5/10
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Daniel Avery’s latest effort dives headfirst into the depths of ambient techno, but comes up relatively empty-handed.
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Eat the Elephant gets off to a strong start, but begins tanking in quality at the midway point.
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J. Cole brings a lot of heart and salient points on KOD, but it’s yet another mixed bag.
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On Sex & Food, UMO try to convey significant political messages via an inconsequential bedroom pop sound.
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My Dear Melancholy, is The Weeknd’s least adventurous set of songs since Kiss Land.
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New Material is Preoccupations’ most lackluster album so far.
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Despite the bouncy production, good feature spots, and Logic’s technical ability, Bobby Tarantino II is just as inconsequential as its predecessor.
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Though there are a few strokes of genius on A Productive Cough, too often Titus Andronicus relies simply on the novelty of mimicking a bar band to sell the album.
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Though there are some bright spots and risks that pay off, Turnstile’s sophomore album mostly offers run-of-the-mill New York hardcore with a bit of window dressing.
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Apart from a few bright spots, I can feel you creep contains Tune-Yards’ most uninteresting and obnoxious material to date.
