Lantlos - Melting Sun
Oh ****, this album just happened. I always felt like Lantlos was Neige's (the dude from Alcest) afterthought. Well, Neige isn't involved anymore and after the last Alcest album bored me to the point of seriously considering throwing on that damn Pharrell song I'd say Lantlos is better without him (and winning). It's all about the guitars...while I hesitate to call this black shoegaze since there are no black metal vocals, the influence is still very apparent in the drumming and the riffing. Every song is a winner. I've listened to this sucker like 5 times in the past 2 days. And that's saying a lot for me.