Dolly Mixture - Demonstration Tapes: A Double Album
92

27 songs and all of them are great, the homemade sounding production adds so much to the charm of these songs. The singing here was also great. It surprisingly doesn't get repetitive at all throughout the 73 minutes, even though each song remains very consistent sonically, there's just enough diversity to make the music exciting throughout.

Daisy Rickman - Donsya a'n Loryow
70

I think this album was wirtten almost entirely in Cornish, and so it makes the celtic feel of a lot of the music here feel a lot more genuine, even rugged in a sense. I will say the album gets a little monotonous after a while, and I think the songs are longer than they really needed to be

Ruby Throat - Out Of A Black Cloud Came A Bird
90

Absolutely phenomenal, I love Katie Jane Garside's voice so much, and it lens itself really well to folk music. This album also does not at all fele like an hour an 7 minutes, everything is all really well paced, giving the music room to breathe when necessary. The imagery of teh writing was really good and effective, everything about her style of msuic is incredibly unique and great to listen to.

Mort Garson - Didn't You Hear?
71

I really like Mort Garson's style of electronic music, but it's a lot more subdued here compared to what was on something like "Plantasia", and that results in me not enjoying this album as much. It's not a bad album by any means, but I don't see myself returning to this album anytime soon.

Scoutmaster - Winter Ache
80

For being only 13 minutes long, this EP packs a lot of emotional punch. It's typical stripped back, slowcore, but something about that just hits for me. There really was an ethereal quality to be found in some of the music here, especially with how good the vocals are.

Racing Mount Pleasant - Racing Mount Pleasant
95

The comparisons with BC,NR are pretty unignorable on a few tracks, but overall, I think this album does enough so it doesn't feel like it's just trying to recreate their style. This album was absolutely gorgeous to listen to. The whole thing felt like a warm hug in the middle of winter. The songs are so well made, it takes it's time, and isn't afraid to hold your hand through it. I can see myself returning to this album a lot in the coming weeks.

Sippix - A MODEL WORLD
77

Thanks @Sippix for sending me your album!
This was really well made! It manages to incorperate electronic elements into post-rock in a really natural feeling way. I can still defnitely see improvements to be made, but this is still very impressive. You can tell that a lot of passion was put into the music here, which I really respect.

Preservation - Sortilège
78

I wish I enjoyed the rapping as much as I enjoyed the production here. Gabe 'Nandez's lowkey style of rapping takes some time getting used to, and can sometimes feel drowned out by the production. The lyrical content of this album though, was incredibly impressive, so I'm excited to see where this guy goes in the future. Also I have to point out how great the production is on songs like "Mondo Cane", I had only heard Preservation's work through his collaborations ... read more

World's End Girlfriend - Hurtbreak Wonderland
87

I've loved pretty much everything I've heard from these guys, and this is no exception. Their combination of glitch and classical music is pretty much entirely unique and a joy to listen to. This album, being earlier in their career than what I am familiar with, shows the band putting a lot more emphasis on classical music. This is something that was present in other releases I've heard from them, but with those releases, the glitchy breakcore elements seemed much more woven into ... read more

Shining - Blackjazz
83

The combination of metal and jazz isn't necessarily the forefront of the album like the title would suggest. It's still a big part of the album, but I would say that the insane compositions and song structure are what make this album truly stand out. It's a very sonically dense, almost totalist approach metal music. The album doesn't really stop at any time to give you a moment to breathe, there's always something grabbing your attention. On the one hand, this does mean ... read more

Kassie Krut - Kassie Krut
82

Surprisingly great, I had heard the first song before and quite liked it. The other songs were really consistently great, I thin leaning in a more experimental, decon club direction helped this ep from becoming too repetitive.

Lingua Ignota - ALL BITCHES DIE
92

With a lot of really emotionally heavy albums like this, I'm left kinda speechless because of how crushing a lot of the music here is. It's probably an album better experienced yourself rather than me trying to explain the album to you. All I'll say is that Lingua Ignota has one of the best and most terrifying singing I've heard.

White Ward - Futility Report
81

The combination of jazz and metal works surprisingly well, I was reminded a couple of times of Agalloch, but if they were influenced by jazz instead of folk. It's also an incredibly consistent record throughout.

hoshii - HER NAME WAS YUMI
73

Thanks @robiblueforever for the recommendation!
This isn't really the most out there thing in the world, but it achieves what it sets out to do, being a collection of really pleasant songs.

Aga Ujma - Songs of Innocence and Experience
76

While I think she would really refine her sound with her 2024 EP, but this is still a gorgeous little EP. The production and singing all sounded really nice. My main issue with this EP is that the song structure can sometimes feel a little generic and the sonngs aren't as memorable as the ones on her 2024 EP.

Joey Valence & Brae - HYPERYOUTH
90

Probably their best album so far. You can tell they're more interesting in expanding their sound instead of just making "No Hands 2", which they could have easily do. This is also their most mature album, a lot of the themes discussed here aren't something I would expect from a group like this, and they manage to pull it off really well, it doesn't feel forced in any way. The fact that this is their third album in 3 years, and each one has been such a big evolution from ... read more

Vera Di Lecce - Altar of Love
77

An incredibly fresh take on art pop, incorperating some subtle industrial and deconstructed club elements into the mix. Definitely want to see how they improve and refine their sound on future releases, because I can see a lot of potential in the ideas presented here.

Milkweed - Remscéla
62

The noisy, lofi approach to traditional celtic folk music is a really cool idea, but I wish some of the songs here were more fleshed out. A lot of the songs are under 2 minutes long and end super abruptly, which can be a little disappointing especially when they present so many interesting ideas and unique soundscapes. It honestly feels like an album of interludes at times.

Princess Nokia - 1992 Deluxe
52

An album of high highs but also pretty low lows. Princess Nokia's personality on a lot of songs saves the album from falling into being really generic. I think the album's inconsistency is a big detriment though, and kills any desire would have had to revisit this album in any way.

Nas - Magic
86

Honestly some of the best production I've heard on a rap album from the past 5 years. It being less than 30 minutes, everything is pretty fast paced, Nas' flows are all really tight, and the album has a type of bounce to it that doesn't really stop the whole way through.

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