And the countdown begins!

Ok, this is fucking beautiful. I know that is to be expected from Alcest when it comes to the main vibe. But after so many years I'm still floored because of how his music makes my heart grow a couple of sizes and suddenly I have no care in the world. It just transports you to a better mind state.

Very excited for this. Beautiful first single

While I can't say I'm too much a fan of Alcest (Sans Le Secret and the debut, those albums are great), I cannot nor willnot deny Neige's uncanny ability to be able to somehow read and manifest the listener's emotions (particularly positive ones) through his music. That's a whole different level of talent right there.

Splendid!

Omg, omg, omg!!!

I like it. It's obviously enjoyable for a fan of the band, but I do wish that Neige used his epic harsh vocals more throughout! I also wish there were a few more songs, I don't find much substance in the piano interlude or the closing track, effectively leaving the album with 5 songs. It suffers from the same fate as Spiritual Instinct, the front half of the album is much stronger than the back half.

Heard the whole album. I like the music, it is on par with last two albums regarding quality IMHO 8/10. The only thing i did not like are to prominent drums in the mix to the point I find them sometimes distracting like in Komorebi.

Now here's a band that in the past I often found myself struggling to get into. I find each of their albums contain several moments of brilliance with some stunning melodies to be found, and performance-wise they always seem top-notch, but despite that, as a whole, their albums still never seemed to quite click with me for some reason. This album is similar in the fact there's some outstanding moments, "Améthyste" and "L'Enfant de la Lune (月の子)" seem to stand-out the most for me, but there's also moments I find quite dull tbh. It's a good album overall but still just fails to provide me with that wow factor.

What can i say? i'm a fan. it evokes all the emotions the previous efforts did and the performance is top notch as usual. i do agree with the first half being stronger, especially because i'm a sucker for a hard-hitting closer, but i still enjoyed it all the way through.

Another beautiful release from Alcest, maybe some more listens and I'll raise my rating. But year as always, just beautiful


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After few more listens I think that in this album Neige managed to accomplish the things that he failed to achieve with Shelter

This lies somewhere between Shelter and Kodama, kinda mediocre album in my opinion, not impressive enough in mellow or 'heavy' parts. Guitar is still signature-level though.

Always good! genius