The Diving Board proves that Elton John is on the right musical path once again, sounding so energized by the familiar trappings that a career renaissance, which seemed a long shot a few years back, now seems thrillingly possible.
With an album as consistently strong as The Stand-In at this early stage, she has an impressive career ahead.
Fans craving some kind of thematic hook might be disappointed, but the flow the band achieves from song to song even with the variety of sounds on display should outweigh those concerns.
For an album so ballad-heavy, there’s a great sense of turmoil and menace bubbling up just underneath the surface.
It’s time to start thinking of Vampire Weekend not as upstarts but as one of the world’s best bands
In its strongest moments — though there are no real weak moments to speak of — Dream River presents a compelling, gorgeous sonic world in which to get blissfully lost.
Wise Up Ghost is a fearless, invigorating gut-punch of a record, one that never settles and surprises from start to finish.
Trouble Will Find Me finds them maintaining the peak they reached with High Violet even when they trek out in new directions.