itlookslikeablackhole - Looking at the World with Love (2022)

Formed back in 2018, the California-based post-rock band itlookslikeablackhole seem to be releasing some material every year with one album and three EP as for now. The last EP called Looking at the World with Love was released in January and there's some interesting and fairly dark post-rock music there.

Although the release's title suggests something positive and light, the music on the EP is actually quite dark. The post-rock here is very much oriented on the guitars' role and there's a big focus on the riffs throughout the release, however, the overall atmosphere makes a great and gloomy impression. While the compositions here don't strike as explicitly loud, the slower pace and the ambiance itself, make the music feel heavier than usual, even if the guitar riffs provide a fair deal of melodies. It is especially audible in the outstanding What Lies Beyond the Darkness, a track that deliberately introduces a concept but then there's no actual follow-up to the title's statement, similarly to other tracks on the album, making me think that the title's optimism may not be real after all and that everything is way more darker and enigmatic.

Looking at the World with Love costs 5 USD.

Check: What Lies Beyond the Darkness

Country: California, US

Genre: dark post-rock

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