Portland's ALIEN BOY has been up to big, big things in the few years since we released their "Stay Alive" EP on cassette (7" on GOOD CHEER). Sonia and company are a hard-working goth/emo/punk/shoegaze band that taps into some really, really deep emotions. Their "Sleeping Lessons" LP (on TINY ENGINES) is my favorite album of 2018.
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You know, this album, and particularly "Perfect World" give this sort of "your life is what you make it" kind of theme to it---all while being served with a very hip and catchy melody...personally I'm transitioning from #3 to #2 in terms of this song, and it only took 23 years! Aaron Jay Turkheimer
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An album that snuck up on me and slapped me with goosebumps. It’s a perfect listen back to front.
Each of the band members contributions are inextricably linked to the final result. There’s no need to separate, weigh and appraise each individually.
These aren’t the sounds of critics or cynics.
These are the sounds of love letters, of incantations, of indictments of nightmare makers and of screaming into the void. How does one know a classic? By observing the levitating arm hairs. Classic. 🖤 blichvar