Little Dragon - Machine Dreams
55

Pretty bland i’d say, but probably inoffensive if playing in the background.

Black Country, New Road - For the first time
85

I feel so stupid for sleeping on this for so long. Amazing stuff. Really love the energy and gloom the lead singer brings especially.

Harum Manis - Hentikan Pernikahan Ini
85

Ecstatic at times, pretty good transition and a very solid second half. The baroque elements barely overwhelm sonically but they’re so well used alongside the drums.

Big Thief - Double Infinity
70

Pretty at times but a tad bit disappointing and bland. Second half is stronger than the first half tho.

Sparks - MAD!
75

catchy choruses

Low Roar - House in the Woods
70

This will be a slower one to process, I will sit with it for a while to take it all in to know how I really processed it. It's a heavy one, especially with things surrounding it. But you won't need the context necessarily to have this hit you like a truck, or at least a mini-van.

It starts off strong, with the first few songs having a heavy post-rock and some electronic, ambient elements.

Then we transition gently, almost step by step to the middle leg, which is very sparse, very ... read more

Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
75

Not an album with many songs that you'd like to hear out of the context of the album. All the songs somewhat share the same structure, soft plucked or piano, then the chamber or baroque and indietronic elements come into the second, sometimes third half.

Somehow the songs don't bleed into each other, they don't really sound like the same song, even with similar structure. The singing is nice and upfront, usual stuff you'd expect from him, and almost all the songs have the ... read more

Smerz - Big city life
75

Highlights:

Roll the dice
Feisty
You got time and I got money
Easy

Bon Iver - SABLE, fABLE
80

summer evening.

majority of the songs are mostly pleasant, with some nice folktronic elements. second half seems to be stronger, though first few tracks are also nice and quiet.

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