Tom Johnson

Thaiboy Digital - Paradise
Beats Per Minute
65
On the whole, the album is quite deadmau5ey. It possesses familiar drops but has a lot more vocals than a normal dance record, owing to Thaiboy’s desire to meld his club roots with his Soundcloud fame.
Danny Brown - Stardust
Beats Per Minute
79
Despite the diversity of collaborators, the album does have parts that sounds a tad samey and perhaps certain sections could have been left out.
Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future
The Skinny
100

Adrianne Lenker's latest solo record Bright Future is raw, unvarnished, and painted in plentiful colour.

Helado Negro - PHASOR
The Skinny
80

PHASOR is a rich and absorbing record that truly transports; placing the listener in a languid, half-lit morning where you’re never quite asleep and never fully awake.

bar italia - Tracey Denim
Beats Per Minute
65

Tracey Denim lives and thrives in the shadows of past greats, but is unable to escape them.

Lil Yachty - Let's Start Here.
Beats Per Minute
75

While opinions will certainly be divided on Let’s Start Here., it’s undeniable that a rapper hasn’t committed so impressively and effortlessly to a rock genre since Kid Cudi’s Nirvana-inspired Speeding Bullet to Heaven. If anyone was going to do something this unexpected it was going to be Yachty.

Hyd - CLEARING
Beats Per Minute
77

On the whole, CLEARING is a success but I can’t help but feel a number of the beats and instrumentals were throwaways from the PC officianados, like A.G. Cook and EASYFUN, while a lot of the SOPHIE cuts must have been sitting around for a while – though you can understand the desire to use them.

Lady Gaga - Chromatica
The Line of Best Fit
90

After stripping everything down on her ballad heavy Joanna, pop’s favourite kink, Lady Gaga, has returned to the electro-pop suite with Chromatica, a record no one could have expected even from someone who so full of surprises.

Julia Holter - Have You in My Wilderness
The Skinny
100

Uninhibited, focused and majestically crafted, she’s simply never sounded more vital.

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