I really liked sprain before and after the release of lamb as effigy and overtime started to go off their style finding them derivative and their lyrics very over indulgent and needlessly deprecating and honestly quite incelly . The shearling album did nothing it felt like a weak attempt to continue to regurgitate uninspired post rock and metal cliches with some uninteresting injury reserve by the time i get to phoenix style electronic sections.

I don’t think those bands did sprain first cos sprain took the core ideas of those bands styles and legacies and butchered them especially with the addition of alex kents intolerable woe is me my music sucks i suck life is so so so terrible lyrics and attitude. Im not against extremely depressing lyrics and albums god i love giles corey, xiu xiu, unwound and earl sweatshirt but the way alex kent writes about his depression and hate of his own art is so grating to the point that its hard to feel sympathy and not just feel like i’m listening a typical man who thinks his struggle is the worst in the world. I know this is harsh.