The singer has yet to discover a sound or sensibility that truly distinguishes her.
Vince Staples’s eponymous album keenly draws contrasts between the rapper’s upbringing and the life he now enjoys.
In a musical landscape that increasingly disfavors happiness, the band’s sixth album is an anomaly.
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For all its significations and referents, the album never feels overburdened or contrived.
Throughout, the songs unravel into convoluted tangles of disembodied voices, discordant jazz piano, and droning synths.
The songs comprise a nebulous mass not unlike the swirling galaxy of the album’s cover art.
It takes profound empathy to write an album about your past and have it turn out to be about your love for others instead.
On their seventh album, the band sounds primed for the summer festival season.
The album is a singular and significant misstep in the country singer’s well-regarded discography.
The band’s third album trades the lo-fi charm of their previous efforts for a more refined, organic sound.
There’s as much lazy delivery of the goods on the album as there is engaging interplay.
Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker stay on the safer side for most of their 10th album.
The album situates love as a force that works largely to bring trouble and pain.
The new edition allows the singer to expand beyond the original album’s sonic remit.
The track has a positive, psychedelic quality that’s ready-made for summer.
The album’s eclectic approach is a testament to the band’s refusal to simply mine the same sonic ground over and over again.
The singer still has a knack for sharp melodies and lyrical gems, but the album’s sonic presentation falls flat.
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While the musician has refined and reduced the vast variety of sounds and distortion of his debut, the warmth of his vision remains.