NTTR - No Time to Review

An emotionally sincere but frustratingly underdeveloped underground emo album, combining intricate guitar-oriented songwriting, raw vocals and deliberately unpolished production. key vs. locket demonstrates an appealing attachment to the genre's independent traditions, but the overcrowded lyrics, repetitive emotional themes and fragmented compositions frequently undermine the music's potential. A few songs reveal genuine vulnerability and interesting ideas, although the overall experience remains more promising than particularly rewarding. With Turn Sour , key vs. locket returns with a second album, following 2025's i felt like a sketch . The project embraces the rougher traditions of Midwest emo and screamo, drawing inspiration from artists such as Make Me, I Have Dreams, Empire! Empire! and Boy Problems. Across thirteen compositions, the music explores emotional exhaustion, disappointment, damaged relationships and the difficulty of moving beyond memories that continue to...

An emotionally exposed but frustratingly uneven collection of experimental emo and noisy indie rock, combining lo-fi guitars, unstable arrangements and an almost obsessive exploration of romantic dependency. Squee demonstrates considerable personality and occasional vulnerability, particularly during the longer compositions, but the repetitive lyrics, exaggerated emotional outbursts and lack of memorable musical development make the album more exhausting than rewarding. There are some interesting moments beneath the chaos, although the songwriting rarely matches the intensity of the presentation. With soliloquy , Squee delivers seventeen compositions exploring romantic obsession, emotional insecurity, self-destructive impulses and the difficulty of escaping one's own thoughts. The album draws on fifth-wave emo, noise rock, screamo and lo-fi indie music, adopting an intentionally unpolished aesthetic that prioritises emotional immediacy over conventional musical refinement. It's...

An exuberant but uneven electropop album that attempts to transform Rebecca Black's complicated relationship with public attention into a celebration of sexuality, performance and self-determination. The production is frequently colourful and occasionally inventive, but the exaggerated vocal delivery, familiar 2000s pop references and shortage of memorable melodies make the album considerably less rewarding than its ambitious concept suggests. Its most convincing moments emerge when the theatrical excess gives way to darker, more intimate electronic textures. With Age of the Exhibitionist , Rebecca Black continues her transformation from an involuntary internet celebrity into a self-consciously provocative pop artist. Fifteen years after the extraordinary public reaction to "Friday", she has developed a musical identity centred on electronic production, theatrical performance, sexuality and the uneasy relationship between visibility and personal autonomy. It's an inte...

An intriguing but uneven departure from Queens of the Stone Age's established sound, replacing much of the band's muscular desert-rock identity with intimate acoustic arrangements, theatrical experimentation and melancholic songwriting. Josh Homme's increasingly vulnerable delivery and the unusual instrumental textures provide several appealing moments, but the shortage of memorable riffs, inconsistent melodies and surprisingly restrained energy make Perfecth considerably less compelling than its ambitions suggest. With Perfecth , Queens of the Stone Age return with an unexpectedly restrained and introspective album, moving further away from the aggressive desert-rock riffs and restless rhythmic energy that established their reputation. Following 2023's In Times New Roman… , Josh Homme appears increasingly interested in exploring vulnerability, imperfect relationships and emotional uncertainty through more intimate and theatrical arrangements. It's an interesting ar...

An extraordinary, unsettling and fiercely original experimental punk album that transforms personal testimony, feminist thought and psychological trauma into a fragmented but remarkably coherent musical statement. PISS combine abrasive noise rock, theatrical vocal performances and documentary sound collage with an intensity that rarely feels gratuitous. Its lack of conventional melody and deliberately uncomfortable structure remain challenging, but these qualities ultimately contribute to one of the most distinctive and emotionally affecting punk releases of the year. With you made me / skin on linen , Vancouver quartet PISS deliver a remarkable debut that stretches the boundaries of punk rock into something closer to experimental theatre, documentary collage and psychological confrontation. Rather than presenting a conventional collection of songs, the band construct a thirty-minute journey through childhood, memory, gendered violence and the difficult process of reclaiming control ov...