Birkut

Andy Stott - Too Many Voices
Tiny Mix Tapes
90

Despite the complexities that make this such a multi-faceted and intrepid addition to the Modern Love catalogue ... Too Many Voices is an immersive experience that builds on the artists’ past without once holding them back.

Future - EVOL
Tiny Mix Tapes
80

These tracks sound equally as engaged and provocative as anything on last year’s masterful DS2.

Hudson Mohawke - Lantern
Tiny Mix Tapes
20
The joint force of this record amounts to little more than a whimpering collapse. It’s painful to endure as a consequence of its crowd-pleasing whims and a disappointment to anyone who enjoyed the off-kilter trappings of his earlier work.
The Body & Thou - You, Whom I Have Always Hated
Tiny Mix Tapes
60

You, Whom I Have Always Hated is a fucking heavy record, an absolute destroyer in fact. With thunderous riffs and gargantuan bass lines that come wrapped in noise and effects, the album certainly has moments of genuine terror.

D/P/I - MN.ROY
Tiny Mix Tapes
100

MN.ROY marks a defining statement from one of the most prolific and interesting musicians of our age.

Cities Aviv - COME TO LIFE
Tiny Mix Tapes
70

COME TO LIFE is a continuation of the captivating style he brought to the fore with Digital Lows; it’s motivational, sure, but it’s also thought-provoking and catchy as hell.

E+E - The Light That You Gave Me To See You
Tiny Mix Tapes
80
Even in an environment of sonic aggression and displacement, he exposes a beautiful truth that lies in the album’s creation — an enchanting testament as to what this producer is capable of.
Xiu Xiu - Nina
Tiny Mix Tapes
50
While it’s clear that the album harbors a sign of affection, there’s just no room for the audience to revel in the appreciation that makes it so.
Saint Pepsi - Hit Vibes
Tiny Mix Tapes
80
SAINT PEPSI might be conforming to the stylistic tropes of various appropriation techniques while testing the water as a self-proclaimed vaporwave musician, but the album’s success lies in the producer shedding any micro-genre attributes while bearing a concrete idea as to what he wants his final product to sound like.
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
Tiny Mix Tapes
70

They have laid down some astounding tracks here, but as a whole, the album is not on par with any full-length the band have released since Alligator.

James Blake - Overgrown
Tiny Mix Tapes
80

Overgrown is a remarkable effort from an artist who continues to do things his own way, regardless of the consequences.

Tyler, The Creator - Wolf
Tiny Mix Tapes
70

Wolf is going to be remembered as the record that sees Tyler deploying his tact as an astute beat-maker and a producer more than allowing his reputation as a Satan-worshiping neo-fascist to swell any further.

Okkyung Lee - Ghil
Tiny Mix Tapes
60

Ghil is an album that’s shaped by ideas, but driven by a sound that’s often disengaged.

Mediafired - The Pathway Through Whatever
Tiny Mix Tapes
90

Sure, The Pathway Through Whatever is being carried wholeheartedly by the gentle vaporwave, but it’s so aesthetically detached from it that it becomes an anomaly of the best kind.

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