Eric Bennett

Ada Lea - when i paint my masterpiece
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The Montreal singer-songwriter’s third album is an eclectic, homespun reappraisal of what it means to be an artist.
Advance Base - Horrible Occurrences
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On his fourth album as Advance Base, Owen Ashworth spins tales full of terror and tenderness.
Soccer Mommy - Evergreen
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Written in the wake of a great personal loss, Sophie Allison’s fourth album captures grief through amorphous songwriting and the emotions are complicated ones that don’t lend themselves to easy processing.
Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate
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The Welsh electronic musician’s latest album is an immediately accessible font of dancefloor fillers.

Christian Lee Hutson - Paradise Pop. 10
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The singer-songwriter’s third album for ANTI- finds his vignette-laden storytelling at its most subdued and its most evocative.
Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk
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The duo of Mica Tenenbaum and Matthew Lewin go longer, and further into left-field on their robust, hypnotic sophomore album.
Charli xcx - BRAT
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The English icon’s latest album is a messy, revelatory insight into what life exists at the precipice of fame.
Young Jesus - The Fool
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Named for the card he drew, Young Jesus’s seventh album, The Fool, is at once a happy accident and the most moving and considered work that Rossiter has ever put out.

St. Vincent - All Born Screaming
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The iconic, chameleonic rocker’s course-correcting seventh solo album is as harrowing as it is hopeful—and her heaviest yet.
Babehoven - Water's Here in You
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After years of transience, Maya Bon and Ryan Albert have returned on their sophomore album with their richest, most grounded work yet.
Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future
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On her enchanting, near-perfect fifth solo album, the singer, songwriter and Big Thief bandleader takes stock of the bonds she’s made and weaves them into her most sterling work to date.
Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well
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The country heiress returns with a balanced, serene new album that draws in equal measure from the sounds of ‘70s folk and adult contemporary radio.
Madi Diaz - Weird Faith
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This is an album that feels like a purposeful underlining of her recent successes.
TORRES - What an Enormous Room
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Mackenzie Scott’s sixth album delivers proficient synth-rock but lacks the commanding power of her previous work.
Squirrel Flower - Tomorrow's Fire
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On her best album to date, the Chicago-based project of Ella Williams leans harder than ever into an explosive rock sound.
Truth Club - Running From The Chase
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The Raleigh band’s sophomore effort is ambitious and melodic despite the darkness in its songwriting.
Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
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The pop star’s debut album is melodramatic, zany and relishes in poor taste.
Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
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On her stirring and orchestral seventh album, Mitski blazes a glorious new trail and sounds freer than ever.
Speedy Ortiz - Rabbit Rabbit
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By no means has Speedy Ortiz ever been a hopeless band, but Rabbit Rabbit signifies the growth they’ve undergone—that the record they’ve made after spending years chipping away at the idea that things can improve.

Palehound - Eye On The Bat
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The Brooklyn band’s fourth album sees El Kempner exposing their most tender emotions while embracing them.
Bully - Lucky for You
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Bully’s new album, Lucky For You, is her finest work to date. Never before has Bognanno crafted a record so consistently captivating, able to fire on all cylinders even in its quieter moments.

Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
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On her stellar fifth album, the English pop icon doubles down on disco.
Indigo De Souza - All of This Will End
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The Asheville singer/songwriter finds a breakthrough on the other side of trauma on her revelatory third album.
100 gecs - 10,000 gecs
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The irreverent hyperpop duo’s sophomore album leans hard on big riffs and baffling choices.
Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
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Polachek's sophomore effort centers on a need for closeness while pushing her sound into the stratosphere.

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June Playlist