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Veteran is a consistenly exciting listen, and the way that Peggy's production complements his rap performances (and vice versa) is impressive. And when you lean into the weirdness that is often present here, the hooks and bars reveal themselves to be infectious as well as entertaining.

Maggie Rogers said that she tried to bring the "energy of dance music" to the "imagery, harmony, and natural samples of folk", and she succeeded on this album. Give a Little, Light On, Fallingwater, Alaska, and other songs are extremely danceable, have wonderful, tight harmonies, and showcase Maggie's often-compelling lyricism. Not an all-time great, but a very enjoyable and replayable album nonetheless.

Circles is a full and complete picture of a flawed man who made mistakes, but who was also a genuine light to the people in his life, as well as an extremely gifted musician.

It seems like Woods was going for a project that sounds and feels like being lost in the woods late at night, and they succeeded in that. However, the cluttered, lo-fi nature of the songs coupled with singer Jeremy Earl's sometimes slightly frail performance makes for an album that I haven't revisited often. Ring Me to Sleep and Night Creature are definite standouts, though.