lobsterfight. My most recent musical fixation. THEY ARE SO YUMMY TO LISTEN TO. Best way for me to describe them: The Bedroom Emo Rock Orchestra. This band just has such a unique sound and I MUST talk about them.
Okay, where do I begin... lets try to describe Lobsterfight's sound. They have many different sounds across their three albums, so, starting with "pink, black, and orange in the corners." this album is characterized by computer generated beeps and boops and noise with piano and some aggressively fuzzy gutiar. This is my least listened to album from them, as the heavy noise and collage of many different noises all bitcrushed and slamming into your ears can be chaotic as HELL (but it does make for an intensely unique listening experience). "II" for reference. While this album isn't the best out of the three, it has immense character in being high energy and chaotic as fuck. For a first album, this has so much character and all of the moving pieces do work really well together, but the obsessive levels of distortion all stacking up with each component can make a listening experience brainmushy. This album make my brain all squishy squishy and sometimes thats what you want. It isn't all chaotic as towards the end of the album, "frog" offers a welcome rest from all the noise. Overall, this album is like a cup of apple juice paired with a square of well-seasoned half cooked ramen that is actually really good despite its unusual texture. Yum!
"Sun Soaking" is the album I first listened to from lobsterfight and "The Theme For This Evening's Warm Dinner Salad" was the first song that made me gravitate towards the band. This song is literally the most high energy and symphonic song I have ever listened to, maybe but not really exaggerating. This is a very unique rock song as it leads with piano and drums as opposed to gutiar. The electric gutiar is used in some areas purely for flavor but the main lead is the piano, drums, and sometimes, even the clarinet. I kind of stuggle to come up with a genre for this song, yes it's rock, but it draws from so many places, its kind of absurd. It's a complete rollercoaster of a song, with a cripplingly catchy repeating chorus.
FEMTANYL, also known as Noelle Mansbridge, is a somewhat newer breakcore/electronic artist with her debut song S33K H3LP in May 28, 2023. I started getting into her music sometime in 2024 with WORLDWID3, when my friend recommended it to me and is now my favorite artist, by far.
Her music is loud and angry but punchy and rhythmic. Perfect for a confused 14 year old! It has more form than other breakcore songs, being adjacent to alternative and pop, and sounds far more unique than your average amen break and go type songs. Her songs, mainly those in the Chaser EP focus on topics like self-harm, anger, drugs, the internet, and the trans experience. Her popularity has made her somewhat of a transfem icon, alongside her OC/Persona, Token, who has appeared in (almost) every cover art since S33K H3LP. We love token!
Since her rise in popularity her songs have toned down the ante when it comes to the dark topics (Probably better for the health), and she has done many tours, shows, and collaborations with other artists.
Picking a favorite song is really hard because I have most of her songs in my favorites. But, out of all of them, ATTACKING VERTICAL has to be my favorite for its almost haunting instrumental and unique vocal track that separates it from her other songs.
This album has all the vibes I was looking for: It's fuzzy lo-fi rock, it has amazing hooks, very unique instrumentals, and very fun switch-ups mid song. Sometimes, its like there's two songs in one, or hell, three songs. The lyric while not the best written support the songs unbelievably well and add the perfect amount of catchiness.
I have NO IDEA what the story is for both Come In or Hornet Disaster. I rarely turn to music for their lyrics but I can appreciate them, especially when they're there to enhance the core of the music, and Weatherday does that very very well.
My favorite changes slightly with every relisten but my favorite song in the album has consistently stayed as, Agatha's Goldfish (Sparkling Water), simply because of how unbelievably catchy it is and because of how punchy it is. It really gets you feeling.
the noise is a fog, look beyond it and you will find beauty. I was randomly graced by the youtube algorithm with a very well put together full album visualizer, and in it I found the epitome of angry breakcore. With the album being in spanish, do I know what their saying? NO! Does it matter? NO! This is one of the best breakcore albums in a while. Though I'm not entirely sure if it falls under breakcore, because of just how unique it is.
This album is like a punch in the face and it stings, but you're a masochist so it great. Blednost lures you in with an entrancing intro track and then just absolutely shreds. It's mean, it's bold, and it's angry as fuck.
It sounds like this is my favorite album on the list but it's not, it's just so unique that I have to give it its own slate to really describe it. It's uniqueness comes with the drawback of being decently repetitive. Recycling sounds very often, it makes it harder to remember song names and parts. Though, the repetitiveness does mean that every song is just as fire as the last.
Choosing a favorite is hard because of the overall quality this album has on display. (I'm gonna say that for everything on this list aren't I) But, out of all of them I think death valley deserves top spot just for how many times I've listened to it. Also, the album art is fire, I feel like that goes for most of the picks on this list.
Romcom Youtuber NakeyJakey, A.K.A The Yoga-Balltuber, known for his quality videogame commentary and yoga ball mastery, he made an album, and it's realllllllly good.
Romcom is ethereal and nostalgic. Every song samples a piece from early 2000's media. The instrumentals are VERY unique for hip-hip, though calling it hip-hop feels like a diservice to the overall vibes. The use of reverb, the way the songs build up to the drums rather than starting with them, and the taking of cues from movie soundtracks really gives it that ethereal vibe althrough out. Every song in the album is outstanding and each of them transition into the next to create an amazingly beautiful album.
My main gripe is that its very short! A only 27 minute run time, thats less than some NakeyJakey videos! Besides that, I only really have praise for this album and I can't recommend it enough.
The best song in the album has to be Pine Barrens, its kind of objectively so, but my personal favorite is Tommy Hanks for how good the lyrics are in it and how raw it is compared to the other songs. It's one of the few songs where the lyrics are the best part for me.
flyingfish, I have no idea who he is. I just kinda... found him while in my discovery, so... There isn't much about him; he just kinda popped off in 2023 and I'm only finding out about it now.
flyingfish was my first intro into shoegaze, (unless Beach House counts, which maybe not) and I'm loving it. flyingfish gets straight to the point with all of his songs, off the rip. Punchy intros go into fire ass melodies and just keep going. He has good talent uhhh, not sure what else to write about here.
This entry is less about me recommending something cool and more about me saying, "I like this" and moving on. What can I say, flyingfish is good, it does the job of absorbing my ears and making me forget my problems. Simply Lovely.
