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677.

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - New Fragility
February 12, 2021
Indie Pop
Critic Score
68
15 reviews
Amazon
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Spotify
Vinyl

679.

Teen Daze - Interior
December 10, 2021
Critic Score
68
5 reviews
Amazon
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685.

Sting - The Bridge
November 19, 2021
Pop Rock
Critic Score
68
9 reviews
Amazon
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687.

Wyldest - Monthly Friend
May 28, 2021
Indie Pop
Critic Score
67
6 reviews
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Spotify
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689.

Therion - Leviathan
January 22, 2021
Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal
Critic Score
67
5 reviews
Amazon
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Spotify

690.

Ladyhawke - Time Flies
November 19, 2021
Pop
Dance-Pop
Critic Score
67
6 reviews
Amazon
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Spotify

695.

Hacktivist - Hyperdialect
June 18, 2021
Rap Metal, Djent
Critic Score
66
5 reviews
Amazon
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Spotify
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697.

Thurston Moore - screen time
February 5, 2021
Free Improvisation, Ambient
Critic Score
66
5 reviews
Amazon

698.

The Joy Formidable - Into the Blue
August 20, 2021
Indie Rock
Critic Score
66
9 reviews
Amazon
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Vinyl
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