Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter
99

"Preacher's Daughter" is a storytelling masterpiece.

"Preacher's Daughter" narrates the story of Ethel Cain, a fictional character who is the daughter of a preacher who died when she was just a child. The album delves into her life, focusing on themes of generational and religious trauma and abuse. Ethel Cain explores these themes while incorporating various musical genres, including Americana, Rock, Folk, Ethereal Wave, and at times, just raw Noise.

"Jesus ... read more

Charli xcx - Brat and it's completely different but also still brat
89

"Brat and it's completely different but also still brat" is a victory lap for Charli.

After four months since the release of "Brat" and the release of several remixes, Charli gives us the complete Brat remix album. In this release, Charli revisits her original project, preserving the essence of each song while going deeper into the cultural impact of "Brat", but also particularly on her career and rise to more "mainstream" fame. The remix album ... read more

Empress Of - For Your Consideration
80

"For Your Consideration" is a great Dance-pop album, that unfortunately gets tired and drops the ball midway.

Empress of starts this album amazingly with the first 5 tracks. The vocal chops that start the title track and the first song of the album help lay the foundation for everything she keeps adding to the track, complementing this electronic/dance sound, and that's pretty much the formula for the rest of the album; an instrument loop as a base, and her voice carrying most ... read more

Eartheater - Powders
87

"Powders" is an ethereal listening experience that traps you in from the first song.

Using elements for "Folktronica" to more a more "Trip-Hop" sound, Eartheater lays all the bases for her voice to function as the ultimate focal point and principal instrument for all the songs, that leave you open-mouthed by how smooth she sounds.

This paired with the lyrical content exploring the origins and evolutions - the metamorphosis - of love at all stages, and you get an ... read more

Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism (Extended Versions)
89

"Radical Optimism (Extended Versions)" feels like what the original album was supposed to sound.

From the longer intros, to the added verses and bridges, to even added instrumentals, this version of "Radical Optimism" feels more complete, more worked on and honestly more true to what Dua was trying to do with this album. What I think happened was that her team found it hard to believe that +5 min song would be a great marketing choice and strategy, specially when the ... read more

Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism
83

"Radical Optimism" is a pop album that while critics and the GP might call a slump in Dua's discography, it still accomplishes being a great pop record, but I would call it slightly confused.

Dua started this era by switching her sound, from a more 80s influenced disco sound to a more dark and psychedelic pop, which we got our taste of in "Houdini" "training Season" and "Illusion" absolute bangers and great starts for her introducing this new ... read more

Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
94

"Future Nostalgia" is pop perfection and might be the best pop album of the 2020s.

The title track where the first line she sings is "You want a timeless song, I wanna change the game" shows us what the album here is going to do, the funk/disco/dance classic sound brought to a modern time when her peers are going on a more different direction on their sound. The album is full of powerful sounds, the bass and delicate strings on "Don't Start Now", The drums ... read more

Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa
81

"Dua Lipa" is an album full of perfect pop songs that, while not bringing anything new to the table, still delivers and accomplishes what a debut album is supposed to be.

"Genesis" is the perfect example of what this album's sound and style is: Catchy, upbeat, airy and not too overwhelming, all of this accentuate Dua's unique and interesting voice, which is the driving force for this whole project to work. "Be The One" wouldn't be the best song ... read more

Doja Cat - Scarlet 2 CLAUDE
77

*Review only about the new tracks*

"Scarlet 2 CLAUDE" shows Doja leaning more into her rap sound and while production and lyrics don't stray too much from the original version of the album, this one feels more streamlined and focused at delivering this new persona for Doja...but still feels like something is absent

Doja Cat - Scarlet
80

"Scarlet" feels like a step in the right direction for Doja in terms of sound and production, but it still comes off as a mess.

Doja started this album rollout kinda rocky, from "trolling" her fans to calling her previous work a "sellout", it was clear that she was doing this to create this new persona, that in some cases not that different to the one Doja was portraying on her previous albums, this one was more unapologetic, and she was going to stray away from ... read more

83

"Planet Her" highs are really high, but the valleys are really low.

Doja keeps her formula for earworm catchy "Pop-Rap" songs, but still cant manage to make a consistent, entertaining album. She has amazing songs on this album, but in comparison, there are songs that just feel empty or made to reach the album song quota because how can she put "Kiss Me More" or even "Need To Know" in the same track list as "Imagine".

The hits really make ... read more

80

"Hot Pink" shows what a versatile artist and a master at "catchy" songs, Doja is.

The first half of the album is complete with bangers and the most interesting songs produced in this album, from the pop-y sound on "Cyber Sex" to the almost lullaby beat of "Won't Bite" to the absolute banger of retro sound that is "Say So". Where the second half feels like it ran out of steam, and it's trying to keep you entertained by adding ... read more

DANNA - CHILDSTAR
90

“CHILDSTAR” es un nuevo comienzo para Danna.

Un rebranding completo, comenzando con su nombre y concluyendo con el “abandono” del reggaeton, pero no dejando atrás esta imagen de la “chica mala” que Danna ha estado cultivando estos últimos años. Danna en este proyecto se enfoca más en un pop latino, pero con tintes de “Dance” y “Electronic”, que funciona completamente y ayuda a diferenciar a Danna de sus ... read more

DANNA - K.O.
77

“K.O.” continua con la misma fórmula que Danna uso en “SIE7E”, pop latino pero intentando capitalizar en la popularidad del reggaeton.

Lo cual pudo haber funcionado en su momento porque se sentía como un nuevo sonido para Danna, pero en este álbum ya no se siente auténtico y muchas de las canciones se sienten un poco forzadas en querer seguir promoviendo esta imagen de Danna como una chica que hace reggaeton. No es malo, pero no se siente ... read more

DANNA - SIE7E +
80

“SIE7E +” es un álbum pop-latino que es bueno, pero sufre de intentar hacer “reggaeton”

Las primeras tres canciones “Mala Fama”, “Oye Pablo” y “Sodio” funcionan muy bien, las letras son buenas y cumplen con el propósito de ayudar a madurar la imagen pública que se tiene de Danna, pero después de esto el álbum se siente disfuncional e intenta ser muchas cosas al mismo tiempo que termina ... read more

91

"SUCCUBUS" is what shows up when you look up the word "Cunt" in a dictionary.

From the Electronic/House mix of sound to the sexual freedom charged lyrics, COBRAH creates a fantastic new world of sounds that just creates club banger after banger!

p.s: Someone hand me some poppers to listen to this album

Cobrah - COBRAH
87

"COBRAH" is a more clean and precise body of work for COBRAH.

She has opted for a more "pop-y" sound for this body of work and has left some transgressive experimentation of her previous EP "Icon" behind, but still manages to make a really solid "hip-house" body of work.

Cobrah - ICON
79

"ICON" is a transgressive, Sophie-esque take on dance/club music, mixed with ballroom elements in some songs.

COBRAH shows that she is here to make music similar to the ones of her colleagues, but still manages to put her own twist and mark on this sound.

Clairo - diary 001
77

"diary 001" is an over-hated indie project.

When in reality, it feels like the beginning of an artist trying to find her sound, and also feels more authentic in this exploration than most other artists trying to capitalize on this "bedroom-pop" aesthetic.

Clairo - Charm
89

"Charm" is Clairo pushing her boundaries as an artist and flexing how much of a powerhouse she is in the "bedroom-pop"/"singer-song-writer" genre

From the beautiful lyrics that keep exploring Clairo's emotional struggles of dating and feeling alone to the gorgeous instrumentals and 70s inspired grooves - the piano, the clarinet, and the drums are insane!!! - She keeps on showing us that she has grown so much as an artist and that her taste levels are ... read more

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