LUX is the result of artists like Rosalia having such mastery over the medium of music that she can bend it to her will and present it in ways us as listeners could never expect. Something I felt while listening was that despite the music going in through my ears I felt every beat and vocal inflection in my chest. It speaks to Rosalia’s razor sharp vision that is able to condense catharsis into something as thin as a violin string and deliver it into the listeners soul to let it explode. ... read more

Rosalia manages to balance restraint with experimentation better than genre masters decades her senior. Bjork’s voice compliments rosalia’s in such an unexpected way and despite my dislike of them Yves short verse at the end is impactful and feels intentional. Has been a while since a song has made the hair on my arms stand up like this.

the biggest surprise of 2025

This album represents everything wrong with music. It doesn’t present an album so much as a concept to pat yourself on the back for listening to. It insists it’s good while you’re listening instead of presenting a great piece of music for the listener to judge. In other words, Musical Simulacra. If you actually listen to the record it’s a never ending continuation of the last song with nothing jarring or interesting. It was lucky enough to drop off into the lap of music ... read more

inside that girl from louisiana was a trip hop princess

Perfect World -> Neighborhood Scene -> My Beautiful Girl are three of the best songs ever made

there isn’t even words to describe how much i love this album

this is still great with some of the best bedroom indie rock songs of all time but i find wb and shb better on a revisit

revisiting all youth lagoon albums before rarely do i dream and found myself enjoying this way more than i remember

This succinct expression of human existence woah

oklou creates intricate naturescapes on Choke Enough that are nearly perfect besides the fact that every track needs to be 1-2 min longer

makes you wonder is still an all timer single but this project felt a bit unfocused and rushed

I’m sorry just no, there is a reworked 8.5/10 9 song album in here but it’s being shoved under the water and forced to drown by the constant barrage of stale synths and gluttonous tracklist

it’s something so singular and prophetic I think the marketing campaign has made us forget the transcendence and rift in pop this album created

The self-titled track is the greatest piece of noise rock ever created