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Cassandra Jenkins shows her "fly waiting for the day I drop dead" kind of fragility, calmly recalling the gain and loss of the past in an intellectual manner, without the sacrifice of intimate delivery. The songs progress among glassy and glittering instrumentation of spacious piano, strings and synth, with the singer bringing out questions and leaving them there unsolved, just like the cure-all ocean that accommodates everything yet remains unspeaking.

Life Rolls On got everything people hate about mainstream country in the past decade:

√ Peak bro-country full of country stereotypes. They proudly title two songs "Beer:30" and "New Truck", like there weren't already enough of them. "It's beer. Thirty. And I'm. Thirsty." Tyler Hubbard half-raps on the former. Elsewhere on the album, he talk-sings about things like "bills stacked" and "money tight", word by word in a robotic way, as if ... read more

Quite a U-turn from a 1975 wannabe to an Avril one, I guess. But one has to admit the lead singer does have a voice for pop rock sounds, and the production is trying to emphasize that. Hooks and melodies are decent too, compared with their inferior synthpop debut.

The biggest problem with this record is its lyrical content. Lines like "my mom doesn't prepare me for this heartache," "don't listen to the society," and "sexuality isn't a choice" (while making up ... read more

A sophomore album and a two-part one, slowthai's TYRON is highly predictable based on the words the album is labeled, but it's a bit unexpected that the choices of production and guest features are *this* bluntly in accordance with the aggressive/introspective lyrical style: Part 1 is slowthai's further venture into American trap, while the ominous sounds of Memphis rap from Track 4-6 unfortunately do not bring much change; more pop elements are found in Part 2, although except for Deb Never's ... read more