Xiu Xiu has pushed the darkness of their music to such an extreme here that it’s sometimes to the detriment of what’s made their past work so memorable. Ignore Grief by Xiu Xiu
RMIV‘s aesthetic and thematic cohesion mostly works in its favor.
The band’s strongest album so far. Food for Worms by shame
Don Toliver still leaves something to be desired as an album artist.
slowthai’s third album is high-impact sonically and emotionally. UGLY by slowthai
It is kinda messy. Bless This Mess by U.S. Girls
Logic delivers a scattershot origin story for himself.
This thing goes very fucking hard. Dogsbody by Model/Actriz
A conceptual, albeit often flavorless, offering from the virtual band.
Apart from some redundancy issues, Aftërlyfe is genuinely a surreal, fun, and versatile rage album.
