This Cloakroom’s fourth album is bookended by the kind of dense, widescreen shoegaze that’s become their signature over the past decade. But in between those two endpoints is an even more vast spectrum of sound and image, more intimate stories and character sketches depicted through more immediate surges of power pop (“Cloverlooper”), new wave (“Unbelonging”), even dreamy, vintage surf-pop (“Bad Larry”). “Last Leg of the Human Table” is solid in its foundation, the kind of record where if you stripped away all the effects, you’d still have a spectacular set of songs. But when they do fire up the engines again on a song like “Story of the Egg,” it’s a blast to just watch them go.
Some of their heaviest riffage yet: the opener’s totally crushing. There are also lighter moments, such as “Bad Larry”, which sounds like a cosmic country Mexican surf track! It’s all underpinned with lots of sonic experimentation and lo-fi textures.
released February 28th, 2025
The Fat Angel Sings 