One step closer to having How To Leave Town re-recorded I guess.
(If it gets shot with the PG-13 gun I will be devastated)
Awesome (adj.) (pronounced AW-suhm) - causing or inducing awe; inspiring an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, or fear.
REDSTAR WU is at its most persuasive at its most forceful. That’s not to take away, though, from the more downbeat sections - throughout every musical shade Genesis presents on his third full length album, he remains consistently emphatic and convincing.
A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships is a truly generational album from - what can now categorically be considered - a generational band. Everything about this album is truly genuine and necessary to a modern audience, and the subject matter they present is both polished to be thoroughly enjoyed by any and all audiences, but also observational and introspective enough to provide cathartic and authentic glimpses into modernity as a whole. Ultimately, as evidenced by Matty Healy’s cry ... read more
The 1975 is nearly stream-of-consciousness in the way of the early Arctic Monkeys, yet more gentrified, more refined… they might simultaneously be the most prescient and present band of the 20th century. More than anything else, though, is that this shit BANGS from start to finish, and from a mainstream pop band, who could ask for anything more than that?
Some of the best production ever promptly ruined by the worst vocal and lyrical performances ever.
Any reason that BTS had to remain relevant in 2026 is well and truly gone. Arirang is a consistently aggravating slog of rehashed electropop tropes that do absolutely nothing to appeal to anyone beyond a commercial level, or to who still find those aforementioned stale tropes appealing. There are no standouts whatsoever, and the fan response (including an X post that calls for BTS fans to review bomb this with 100s btw) is somehow more insufferable than it was on their last album. It is a ... read more
Trying Times is the most boring and monotonous James Blake album by a considerable distance.
Anchored by a gorgeous Black Country, New Road - The Last Dinner Party duo at the start and a propulsive, urgent and necessary Fontaines D.C - Cameron Winter combination in the middle-end, War Child Record’s sequel to its original compilation album is a star-studded and yet completely genuine, compelling affair.
Autofiction is a paralysingly beautiful album - the evidence of progress is abundant in both Joel Johnston’s production and songwriting. A genuine delight - music at its most vulnerable and artistically valuable.
Heavy Metal is an absolutely captivating piece of work. Winter’s compelling control of the subject matter and the means by which he unravels it is arrestingly evocative - most notably, his cathartic warble is world-stoppingly permeating in both mania and depression. Moreover, he remains arguably the most incredible and necessary songwriter of the 21st century so far - take the heartbreaking opener “The Rolling Stones”, in which he compares an unrequited obsession with someone ... read more
Tyler’s follow up to the titanic Igor is more emotionally broad and musically expansive in almost every single way.
Charli XCX’s soundtrack to the movie of the same name doesn’t quite hit its stride as well as her original LPs, with songs tending to build to nothing - if they build anywhere at all.
Ratboys largely play it safe on an undeniably passionate record.
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