5/10
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Singer-songwriter and producer James Blake returns three years after this sophomore effort, delivering a surprisingly lengthy and disjointed album.
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Experimental music producer Tim Hecker comes through with a warmer, but more disconnected, collection of tracks on his new album, Love Streams.
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Young Thug continues his streak of redundant projects with Slime Season 3.
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Dreamville’s Bas delivers a sophomore album that’s sort of smooth, sort of thoughtful, and sort of uneventful.
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Wild Nothing’s latest effort takes a surprisingly drab turn.
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Animal Collective plays it straight, stripping away their usual sonic mayhem, on their latest album.
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Porches pull together some decent synth-led pop instrumentals here, but they’re topped with some of the most off-key and uninspired vocals I’ve heard this year.
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Coldplay returns with a vibrant, danceable followup to last year’s Ghost Stories.