Blis. - No One Loves You (Sargent House) 2017
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Deep breath. A whirlwind inside of my head as I scatter my brain to find the right words to capture your attention with so few words. Because that ends up being the mission you end up signing up to when listening to something as undeniably brilliant as Blis.’s debut album, No One Loves You.
Centred on frontman Aaron Gossett’s parenthood, his “tumultuous relationship” with his son’s mother, and with a bunch of religious themes surrounding it, the record truly sounds like a project that took decades of development. No, it doesn’t sound too clinical or robotic… au contraire, it’s highly emotional, even appropriately reckless with its manifestations. It is the level of congruity, understanding, and solidarity, in a world that thrives not only with the highly emotional catharsis, but also with a sonic richness that can’t possibly be overstated.
No One Loves You is more than a post-hardcore/rock/whatever-you-want-to-label-it record, and that’s the reason for its genius. It’s an honest expression of four individuals that seem extremely keen in approaching life above all things. Absolutely dazzling.