Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel Is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More than Ropes Will Ever Do
90

Getting it out of the way, the weakest track is Regret.

It’s a rhythmic album, with incredible percussion. You can feel how this leads into FTBC. Frenetic and raw and painfully honest.

Fiona Apple - When the Pawn...
88

Some of her best songs, but I also think the album drags sometimes.

Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
92

Woke from a dream in which you left me…

Charli xcx - BRAT
90

An emotional experience. Side A is much stronger than Side B; Rewind / So I / Mean Girls are not strong tracks.

The Oh Hellos - Through the Deep, Dark Valley
75

It's standard good folk, a foundation for their incredible next albums. The ending is incredible - The Truth Is a Cave leading perfectly into The Valley (Reprise) leading into a quote from Come Thou Font Of Every Blessing is so stunningly emotional. A pity that the middle sections aren't that interesting.

The Crane Wives - Beyond Beyond Beyond
84

It's a good album, and Black Hole Fantasy is one of their best tracks. I don't think River Rushing fits where it's at.

Willy Rodriguez - wetdream
96

As unique as FTBC; every song has the same rabid energy that drives the album as a whole. Personal favourite songs include rosemary and bury me.

Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
98

There is no other album like FTBC, not even Fiona’s old albums. It is singular and spectacular.

I think Side D > Side A > Side B > Side C

LudoWic - Katana Zero (Original Soundtrack)
95

It’s bloody electric. One of the greatest video game soundtracks of all time, easily.

OK Go - Of the Blue Colour of the Sky
80

Better than I remember. A strong start, and a slightly weaker end, but sonically very interesting and much more emotional than I expected.

The Oh Hellos - Zephyrus
91

A good ending, especially Soap / Rounds at the end.

The Oh Hellos - Boreas
93

It does have some of the best songs in the anemoi cycle, but it lacks a certain something that eurus has.

The Oh Hellos - Eurus
96

The run of Dry Branches into Hieroglyphs is an incredible rush, with O Sleeper and Passerine like bookends. My least favourite component, personally, is Grow.

The Oh Hellos - Notos
92

I guess I just love this / but New River is a comparatively weak ending in my opinion. Notos is an incredible song, though.

The Oh Hellos - Dear Wormwood
93

Everyone else is wrong. The lyricism is outstanding and the tracklist is highlight after highlight.

It's an album themed around sin and the end of the world, presented in folk. What more could anyone want?

The entire Side A is pretty much flawless. I really think the weakest run is the epilogue after Dear Wormwood, from Danse Macabre to Thus Always To Tyrants.

Low Roar - Once in a Long, Long While...
88

No complaints. An incredible soundscape, with what I feel is the right mix of interesting slower pieces and more up-tempo tracks.

Low Roar - ross.
77

Shoegazy and ambient and slow. Not as exciting as their previous fare, but still good. I wish there was a "Slow Down" equivalent song on the side B to break it up a bit.

Highlights: Slow Down, I'll Make You Feel, The Machine

Laufey - A Matter of Time
87

Similar to Bewitched, but more focused, and a lot more playful. My biggest problem with the album is probably the run of A Cautionary Tale into Mr. Eclectic, and the lack of truly stand-out songs the whole way. The bonus track is fantastic.

Sabotage as an album-ender is incredible.

Highlights: Lover Girl, Castle in Hollywood, Forget-me-Not, Clean Air, Sabotage, Seems Like Old Times

Laufey - Everything I Know About Love
79

A consistently good album, if lacking anything that makes it really stand out. It does get a little repetitive (ironically, the same feelings I had towards HIFN).

Highlights: Above the Chinese Restaurant, Everything I Know About Love, Falling Behind.

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