6/10
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Magus is Thou’s best produced album yet and is, like Heathen, admirably ambitious in scope. However, the band’s sound still isn’t dynamic or enthralling enough to warrant the 75 minute runtime.
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Though it’s a pretty solid work of modern psych, Smote Reverser isn’t the wall-to-wall excitement that Oh Sees’ last few albums have been.
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Be the Cowboy is arguably Mitski’s most mature release, but most of the songs feel like a faint breeze.
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Back to being a band, Dirty Projectors squanders a fair bit of potential on Lamp Lit Prose.
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Snail Mail’s debut album is a pretty plain indie rock affair, though Lindsey Jordan’s potential as a singer-songwriter is apparent.
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Still lacking a distinct voice as a singer and lyricist, Teyana Taylor is frequently outshined by her collaborators on K.T.S.E.
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Vein’s debut album offers a diverting blend of metalcore and alternative metal styles as well as its share of growing pains.
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By adhering so much to its grand formula, Heaven and Earth comes off as even more cumbersome than The Epic.
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The Now Now is a pleasant mood album while it’s on—especially in comparison to Humanz—but it’s still relatively low-impact.
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For the most part, Rico Nasty’s, well, nasty persona is enough to carry this breakthrough album. Just hoping she can show a bit more versatility on future projects.
