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Why Libricide’s Kismet Feels Like the Kind of Find People Gatekeep - SPIN

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Photo Courtesy of Libricide Some albums don’t ask for attention so much as take it. Kismet , the new music release from Libricide , has that effect. While some music sounds thrown together for the algorithm, it doesn’t flatten itself into the kind of vague, interchangeable rock that disappears the second the chorus ends. It sounds alive, slightly unruly, and fully aware that songs can still carry ideas without losing the rush that makes people come back. Rock hasn’t exactly disappeared, but a lot of it has become oddly cautious, either polished into neutrality or trapped in a loop of self-reference. Kismet pushes in another direction. It’s made by people who still care about hooks, force, atmosphere, and meaning all at once, which gives it a kind of tension a lot of contemporary releases never quite reach.  The band’s name does some heavy lifting before the album even starts. “Libricide” comes from Latin roots associated with the destruction of books and knowledge.…

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