7/10
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George Clanton’s brand of 90s-inspired hypnagogic pop on Slide is fresh and intriguing despite the album’s concept not being taken far enough.
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Sweetener may be a Top 40 album through and through, but it’s somewhat elevated by some quality production and Ariana Grande’s consistently strong vocal performances.
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Clear Tamei and Steel Mogu deepen the sound and lore of Iglooghost, though hopefully his next full-length album will do so to a greater extent.
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Travis Scott continues pushing the psychedelic boundaries of trap on Astroworld, but doesn’t quite stick the landing.
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Four Pieces for Mirai finds James Ferraro at the top of his MIDI composition game and leaves me on the edge of my seat for the albums it’s teasing towards.
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Let’s Eat Grandma’s sophomore album is a hodgepodge of mostly great ideas.
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Melody Prochet has bounced back with some of the freshest ideas coming out of neo-psych right now.
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Pretty much all the awkward kinks in The Internet’s previous albums evaporate on Hive Mind.
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serpentwithfeet’s debut album adeptly presents love in a simultaneously sweet and unsettling light, only occasionally being held back by some uneventful instrumentals.
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Florence + The Machine exercise a bit more restraint than usual on High as Hope.
