The album might be dreary and dark in some aspects, but Metal Hearts' future is nothing less than bright and promising, and Socialize is a good first step.  Full text...

It's impossible to know whether the band members are genuinely introspective or simply desire to play the mutual role of outsider -- maybe their third album will find them putting on a headband and getting made over.  Full text...

Socialize, recorded by 18-year-old Anar Badalov and Flora Wolpert-Checknoff, 19, crams hot-headed indie rock into a spacious and minimal take on rock so prim and proper it could have been recorded in a one-bedroom apartment without getting noise complaints from the neighbors.  Full text...

The album predictably rests in slow, drifting melodies, but The Metal Hearts’s use of strings, saxophones, and drum loops give their music a dark savvy.  Full text...

It’s unfortunate, but Socialize feels in every way like the product of teenagers.  Full text...