4/10
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Kanye’s unstoppable egoism and lack of focus impedes his ability to do a gospel-inspired album justice.
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Ameer Vann’s comeback EP is pretty bitter and one-dimensional.
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Tool’s comeback album Fear Inoculum is insufficient not only by the immaculate standards of the band’s past work, but by the standards of rock and metal music at large.
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K.R.I.T. Iz Here is a disappointing lapse into generic trap rap.
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In League with Dragons is missing just about everything that has made past Mountain Goats albums so great.
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I Am Easy to Find returns to the dullness of The National’s early 2010s output.
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Not much of Sli’merre‘s appeal has to do with Young Nudy.
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Gus Dapperton’s debut album is a shoddy mix of all the most agreeable sounds to have been popularized in the indie scene over the past decade.
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Weezer’s Black Album resumes the band’s nosedive.
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Harverd Dropout sounds more refined and slicker than its self-titled predecessor, but is all the worse for it.
