6/10
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It’s nice to hear Parquet Courts go in some different directions on Sympathy for Life, but the successes are more or less in the spots that most resemble the previous Wide Awake.
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Deep States is TFS’s weakest batch of songs yet, which is to say it’s not that bad.
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Oxidized might just be 2021’s most vicious sonic beating, and your mileage will most certainly vary based on that.
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The A-side is more or less standard fare for Westside Gunn, but the B-side is hands-down his greatest statement since Griselda’s rise.
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Flux is a bit more of a mixed bag than Poppy’s other releases in the rock lane.
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Screen Violence is a bit of a creative bounce-back for the trio.
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Baby Keem clearly has it in him to produce great albums going forward, The Melodic Blue hopefully being a blueprint of sorts.
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Halsey and Reznor don’t always mesh or produce fireworks together, but If I Can’t Have Love is still Halsey’s strongest album yet.
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Van Gogh’s Left Ear gets off to a very strong start before ZelooperZ’s risk-taking leads to some awkward spots.
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Saturday Night doesn’t sound quite as methodical as Jack’s work for other artists.
