W - Boris: Review
Boris is the long running and prolific Japanese experimental rock band who have released dozens of studio albums and collaborations in their 25+ years as a band. W comes as a spiritual successor to their previous album NO which was the result of writing sessions during pandemic isolation. Review By Lav: I'm finally gonna review Boris. While I heard and publicly discussed their past 3 or 4 studio albums and their collaborative album with Mezrbow, I just never found the time to sit down and properly review their material. Now early in the year with my to do list less clogged than usual it's finally time to talk about W . If you're new to this band it can be quite difficult to catch up, trust me I did so in 2015 and still sometimes feel like I'm missing key pieces. But their recent string of records take a slightly less industrial and drone themed sound than some of their past acclaimed works and instead interpolate much more post-rock and pseudo ambient passages. Despit...