in genre alchemy that sticks the landing surprisingly often.
In this Review Round-Up, Glitterer underwhelm, Paledusk overwhelm, and Shoreline are the only ones who can stick to something wholly good.
A simultaneous throwback and modernising of emo’s halcyon days has rarely sounded better than on LiL Lotus’ new album, as an illustration of exactly how this scene can get it right.
A swift turnaround time and further genre bends haven’t stymied Magnolia Park at all, who continue to excel in the field of all-encompassing pop-punk enormity.
The Menzingers’ exceptional run in alt-punk goes untested on their new album, where slight tweaks will still preserve a rich core of earnestness that blows the roof off every time.
HUNNY’s new album finds itself caught between real alt-pop ingenuity and feigned, cheapened style of warmed-over virality, with them just about coming out on top.