The album sounds beamed in from an earlier decade, but it runs deeper than nostalgia.
Produced by Jeff Tweedy, the singer-songwriter’s latest album is limber, breezy, and full of joy.
Released in 1998, Amos’s fourth studio album found the singer-songwriter dabbling in rock and electronic sounds.
The rapper operates in two contradictory modes: pedaling surface-level platitudes or going for easy humble brags.
The album embraces a present (and future) where we can at least indulge in the fantasy of feeling good.
The singer’s sixth studio album offers a widescreen perspective of humanity, optimism, and purpose.
While the album doesn’t necessarily break new ground for the band, it’s an exemplary display of what they do best.
The album guides us on a journey through memory, with one foot anchored in the present.
The album allows the singer to get things off of her chest after years of holding it all in.
The album serves as a streamlined hodgepodge of everything the band has done to date but lacks mellower moments.
The duo’s first album in nearly 24 years finds them returning to their craft but not exactly returning to form.
The album doesn’t quite justify its runtime, but the rapper has the good sense to try out a series of different stylistic conceits.
Despite Feist’s talents as a musician, her latest fades too easily into the background.
The album serves as a concise and clear-eyed showcase for Slim Jxmmi and Swae Lee’s innate talents at crafting pop-rap.
The album feels more defined by genre than the band’s past work, but the anger running through it is contagious.
The last thing you’ll be doing is dozing off to these overwhelmingly fretful compositions.
The push and pull of chaos and order, of melody and discord, permeates the emotional core of the singer’s songs.
The album cycles through an eclectic range of influences, from grunge to shoegaze to country-style balladry.
A sense of loss remains pervasive and all-encompassing on the trio’s third album.
The Manchester post-punk band mostly plays to their strengths by leaning into the progressive, dance-y side of their sound.
The trio struggles to find a collective identity or creative method that complements their myriad talents.