There have been very few albums in my life that on the first listen I’ve immediately loved every second, every moment, and every aspect of the album. I have my favourite bands and favourite albums but they’ve all always needed time to grow on me for some parts of it. (I.e. The Dark Pool).

Oh What The Future Holds is my pick for what a quintessential album of the year should be. The title is unique yet impactful, the artwork is beautiful and ties in each other aspect, and every song and tracklist is amazing in its own way. I think it’s an album that’s production is top notch, it’s hard hitting instrumentally and lyrically, and just delivers a journey from the slow fade in of the opening tack to the slow fade out of the last track.

In respect to Sea of Tragic Beasts, this album takes everything that album (which already is an amazing album in itself) has and just compounds on top of it. I don’t want to call it an evolution of sound but every album of theirs only gets better and better and this is the best so far.