New Alcest album 'Spiritual Instinct' - "the band’s poppiest music and their heaviest"

"'Spiritual Instinct' cracks Alcest’s form wide open and successfully goes in all kinds of new directions without being a drastic departure like 'Shelter' was. And that’s even better" - Brooklyn Vegan writes about the French blackgazers' new album. Other critics like it too: "A personal experience to rebuild, restructure and better" - Sonic Perspectives; "To return and release an album that so evocatively reflects one's recent struggles and features some of the year's most memorable arrangements speaks to the artistic genius of Alcest" - Metal Injection; "Inimitable" - Angry Metal Guy; "Superbly capricious, self-assured, and meaningful" - PopMatters. Listen to album in full at Bandcamp.

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