STACK #214 August 2022

MUSIC FEATURE

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THE A+ CUTS OF THE YEAR-TO-DATE

This month we’re delving back into th e very biggest and best titles of 2022 so far, making sure to include any gems you may have missed first time around – and you could glean a few Father’s Day gift ideas to b oot! Words Zoë Radas

hitters leapt into the charts, in the form of two groups: one legendarily brilliant, the other settling into their freshly-established iconic status. The first is, of course, Midnight Oil , with their immediately thrilling Resist .

Le’aupepe. “Exposing raw nerves to the world and holding tight to your hand through the seemingly impossible recovery, [Gang of Youths] make every moment feel like a personal conversation between friends who are processing the pain together,” STACK ‘s Jacqui Picone wrote. “ angel in realtime . is a masterpiece of fear, grief, forgiveness, identity, family, and above all: love.” MAR On to March, when Papa Emeritus IV (Tobias Forge) presented us with an album “bathed in the thurible-smoke of history and glinting with the reflected horror of present day” (so Zoë wrote): Impera presented a freshly inspired epoch for Swedish melodic metal

FEB The year started out with the heftiest one-two punch possible for the tail end of your summer: Korn reminded us

“Forty years after the classic 10 to 1 ,” STACK ‘s Jeff Jenkins wrote, “Midnight Oil are still delivering songs for the head and the heart, ‘standing up to those who sell

what metal had been missing: “[ Requiem ] emphasises the two pillars on which the band’s enduring clout rests: their mastery of dynamics, and the nasal necromancy of Jonathan Davis’s voice,” STACK ‘s Zoë Radas wrote. Then came Slash ’s latest belter with Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators, 4 – the recording of which, Slash told us in a hilarious interview, was an “orgasmic experience.” STACK ‘s Bryget Chrisfield declared her joy at Slash’s guitar

fear’, making the listener think and dance. It’s a potent mix, and no one does it as eloquently or as powerfully as Midnight Oil.” Right on, brother! The second Aussie band who flung fresh wares in

barons Ghost , which ripped up JB’s vinyl chart like a machete through butter. Later on that month, our ears were gifted two jewels in the calmer

wizardry, praising his “scuttling-tarantula level phalange dexterity.” It wasn’t long before the homegrown heavy

late February was Gang of Youths , led with typically triumphant abandon by frontman Dave

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