Alec Holowka's second volume of Night in the Woods is where the game stops being cute and starts being genuinely unsettling. This is the back half, the part where Possum Springs starts showing its teeth. "Church of the First Coalescence" descends into this droning, almost ritualistic territory that still gives me chills.
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"God" and "Unknowable" sit next to each other on the tracklist and yeah, that's the whole vibe. But then "Dance Party" breaks through with this burst of warmth, and "Finding Bea" is so tender it hurts. The contrast between the cosmic horror tracks and the small-town intimacy.
"I'm Going to Break Something" captures that exact frustrated energy perfectly. Essential if the first volume's autumn sadness stuck with you.