7/10
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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.
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The level of artistic freedom Trent and Atticus give themselves on the somewhat uneven Bad Witch is more exciting than just about any Nine Inch Nails release since 2008.
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This debut collaboration between British singer-songwriter Laura Marling and Tunng co-founder Mike Lindsay delivers some texturally unique folktronica.
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The debut album from Philly hip hop artist Tierra Whack is an endearing set of pop rap and alternative R&B miniatures.
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Even though it’s a little disappointing to hear Josh playing it so safe stylistically on the heels of Pure Comedy, God’s Favorite Customer more often than not delivers the sharp songwriting that Father John Misty is known for and admirably tackles some pretty dark and personal topics.
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Zephyr isn’t a particularly cutting edge pop and R&B album, but with all the classy instrumentation, impassioned singing, and thoughtful writing, NIKI has a lot going for her right out of the gate.
