“Back in 2016, experimental Japanese sludge rockers Boris spent the better part of the year playing their landmark 2005 album, Pink, to audiences around the globe. It was meant to be a break for the band before they went back into the studio to work on what was meant to be their final album (or at least, for the version of Boris as we know them.) Instead, they were inspired to keep going. Describ”
“On Dear, the Japanese trio hones in on their most essential quality—the ability to wrest subtlety from thick layers of distortion and volume.”
“‘Dear’ sets off like an electric razor running out of battery on your cheek, leaving half a beard and tremors in your bone. The Japanese power trio’s latest LP skims from the avant-garde to straight-down-the-line stoner/doom rock – sometimes in the same song. The less conventional moments are the most appealing, alongside gratefully-received seconds free of arch-sincere anthemic emotional metal si”
