NTTR - No Time to Review

An atmospheric and conceptually romantic slushwave album whose meditations on eternal love, memory and spiritual reunion offer an appealing sense of melancholy. The extended ambient passages and deliberately suspended sense of time create a coherent aesthetic, but the seventy-seven-minute duration feels excessive for the relatively narrow emotional and musical vocabulary. Its immersive qualities are attractive, although the limited contrast and potentially repetitive structures make the record more interesting as an atmosphere than as a collection of distinctive compositions. With If Time Is the Only Thing Separating Us, Then Nothing Is Separating Us at All , t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者 offers another extensive exploration of nostalgia, longing and spiritual transcendence through the dreamlike aesthetics of slushwave and ambient vaporwave. Across nine compositions and more than seventy-seven minutes, the album develops a romantic vision of existence in which love survives the passage of t...

An atmospheric but somewhat underwhelming alternative-rock debut that exchanges James Ivy's earlier electronic experiments for warm guitars, live percussion and introspective songwriting. The production is frequently attractive, and several compositions offer convincing moments of emotional vulnerability, but the familiar Britpop influences, understated melodies and insufficient dynamic variation prevent the record from becoming particularly distinctive. Its musical ambitions are evident, although the songwriting rarely achieves the emotional impact suggested by its expansive arrangements. With The Seams , James Ivy presents a debut album built around a significant change in musical direction. Moving away from the more electronically constructed sound of his earlier recordings, he embraces organic alternative rock, combining guitars, live drums, strings and restrained vocals in ten compositions exploring emotional uncertainty and the uncomfortable transition into adulthood. It'...

An imaginative but frustratingly inconsistent alternative-rock album that combines distorted shoegaze guitars, fragile vocals, glitchy electronics and trip-hop rhythms. Dev Lemons demonstrates a distinctive approach to production, creating several appealing contrasts between intimate melodies and overwhelming instrumental passages. However, the elaborate arrangements frequently overshadow relatively weak songwriting, while the abrupt stylistic changes and repetitive emotional themes prevent the record from becoming consistently memorable. With hunting what we already killed , Dev Lemons moves further away from the eccentric electronic pop of her earlier recordings towards a darker combination of alternative rock, shoegaze, trip-hop and experimental electronics. Working with producer Emmett Kai, she constructs eleven compositions that draw heavily on the atmospheric guitars and distorted textures of 1990s alternative music while retaining the digital manipulation and unusual production ...

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...