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Gambino’s final album (which serves as the soundtrack to an upcoming film) makes for a great summertime listen. Here, we see Donald Glover take on a versatile range of styles such as trap, alternative rock, R&B, soul, and even desert blues (with the help of Khruangbin), as well as look at public perceptions of him and his music. That Prodigy flip on “Got To Be” was surprising, but was done marvellously.

Fave Tracks: “In The Night”; “Got To Be”; ... read more

I listened to this band’s EP In A Middle English Town last year, a project which wonderfully captured the struggles and stress people faced during Johnson’s Britain. This studio debut tackles similar themes, and uses upbeat and hugely energetic production to both aid and contrast these topics.

Fave Tracks: “Bethnal Green”; “You Break It, You Bought It”; “Cradle, Coffin”

Wondrous, vibrant and soulful! The Hot Chip frontman’s first solo album in six years comes in the form of an early 2010s style electronic voyage with some hints of a space aesthetic, fusing together synthpop, future garage and soul. “New World (Flow)” feels like if Plan B and Jamie xx did a collab together. The vocalist interplay between Goddard and Barrie in “Moments Die” reminds me a bit of The xx’s music, where Romy and Oliver do that thing in the verses ... read more

A compelling studio outing from Vince Staples, both lyrically and sonically. Diving deep into themes of institutional racism, the prison industrial complex and socio-economical conditions of America. It’s not all doom and gloom, as Vince throws in a relatively upbeat hip house cut in “Little Homies”, which elicits KAYTRANADA in its production vibe.

Fave Tracks: “Little Homies”; “Black&Blue”; “Shame On The Devil”