I can definitely agree with that, thanks for sharing! It feels like the intent this time around feels more like an attempt to cram more weird experimental and varied choices into the records runtime possibly at the cost of more memorable melodies and repeated parts to catch on to. I can see how far that idea goes for you would likely boil down to individual preference. However I will say it’s only grown on me on repeat listens and personally I’ll gladly trade some catchiness for whatever Exeg(en)esis is! 😅

Go for it, it’s a wild ride! If you do check it out, I’d love to hear some more thoughts on it!

I just finished Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt. I found it to be a more unique story, pulling from a wider variety of influences for the sources of the scares, than his previous novel Hex even if it ended up being a bit more uneven as result. I still think when it works it really works, but there were certainly portions of the book where it lost steam for me as well. Definitely looking forward to seeing how his next book Oracle turns out!

Next, I’m planning to start The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas for some classic gothic haunted house vibes hopefully!

Penpal by Dathan Auerbach, was a book that really succeeded at scaring me personally. It managed to make me feel pretty vulnerable and it just filled me with dread the whole time I was reading it.