its soo much better than their debut

This album does pale in comparison to the one from 2015

but the chords in those certain parts toward the end of this song omfg man

I still find myself playing their debut more tbh but I love how different their latest one is.

Turnstile, Bartees Strange, tricot, Mdou Moctar and all these UK kids making interesting rock records rn

back to back classics

The Smile album soon

besides for the obvious answer (yves) turnstile, black country new road, and the war on d**** have all made really good rock records recently

soty

Dry Cleaning one of the few interesting bands of the last few years

I'm a big tricot fan but they're not necessarily forward-thinking.

Ariel Pink had the vision man...

I'd say Khruangbin is pretty forward thinking and creative in how they and Leon Bridges have found a way to combine their brand of rock music and R&B/soul music into a dreamy fusion of music that is tender but haunting, rustic yet modern, lowkey and groovy.

Texas Sun and Texas Moon out now.

"Rock is dead" isn't about innovation, it's just that it hasn't been mainstream for awhile. Rock and metal are always pretty forward-thinking, especially in the underground.

The LeBron Ramone James

Parquet Courts and Altın Gün off the top of my head.

Parquet Courts lit. Sympathy for Life was great love it's more dance focused vibe. May not hit like Wide Awake, but it's a much more groovier and trippy record.

Hmmm I’ve mostly lost faith in new rock music but TMV is one of my favorite bands ever so I’ll give these guys a shot

im a huge fan of rock and i must say that these last few years the genre as a whole has kind of lost sense regarding its identity. nowadays you got bands ranging from folk to post-punk to indie rock that can be considered "rock".

that being said i do feel like post-punk is at the forefront of the whole movement, with acts like:

• Viagra Boys
• Iceage
• Idles (even tho they overrated as f***)
• Black Country New Road
• The Weather Station (clearly leaning towards folk tho)

then you got bands like King Gizzard, Velvet Two Stripes, Werewolf Hair, Rival Sons, All Them Witches, Pond, US Girls, LOW, who have a clear lane ranging from traditional to psych to shoegaze.

then there's also the weirder, darker, more meditative side, like obviously Nick Cave, but also lately Lost Girls (Jenny Hval), Amigo the Devil (dropped a marvelous album last year), etc.

thats how i personally see it

Yeah, I wasn't a fan first listen, but it's grown on me for sure. Wide Awake felt like they were tryin to prove something, Sympathy for Life was a more chill, on vacation tape.