In today's review, we have a bunch of fellas from Tours, France, called LØVVE. This is their second full-length album which does not depart far from their style as it is quite similar to their first album. It is nice to find bands that have their own style and manage to maintain it throughout their discography while doing something different as well.
Let’s start with the thing that catches your eyes first - the album art and the album name. “After the rain the sun comes out” indicates that this is not some kind of “funny" hardcore album rather than something more serious and with an intentional meaning - which in my opinion, provides more value to the music itself. The way the album name is placed on the album cover could imply an endless loop of rain and sun constantly changing into one another. And the album cover looks dark and different than you would see on any other hardcore or powerviolence release. Although, I would love to hear more about the concept of the album.
After getting first impressions, this album gets even better and I am not gonna lie - it made me cum. That bass intro you hear at the beginning of the first track… MmmmMMM… Beefy and catchy hardcore punk riffs are everything I could ask for and that is the very first thing I get! Oh, and the guitar feedback also arouses me quite a lot.
The music itself is kind of similar to some other fastcore bands like Reproach or at times even Crippled Fox, but way heavier and a tad slower. And that is not a bad thing. Vocals remind me of old school hardcore punk or crossover thrash metal, but it perfectly accompanies the guitar riffs and creates a cool “IN YOUR FACE” vibe. But despite the aforementioned similarities to fastcore, you can also hear some quite melodic and “obscure” riffs that go into fast powerviolence-y parts with d-beat or sometimes even blastbeats.
All in all, the album should not be longer or shorter - it has the perfect length, does not get boring as there is a huge variety in the composition and you keep wanting to listen to this album more and more!
And I will say it again - that bass intro riff kicks ass!
You can listen to the album on Spotify and Bandcamp:
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