Sunday, January 1, 2023

Converge - Jane Doe: liked

I usually don't post album covers for anything ungraded, but I'm making an exception for this one to commemorate the accomplishment of actually giving it 3 good listens. Upped a notch in appreciation of the obvious effort it took to record. I probably should give it another listen given how much some people seem to love it.

Update (July 2025): Gave it a fourth listen after all. Switching from Richard & Linda Thompson to this was a mildly humorous experience. I love this brilliant take by Brian Lolli: "To the uninitiated, Jane Doe sounds like an impenetrable wall of bloodcurdling hardcore. To faithful Converge fans, it also sounds like an impenetrable wall of bloodcurdling hardcore — but in a complimentary way." I think that sums it up beautifully. You will love it the extent that "an impenetrable wall of bloodcurdling hardcore" sounds like something you would enthusiastically be drawn back to over and over again.

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