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ANOHNI - Hopelessness
ANOHNI
Hopelessness
2016 • LP
85
May 27
Annahstasia - Tether
Annahstasia
Tether
2025 • LP
85
May 22
Angel Olsen - Whole New Mess
Angel Olsen
Whole New Mess
2020 • LP
75
May 21
Angel Olsen - All Mirrors
Angel Olsen
All Mirrors
2019 • LP
87
May 21
Angel Olsen - MY WOMAN
Angel Olsen
MY WOMAN
2016 • LP
87
May 21

Recent Reviews

ANOHNI - Hopelessness
85

Hopelessness feels like a scream trapped inside nightclub lights — cold, political, and painfully human. ANOHNI abandons the orchestral fragility of her earlier work for harsh electronic production, but the emotional weight stays just as devastating. The album turns surveillance, war, climate grief, and modern numbness into something intimate rather than distant. Songs like “Drone Bomb Me” and “4 Degrees” don’t just criticize the world; they sound consumed by ... read more

ANOHNI and the Johnsons - Swanlights
80

Swanlights sounds like watching the earth dissolve in slow motion while still trying to find grace inside it. ANOHNI turns sorrow into something luminous here — not comforting, but transcendent. The album drifts through love, decay, environmental grief, and spiritual exhaustion with an almost operatic intensity, yet it never loses its tenderness. Songs like “Salt Silver Oxygen” and “The Great White Ocean” feel suspended between life and afterlife, while her voice ... read more

ANOHNI and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
86

This feels weightless and mournful, like grief slowly turning into acceptance. The orchestral arrangements are soft and elegant, while Antony’s voice carries a deep sense of longing and tenderness. It’s a quiet, spiritual album that finds beauty in sadness without ever feeling overwhelming.

ANOHNI and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
90

I Am a Bird Now is delicate, heartbreaking, and transcendent. Every song feels suspended between sorrow and rebirth, carried by Antony’s trembling, emotional voice. The album transforms vulnerability into something beautiful and spiritual, making it one of the most haunting chamber-pop records of its era.

ANOHNI and the Johnsons - Antony and the Johnsons
82

A kind of record that is fragile, theatrical, and deeply human. The album turns pain and loneliness into something strangely beautiful, with Antony’s haunting voice floating over minimal piano and chamber arrangements. It feels intimate in a way that almost hurts to listen to.


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