Horrorcore bars of hatred and violence. I think that the execution of this EP probably falls just slightly short of extraordinary, but the beats are solid and the lyrics usually do well enough at keeping up.

If I'm being honest, Chapter One: Destiny is an entire albums worth of material, so I'm avoiding that section until a later date

Why does Baby Keem sound so different here did he go through puberty? he's just Regular Keem now

Wasn't huge on some elements of their earlier music, but I think this is a very solid effort from them that takes a more Indie Rock approach to the songs sounds

Real cool album cover. Music is tranquil and pretty well-made, but doesn't do much to stand out

Can this white boy cook up some soulful Hip Hop beats inspired by J. Dilla and DJ Shadow? it would appear he can

What if you took out two.... like if you took the title a-and like you because- because you if you took out 2 from 69 it..well no not 2 like 2 but two like 2 of them it'd... cuz then i-i-t'd be, like, it'd be....67....

This is the soundtrack for a period piece movie? Da hell kinda movie are they making 😂😂.

I think that I probably would have enjoyed this a bit more if it was JUST a Charli XCX album. It's hard for me to listen to this WITHOUT imagining the songs in the context of a movie soundtrack, which for whatever reason just makes the songs feel more awkward. On the plus side, they actually got Sky Ferreira on another new song

YES the best album i've listened to this year for 2026 IS made by someone with 65 monthly listeners. YES I will be making that everyone's problem for as long as possible

For every "Dancing On My Own," the album has a whooooole lot of Dancehall Queens and Don't Fucking Tell Me What to Dos... It's a shame because the songs that work REALLY work. Robyn has a nice voice, and the production can be really great but this album decides to bog itself down by a pretty solid heaping of middling to poor songs on top of some pretty decent material

Its a real nice EP of ambient, improvisational-sounding material; Just doesn't really do much to warrant a second listen

Maybe not my personal pick for the album of the year, but I can respect a lot of the creative choices in the production. I think what holds this album back is honestly the length. It feels hard to be really into the choices on this album when they get spread a bit thin over the hour runtime

Unpredictable is a word used to describe them in their Spotify bio, and it certainly applies here. Even having listened to other Jockstrap music, I was constantly surprised by what I heard next on this album.

Some of the creative choices work better than others, but there were certainly MANY creative choices. I enjoyed the Injury Reserve feature, I didn't love the total musical breakdown on The City, I LOVED everything about City Hell

Very similarly to "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," The Glitchy beats and abstract lyrics won't fully settle at first.

I currently think this album is about quite as strong as their previous projects as Injury Reserve maybe even stronger. They're clearly in a difficult time both emotionally and in regards to where to take their musical future, and this album is definitely sort of coated in a murky layer of emotion and surrealism; I found myself intrigued enough to warrant ... read more

Emotional and technically impressive at points. Not only does the Shoegaze really squeeze out some serious emotional weight (especially towards the end of the tracklist), the Rock elements in the instrument playing are also still quite impressive; a feat that can sometimes get lost in the heavily atmospheric Shoegaze stuff

On one hand, BANKS' "The Altar" is diverse, thought-out and catchy. On the other hand though, I think some of the album feels just a bit dated.

The production can defintely pack a punch at times, but feels very chained to the 2010's. Lyrically, BANKS explores her relationships with consideration and precision, but some of language on the songs such as the hook of Weaker Girl comes off as awkward and a tad bit forced

Eerie, hauntingly beautiful Slowcore with a bit of a grungy flair. All of that stuff works, combined with the lo-fi aesthetics to give the album a more mysterious edge that I appreciated

Pulse-pounding and satirical Punk that kept me entertained and moving

Another Fela Kuti album, more incoming peak. It's hard to place exactly what it is about the instrumentals that make them work so well, but they're all just so infectiously groovy and tightly played that it's near impossible not to enjoy. Probably his most exciting album I've heard so far

A healthy blend of the early Shoegaze acts like Cocteau Twins and some of the darker, Goth elements of a group like The Cure. I think the most interesting and creative songs fall at the beginning of this album, with the latter half made up of some still enjoyable if not less diverse songs

I think that Belle and Sebastian continued developing their sound, their 90's output very well might have peaked with this album. While it's fairly subdued in comparison to "If You're Feeling Sinister," I appreciated some of the subtleties in the instrumentation quite a bit