6/10
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Preoccupations taking a chance on a shoegazier sound is a step in the right direction. Arrangements by Preoccupations
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The quality songwriting at the core of TMV is squandered by the band’s drabbest sound palettes to date.
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Darnielle & co.’s most thematically focused and hardest-hitting project since Goths, but the results are still a little mixed. Bleed Out by The Mountain Goats
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After a strong start, The Elephant Man’s Bones kind of trails off.
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Cry Sugar has the vibe of a left-field EDM playlist on shuffle. Cry Sugar by Hudson Mohawke
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Before things get bland in the second half, Freakout / Release dishes out Hot Chip’s best material in a while.
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Reset bears the usual strengths and shortcomings of most Panda Bear solo albums. Reset by Panda Bear & Sonic Boom
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Uzi gets by with their energy alone on most of these tracks.
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A mostly fun sophomore effort from the indie pop outfit. World Wide Pop by Superorganism
