new single out now and it's a proper epic

 

not familiar with this band's output as it's only recently I've acquired more of a taste for this sort of thing, really enjoying this though from YT recommendations and I'm aware they're quite a big name.

 

album to follow in September

Surprised they haven't had a UK hit yet, I am quite sure they will do eventually thanks to TikTok.

late etc

 

 

Liking this and 'Perfume Of The Timeless' decently, I hope this can be better than HUMAN :||: NATURE, which had some really good moments (Pan, Ad Astra), but a lot of getting overblown even for them.

 

Gone back through their whole discography again to get me hyped for this (god Imaginaerum is just an all killer no filler #1 of all time album and Dark Passion Play and Once are nearly as good, probably both in my top 10), less than a month to go now.

These songs are going to need a few listens to bed in, definitely the two I'd heard before are among the best, and while I was a little lukewarm on 'Perfume' before it's really hitting me now, but 'An Ocean Of Strange Islands' is definitely a new epic from them and 'Hiraeth' has a fantastic build. And 'The Weave'!! Critic reviews are incredibly good too which is something I never really expect for this metal niche.

 

With most of these songs being over 5 minutes it's not exactly an easy entrance to the band but this is definitely better than HUMAN :||: NATURE and could in time challenge to be the best Floor album, Endless Forms is really good but those songs have the benefit of nearly a decade of familiarity right now. I'm really pleasantly surprised.