Tracklist :
01. Autre Temps
02. Là Où Naissent Les Couleurs Nouvelles
03. Les Voyages De L’Âme
04. Nous Sommes L’Emeraude
05. Beings Of Light
06. Faiseurs De Mondes
07. Havens
08. Summer’s Glory
Genre: Black Metal
From all the so-called "post-black shoegaze" albums I've had to drudge my way through, it's difficult to enter an album like this without an overwhelming sense of pessimism - mostly because just about none of these bands have any post-rock or shoegaze influences past the occasional use of a shimmery clean melody.
Not only that but the majority of the fanbase of this music see it as some of the most beautiful, amazing music that mankind has made yet - which puts the reviewer in a bit of a difficult spot. Really though, if anything has to be learnt by any music fan on the internet, it's to not let any fanbase ruin anything for you.
Alcest has a wonderful knack of stirring up emotions and dreamy atmospheres that can only be admired and applauded. It's not amazing, it never has been. It's shamelessly pretty sounding music, and for what it is, there aren't many people that do it better than Alcest - especially on this album, which might just be the album of Neige's career
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