One of the most impressive albums I’ve heard. There is so much detail and texture in the production from start to finish in this album, its concept is both intriguing and moving and there are many transcendent moments of music throughout. Quadeca’s evolution as an artist is insane and he doesn’t seem finished with pushing boundaries. The final 2 and a half minutes of fantasyworld are gorgeous.

A collection of pleasant and fun alt-rock bops with some unique vocals from Conor Mason, and a fucking phenomenal pair of opening tracks. Unperson single-handedly makes my opinion of this album go up so much.

A ridiculously theatrical set of emo bangers that feels like a punk riot in a vintage theatre full of gold plated and intricate designs - with a musty atmosphere and a mysterious set of velvet red curtains encasing the stage. This is Fall Out Boys’s finest and it isn’t really close. The flow from track to track here is phenomenal.

A spiral into straight madness. As the grip on reality loosens, the beats get more and more insane with flows that get more and more aggressive, intense and mind blowing. That’s not to discredit the first 5 tracks on this though which are wonderfully weird, off kilter and foreboding. Once you hit “Ain’t It Funny”, and the downward spiral described in the opening track begins however, shit hits the fan in the most wonderful of ways. This is the most insane rap album ... read more

Thankfully the backbones behind the writing on many of the original albums songs can hold up a collection of remixes that very drastically in quality. Remi Wolf, Wet Leg and Julien Baker kill it , and the Sanity demo is good enough to belong on the original 10 track album. However, some cuts such as the Linda Linda’s “The News” or Romy’s take on “Liar” here feel unnecessary with how similar they are to the original album without any strong sense of ... read more

Feeling less like a cohesive album and more like a mixtape guiding you through 2010s hip hop trends, Bando Stones consistent energy and mostly well executed bangers overshadow any inconsistency in the tracklist.

Even if this album is much cleaner and mature than “Camp” - I get significantly more excited for moments off that record than any of the material seen here. I know it’s got a cult following, but this felt incredibly dry and dull compared to all of Glover’s other efforts.

There’s some nice ideas and some of the tracks are highlights in their discography (Human After All, Make Love, Emotion) - but listening to this album can be grating and make you wish you were listening to the versions on Alive 2007 instead.

A beautiful after party to one of the most energetic and electric albums of the decade that mixes things up in sone really exciting ways. Some of the tracks here such as ‘Mean Girls’, ‘Apple’ and ‘360’ are serious downgrades from the original album; many offer an equally high quality experience to the original; and some transcend to heights higher than any individual track off the original album ever reached (‘Girl, So Confusing’, ‘I Think ... read more

There’s some fun songs and potential, but Petals For Armour ends up feeling like a bloated collection of underbaked tracks that Paramore would go on to perfect with ‘This Is Why’.

A transcendent and dreamlike soundscape of pure bliss. Stuffed full of catchy hooks, atmospheric yet immediate production and fucking insane vocal performances, it makes for some of the most grand and satisfying synth pop I’ve ever heard. ‘Death and Romance’ is a contender for my favourite song of last year.

Do I even need to go into this? A legendary live album that somehow makes every song sampled on it so much more exciting, energetic and relistenable. Daft Punk found a way to make perfect songs even better on this thing.

Pure bliss held back by a song or two that don’t live up to the rest. Daft Punk abandoning sampling to create something wholly original makes it such a unique listen in their discography, but so rewarding. ‘The Game Of Love’ and ‘Lose Yourself To Dance’ do get a bit old and let it down a tad, but the rest is perfection. This is still mabye the best production I’ve ever heard as well. Every instrument and sound is so crisp and so satisfying to listen to.

Sure it’s only 4 tracks but fucking hell are they 4 incredible songs. Charli switches it up around every corner of this record, both between and inside songs. Just an incredible EP.

Still my favourite album from last year. Brat is simultaneously so immediately catchy and full of life, whilst also getting better and better with every re-listen. There will literally never be a time where I’m not in the mood to throw in this insanely tight set of dance pop bangers.

'Dead Channel Sky' is everything you could hope for from a clipping. cyberpunk album and is an absolute triumph - another extremely well crafted album from a group whose quality has never fallen below excellence. It's a perfect portrayal of a technologically operated, futuristic dystopia - balancing the sinister quietness of the setting with the action and intensity kept behind the ocean of passwords and encryption. The opening tracks "Dominator", "Change The ... read more

I hate talking about ‘Scaled and Icy’ so much. I love Twenty-One Pilots and unfortunately that puts me in a really hard spot when it comes to reviewing this album. ‘Scaled and Icy’ immediately became the band’s most disliked release since ‘Regional at Best’ for numerous reasons. For one, the alternative duo is out here creating a bright and bubbly pop album. It’s still tøp so there’s depressing undertones, but unfortunately these also ... read more

In many ways, ‘Romance’ is the next logical step in Fontaines D.C’s discography despite sounding unlike anything the Irish post-punk band had ever made before. With their outstanding 2019 debut record, ‘Dogrel’ the group solidified themselves as a band to keep an eye on. The post-punk bangers throughout ‘Dogrel’ were all so gritty, grimy and featured a combination of loud and punky instrumentals with catchy and poetic lyrics. In 2020, we saw this sound ... read more

Easily the most excited I’ve ever been for an album on a personal level, I’ve been taking a while to fully collect my thoughts on ‘Clancy’, the supposed finale to Twenty-One Pilot’s narrative epic that’s span over 9 years at this point. Here, frontman Tyler Joseph promised to tackle the often mysterious and confusing lore in a more accessible and head-on manner so fans who aren’t as invested in the lore can still appreciate the album – as a common ... read more

Trench. An album I have literally no clue where to start with. Undeniably my favourite album of all time from my (and I’m so sorry for this) favourite band of all time, I have lost count of how many times I’ve listened to Trench since my first listen a month or so after Scaled and Icy came out. This was the last of twenty one pilots’ albums with Fuelled by Ramen that I got around to listening to and I wish I got here earlier because I’ve been in love with this album ever ... read more