Vivian Girls’ first album in almost a decade is their most abrasive yet.
Iglooghost, Kai Whiston, and BABii don’t quite break new ground on XYZ, but they do complement each other very nicely on a majority of the tracks.
And don’t get me started on the Spongebob theme song cover featuring Corey Taylor.
Birth of Violence‘s stripped back presentation, despite its bewitchingly dark vibe, mostly exacerbates the relatively weak songwriting.
Ameer Vann’s comeback EP is pretty bitter and one-dimensional.
House of Sugar is sprinkled with some brilliant and beautiful ideas, but is on the whole marred by an unsatisfying flow, dodgy songwriting, and faint lead vocals.
With their self-titled debut, The Highwomen prove themselves to be a versatile country supergroup with a unique perspective.
Charli is a near-perfect balance of trusty pop formulas and PC Music experimentalism.
I’m not disappointed. That’s for sure.
Alex Cameron has a talent for writing witty and smart songs about love and masculinity from a male perspective.
