Remember That You Will Die - Polyphia (2022)

I already had a few tracks liked on this album from when it came out last year. I didn’t really remember it, or the band, until I came across a video from wired (via boingboing) about how their guitarist, Tim Henson, is the best guitarist of his generation.

It’s sort of a progressive shred band, but with a clear affinity for Kpop, hyper-pop, and just generally the sort of global pop that lots of artists from all over are playing now. This is apparently partially market-driven but you can’t really hold that against them.

And also, they do really shred. I have no particular opinion on whether Henson is the best guitarist of his generation. But these guys are pretty great.

also, in that video I linked: points for the first subtitle that appears in a video about a rock guitarist being “[rock music]”. Spot on.