5/10
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Rife with post-rock cliches, Deafheaven’s fourth album contains the band’s least inspired genre-blending to date.
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Everything Is Love relies too heavily on its star power to feel anywhere near as consequential as Lemonade or 4:44.
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Juice WRLD’s brand of emo-infused trap can be great in small doses, but has amounted to a spotty full-length debut.
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With Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino, Arctic Monkeys aim for an admirably weird space-age lounge sound, but often the execution leaves something to be desired.
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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.