Cartoon Darkness

by

Amyl and the Sniffers

This band has been exploding due to the critical acclaim from their first two albums. However, after the new set of singles came out, it was apparent that they were coming back with more money in the studio and a bit more polished rock sound, which had me a bit nervous. However, after deeply diving into this record, they were able to maintain enough of what's true to core identity of the band with some harder hitting riffs, more diverse and dynamic songs (even some horns in "U Should Not Be Doing That"), and some even more shocking lyrics (someone has to match the Geordie Greep energy). Now it's definitely not a perfect record and has a few tracks that will fade into the background, but overall this was a great and memorable addition to their canon as they are carrying Australian music into a new era.