What would happen if you added some of the least pleasant vocals of all time to an already painfully generic instrumental? Why the record-breaking single Dance Monkey, of course!
Nothing about Turn It Up is really worth talking about in detail.
Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? is a beautiful, immense, glorious, blissful, flawless musical experience and easily the best hip-hop project of the year, possibly of the decade so far. All that in just under half an hour.
Thrillingly chaotic, engaging in its storytelling and featuring some of the best and most unique vocals I’ve heard in a while, O Monolith is post-rock heaven.
I get why this Fanfare isn’t as well received as Dorian’s first album but I personally was blown away by it. Production is wild, deft and just stunning in its sheer maximalism, lyrically it’s over-the-top but oftentimes really funny, and the themes of late-stage capitalism are explored from a very interesting angle in songs like Manmade Horrors. More accessible than My Agenda or Flamboyant it may well be, but it’s also an absolute blast.
From the punky, well-crafted production to the excellently conceptual lyrics to Owusu’s passionate delivery, STRUGGLER just feels like a triumph.
SPEED RUN sees Frost Children explore an eclectic and groovy form of electropop that’s not only surprisingly cohesive but also ludicrously addictive.
It’s hard to imagine a better showcase of the potential that Peggy and Danny have working together than SCARING THE HOES.
Much like the Chappaqua Wrestling record, Better Luck Next Time has that vaguely nostalgic middle-of-the-road indie rock style which I can see becoming more popular in a couple of years.
For the most part, 10,000 Gecs makes you feel like you’re a kid in a candy store. It is a wild ride and a joyful listen every step of the way.
Peel back the mystical aesthetic and the experimental facade from PORTALS and you’re left with another deeply obnoxious Melanie Martinez album.
UTOPIA has kept on growing on me. The album feels definitively cinematic in nature and it really works- songs feel like their own little worlds, plus it’s very much sonically adventurous and Travis is backed up with a cast of (mostly) very strong features (Teezo Touchdown on MODERN JAM is a highlight of the year)- but the songs without features are also not to go unnoticed, two big highlights being HYAENA and SIRENS both of which feature great flows from Travis combined with excellent ... read more
There’s something brilliantly addictive about Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete- from the gothic hook-infused synthpop (such as the excellent Invisible Hand) that makes up the majority of the album to the heavier, hazier tracks like Girls Float † Boys Cry which has an absolutely stunning Robert Smith feature- the album just captivated me the whole way through.
Short, soft and breathtakingly beautiful- Slowdive have crafted an incredible album with Everything Is Alive, a selection of eight atmospheric, dream pop ballads that feel like you’re walking slow through a field at sunrise, watching the infinite beauty of nature revolve around you.
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