Harvey’s singing delivers the material by juggling unwieldy emotions with care and empathy. And she makes the experience sound natural — like a true no-brainer.
While no single song on the album comes close to the weight and volume that Lift to Experience was capable of slinging, Last of the Country Gentlemen delivers its own subtle intensity.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra has produced the rare indie pop record that seizes you on the first listen but also rewards repeated playing.
Tomboy's best quality is its consistency with Lennox's vision, in spite of the critical hullabaloo surrounding it.
Strange Mercy is her best yet, a deft mixture of self-confession, master class musicality, and downright unshakable songs.
Slave Ambient continues themes of wanderlust and searching that were all over the other records, but as Granduciel sings of friends gone, of calling loved ones home, of trying to find his place in the world changing around him, the music behind him seems to be searching too.
As a series of a mood pieces detailing the luxury lifestyle of hip-hop’s one-percenters, Take Care is fairly captivating. As a portrait of the artist at the top of the mountain, however, it’s pretty frustrating.
It's easy to see Smoke Ring being remembered as the stepping stone to a transcendent piece of work in Vile's discography.
It is, upon first listen, an undeniably beautiful record. But how that beauty was created takes some time to figure out. You need to dive in and untangle these tightly woven parts. You have to weave through the layered vocals to get at the emotional core of these songs.
Days is a great sophomore album and solid evidence that Real Estate is growing and ready to settle in for the long haul.
Garbus might be more known right now as a magnetic performer, but w h o k i l l proves she's just as beguiling on record.
Watch the Throne is as much of a celebration of the A-list prominence of its two marquee stars as it is an exegesis of all of that fame's attendant complications.