Sadness - That Lasts Forever (2025)
That Lasts Forever builds an enveloping emotional landscape through layered guitar textures, blurred screams and gradual shifts in intensity. The melodic focus gives the songs a clear throughline, and the record hits satisfying peaks when the distortion swells into full catharsis. Sadness works with repetition as a structural device, allowing tracks to evolve slowly rather than chase abrupt contrasts.
Where the album falls short is variety. The mood remains fixed, and while the progressions are compelling, they rarely depart from the core melodic patterns established early on. The emotional payoff is real but expected, and the lo-fi production flattens moments that might have benefited from a wider dynamic range.
That Lasts Forever succeeds as an atmospheric statement, a record that delivers consistent immersion without fully breaking into a higher level of expression.
Genre: Blackgaze
Country: US
Final Verdict: 71% (Very Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 57th / 849
Highlight: something in the distance
Made me think of:
Alcest
Unreqvited
Les Discrets
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