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In Failan, grace and mercy shine like a searchlight.

Due to the overwhelming abundance of plots and machinations, it feels rather anti-climactic.

Most would dismiss “Versus” as mindless action or sickening gore, and that may very well be the case. Actually, that is the case.

It’s a little punk (but not too much), with some safe mall emo, a cheeky ’80s glam-rock solo or two that Weezer rejected, and plenty of studio sheen.

A sweet pop record to sing along to.

For the most part, the album maintains a consistent mood best suited for contemplative moments.

With this package Rhino has raised the bar on quality for CD reissues.

Music like this should be short and sweet, otherwise it wears out its welcome.

Despite being an original motion picture soundtrack, this is in no way background music.

The Estonian group shamelessly blends the best of My Bloody Valentine, Lush, and Stereolab.

Perhaps better than any other Hush release, it illustrates the label’s “anti-rock” stance.

The genius here is that, rather than making these songs into goth ballads or melodramatic affairs, they keep them short, sweet, and best of all, catchy.

Glissceule is as blissed-out as shoegazer can possibly get, consisting of nothing but nigh-endless layers of Cortez’ heavily processed guitars and Arpin’s angelic cooing.

The series’ melodrama is almost offset by the movie’s visual style. Almost.

If you want to start getting into Evangelion, this is not, I repeat, not the place to start.

Shyamalan takes a clichéd premise and turns it into one of the creepiest ruminations on faith and God you’re likely to find.

In some ways, this album is an amalgamation of everything that Martin has done before.

This album shows why lovesliescrushing are at the head of the beautiful noise scene.

The music lends itself quite nicely to introspective moments and activities.

This may be one of the most beautiful things Burnt Toast Vinyl has released to date.