8/10
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I’m not disappointed. That’s for sure.
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Alex Cameron has a talent for writing witty and smart songs about love and masculinity from a male perspective.
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TFS’s unique brand of art punk gets even vivider on Braindrops.
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Lana Del Rey improves as a songwriter by leaps and bounds on NFR.
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GINGER is a return to form for the BROCKHAMPTON boys, albeit a decidedly downcast one.
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King Gizzard takes a successful swing at thrash metal on their second album of 2019.
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David Berman’s wryly depressive (or depressively wry) songwriting seems to have only gotten sharper during his decade away from music.
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Flamboyant is a distillment of what has made bubblegum bass so interesting over the past few years, as well as an apt commentary on gender politics.
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The Origin of My Depression is one of the most harrowing offerings in experimental music this year. Profoundly disturbing and not for the faint of heart.
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Freddie and Madlib continue to bring out the best in each other on Bandana.
