The California band released their newest album back in July and has received critical acclaim from fans.

Pushing what was hinted at on their previous LP “New Bermuda” and improving upon it tenfold, the Californian black metal meets shoegaze outfit have shown why they are heavy hitter in the genre. After being teased with the singles “Honeycomb” and “Canary Yellow” earlier in the year it could be seen that the band had remained true to form with their characteristically lengthy tracks and complex song structures while also highlighting more post rock influenced guitar playing which was hinted at on their previous LP.

The stand out track on this album for me was “Glint“. Starting with reverb and delay drenched guitars and an infectiously melodic drum beat before suddenly bursting into a heavily distorted, double kick fueled wall of instrumentation backed up with the iconic vocal styling of the band before changing once more to a more grooved out section then once again to a very melodically heavy section with a simple yet catchy guitar solo which then makes another standout appearance, bringing the song to an end. I can easily hear this song being on one of their earlier albums, as it has a particularly “Sunbather” era Deafheaven feel to it.

Overall I found this album to be an enjoyable continuation in the bands’ career.

7.8/10

The album can be listened to here.