I would like to apologize for being late with this review
This week I listened to A Pazific Puzzle by Maggat. I was a little bit rushed when choosing an album, so there is no fun story behind why this one was chosen. I wanted something Emo-adjacent but a little more on the hardcore side of things and I stumbled upon this album in my search. This album certainly fits what I was after, as it leans closer to Post-Hardcore than the cleaner side of Emo which is something that I have been searching for. This album blends together a lot for me, I think part of it is that a lot of the songs are in the same slower tempo in a 6/8 time signature, so musically they feel very similar. The songs aren't bad, they are well written and are musically interesting, but because of the similarities between many of the songs I found myself losing interest towards the latter half of the album. In a rare case for me I wish this album had slightly cleaner production. It can be a bit muddy at times, and while it doesn't sound bad I just think having a little bit more separation between all the instruments would've helped and for sure would've made the louder, more aggressive sections of the album pop a little more. I've read that Maggat's other works lean closer to Screamo and I can see this quality of production working better in that genre than the slightly gentler Post-Hardcore sound of this album. Nonetheless this is still a good album, I just can't see myself really coming back to it. 6.5/10
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