The Spill Magazine

• SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: HORSEGIRL - PHONETICS ON AND ON | The Spill Magazine | Feb. 14, 2025, 5:06 a.m.
HORSEGIRL PHONETICS ON AND ON MATADOR RECORDS Horsegirl’s highly-anticipated second album, Phonetics On and On, is a massive hit. It is an innovative exploration in minimalism. Taking a softer and quieter approach results in mesmerizingly catchy and fun pop songs with spellbinding guitar tones and riffs, beautifully-melodic vocal harmonies, and bright textures. Main standouts “2468” […]

• SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: KILLSWITCH ENGAGE - THIS CONSEQUENCE | The Spill Magazine | Feb. 21, 2025, 9:57 p.m.
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE THIS CONSEQUENCE METAL BLADE RECORDS Within the universe of modern metal, bands like Killswitch Engage are the cream of the crop when it comes to acts that not only were one of the luminaries that shaped the current scene, but their formula of galvanized lyricism, lofty clean vocals, and infectious guitar licks, have […]

• SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: SAM FENDER - PEOPLE WATCHING | The Spill Magazine | Feb. 21, 2025, 5:06 a.m.
SAM FENDER PEOPLE WATCHING POLYDOR With People Watching, his first album since his 2022 breakthrough Seventeen Going Under, Sam Fender landed a big coup in hiring Adam Granduciel of The War On Drugs as his producer and collaborator. That influence is stamped all over this from the get-go; while Fender’s songwriting remains as grounded as […]

• SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: LACUNA COIL - SLEEPLESS EMPIRE | The Spill Magazine | Feb. 14, 2025, 5:02 a.m.
LACUNA COIL SLEEPLESS EMPIRE CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS Lacuna Coil released their debut album in 1999 (In A Reverie) even though the Milan-based band had formed in 1994. Sleepless Empire is their tenth album, and their first studio release since 2019’s Black Anima. With Sleepless Empire they are not looking to change their sound or go […]