6/10
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Arca has formed an impressive body of work with the KICK series.
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Enough of the ideas TWOPOINTFIVE throws at the wall stick.
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While a lot more impressive than the preceding Emperor of Sand, Hushed and Grim does buckle under its own weight.
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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.
