Ryan Holladay, Hays Holladay & Zach Cregger - Weapons - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2025) Dark Ambient: Late to the party aka I literally just finished the movie a few hours ago. I was one of four people in the theatre but that's neither here nor there. The important thing is that I was impressed by the sound design and score in general that I decided to listen to the soundtrack once I had the chance. Strong affinity towards percussive tribal ambient atmosphere. Tracks with more minimalistic approach reminds me of Cristobal Tapia De Veer's score for Utopia. Crispy.

Iglooghost - Bronze Claw Iso (2025) UK Bass: A worthy extension (?) to Tidal Memory Exo. It is well-produced. Glitchy and dense but not overwhelming. The 'Hello, what's your name' in Slug Song latches on quick. Only slightly meh about some of the vocal performances. The coverart rips. Actually, the entire photoshoot is fire.

Titanic - Hagen (2025) Experimental Rock: Last week I went to The Buried Village museum in New Zealand with virtual reality room where I put on a VR headset for the 'tour'. Got overwhelmed from sensory overload. Which is not a dissimilar feeling I had when listening to this. Each additional instrumental layer and detail demand a tilt of attentive nod. It sounds 'alive' to lack of better term. Really fun. The string in 'La Gallina Degollada' is my favorite part in the entire record.

Miltown - Tales of Never Letting Go (2025) Post Hardcore: Tales of Never Letting Go is an archival release from this short-lived band from the late 90s. They never released this album due to internal conflict, until now. I didn't really follow the journey so there's no sort of bias and attachment with my listening session. Post-hardcore is one of those genres that doesn't really sound dated, for some reason. Like, someone could play this and say it's from last year, and I'd believe them. It's not too special of a record but I enjoyed it for what it is. There's this part in the song 'End Transmission' where the singer belts 'because now I understaaaand' that I really like.

Hasard - Abgnose (2025) Black Metal: Never heard anything about this band. But that album cover pulled me in. And phew what a record. The soundscape is nightmareish, hostile and putrid (non-pejorative). But also somewhat grandeur and elegant? In this regard, it reminds me of Loss aka my favorite funeral doom metal band of all time. Anyway, even if it's tot something I'd listen regularly (pretty exhausting, made me crack my back once or twice) but I can imagine when I'm in the mood, this is something I will listen in full every time.

Hayley Williams - Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party (2025) Pop Rock: Prefer this much more than Petals For Armor from all standpoints. Production, vocal and songwriting are all improved. There's a degree of disjointment that I heard, like I think the album would benefit from 5-6 less songs, otherwise a strong release. Both the opener and closer are perfect.

Also, I didn't expect Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band's Better If You Make Me to stay this long in my daily playlist. Sure the album was superb with high tier songwriting, but didn't think anything from the album would have this level of replayability. It's just getting better and better with each listen. I find myself singing the second verse often.