Kevin Abstract has no direction or clue what he's doing on Blanket.

Dominic Fike struggles to latch onto a specific sound on Sunburn, but not without a few really strong highlights dotted throughout.

In the same vein as it's predecessor, It Is What It Is, Thundercat's Distracted brings you back into his funky, psychedelic brand of soul music that doesn't take itself too seriously.

Or maybe I'm biased because he let me jump on the stage at his show last week.

Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE feel out of their depth in an attempt to make a diversion from their usual style on POMPEII // UTILITY.

Don Toliver presents little in the way of 'new ideas' on OCTANE.

Ye returns with a chaotic-as-ever album rollout that's resulted in 18 AI-free tracks that really aren't that bad.

Jordan Ward has no idea what he's doing on BACKWARD.

YOU FREAK

very mediocre

fantastic, but not without 1 or 2 sore spots

painfully inconsistent

hit or miss, but when it's good it's REALLY good

a really great listen, held back by it being overall a really sonically 'safe' album
maybe this was clairo still trying to figure out the confines of her sonic space?

so hit or miss, SOME really good ideas here
vocally is okay and some places could do with a retake with subtle mistakes throughout
other than those few places vocals are really strong

probably though one of the worst engineered albums i've ever heard
mixes are really bad throughout, especially on the vocals
"Like That!" is a fantastic song with really terrible vocal mixing: the harmonies feel super awkward

other than that an OK debut

Have yet to find a substance that makes me feel like this album.

some great, some not
50/50

hello? who is this??

i had never heard of redveil until this morning- and maybe it's recency bias but this is one of the strongest albums of 2025.
it's a saturated, blown out and a truly unique rendition jazz hip-hop fusion that is just so entertaining

such strong production throughout; looking at the credits it seems that redveil had actual session players in over his production rather than just cheap splice samples-- something i truly respect as the demand for session players, ... read more

Death Grips somehow manage to drive you even more insane on 'Bottomless Pit'.

year of the snitch feels fresh, and presents death grips with a whole new level of musicality that just seems to work within this industrial style

41 minutes of pure industrial insanity that could do with about 10% more musicality in it