It's pretty fun!

Icelandic-Chinese rising star Laufey has produced an absolutely gorgeous album that really shows what modern jazz can be. It's an album full of lyricism that ranges from colourful descriptions that place you in the moment, to absolute emotional gut punches. It's full of luscious soundscapes that just make everything so effortlessly listenable, clean, and yet also uniquely and indubitably Laufey.

I'll try and keep my thoughts on this album composed and put together, even if the sheer level of emotionality and catharsis in the songwriting and vocal performances on this album wrecked me. This is Mitski's best album so far, and if you know how good some of her other work is, that tells you just how incredible this was. Mother Mitski really put her whole Land Is Inhospitabussy into this.

With their first album for eight years, the part-Cambodian outfit from Los Angeles have delivered a project that will absolutely delight those who consider themselves fans already, but doesn't seem likely to woo anyone new over to the cause. Whilst there's absolutely nothing bad about this album, it just feels quite confused and like it's at times searching for an identity rather listlessly.

With his seventy-fourth (yes, really!) studio album, the nonagenarian Willie Nelson takes the chance to revamp some of his older songs into the bluegrass genre. It's difficult to really argue that there's a lot of songs here that actually benefit from the reworking, but it's at the very least a very pleasant, easily digestible album. Willie continues to be one of the very best, now in his eighth decade of doing it.

Parannoul, the one-person shoegaze and rock project from South Korea, has been said by some to be at the forefront of the fifth wave of emo music. If that is the case, then emo music is absolutely safe in their hands. This album is a certified hood classic in the greatest possible way and I'm very excited to get more into Parannoul.

not even going to listen to this. fuck you, you genocidal arsebag.

I'm gay and this music makes me homophobic

This mans face is as red as the party he's pandering to

unfunny

2019's National Youth Poet Laureate puts her incredible literary and creative skill to good use on this project. Indeed, the standout throughout the entire album is her way with words and the ability she has to be absolutely heart-wrenching with her poetry. The instrumentation often is best at its sparsest, when it lets the true main attraction of this album shine.

hard

bro lost his way again

Claud's sophomore album, released under Phoebe Bridgers' record label Saddest Factory, is definitely not afraid to wear Phoebe's influences on its sleeve. In many ways, it feels like 'we have Phoebe at home'; it should be noted, however, that saying that is not an insult. This is still a good album, with songs that have made my playlist. But I just feel like there is still more to come from Claud, and this feels phoned in.

The music on this album ranges from sparsely-arranged, contemplated, and simply complimentary to the lyrics, to being full-blown jangly indie pop in places. It's a credit to Amber Bain that her artistic project, The Japanese House, can do so many different things so well. Is it indie pop? Is it folktronica? Is it just a very slow, measured take on Midwest Emo? And does it really matter? It's a banger. It's an album that revels in chewing up the emotions of the listener and regurgitating them ... read more

Two nonces collabing...

inconsistency the album.

The last project from this band that I listened to in full was Omnium Gatherum and I absolutely adored that LP. I went into this album, therefore, with high hopes; it's fair to say that Melbourne's finest utterly smashed those expectations and blew me away with seven incredible tracks. I have so few criticisms of even individual elements here that the space between this and a 100 come only down to two things. I wasn't especially enamoured with the mixing of the closer, 'Flamethrower', as I felt ... read more

Let me preface this by admitting one of my deep personality flaws, of which there are many. I am a Juggalo. I do enjoy the music of the Insane Clown Posse. With that said, this EP is far from the best that the duo is capable of. There are some decent tracks on here but none of them are anything I especially anticipate returning to. Especially Keep On Choppin'. Keep On Choppin' can fuck off.

hard af