art pop
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For as enjoyable as many of them are, Yves Tumor’s pop tunes and comparatively experimental soundscapes don’t really reinforce one another on Safe in the Hands of Love.
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Be the Cowboy is arguably Mitski’s most mature release, but most of the songs feel like a faint breeze.
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While the trap-goth direction of “Pictures of You” could use some work, this debut EP solidifies HMLTD as one of the most promising post-punk groups out right now.
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Let’s Eat Grandma’s sophomore album is a hodgepodge of mostly great ideas.
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Back to being a band, Dirty Projectors squanders a fair bit of potential on Lamp Lit Prose.
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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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Though structurally jarring, SOPHIE’s full-length debut is an unforgettable and potentially DNA-altering pop album.
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New York-based singer and avant-garde artist serpentwithfeet will release his debut album soil tomorrow through Secretly Canadian. The album’s singles so far have displayed the artist’s unique mix of soul and electronic music. The latest single, “seedless,” is co-produced with Clams Casino. serpentwithfeet’s trembling falsetto is here
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Age Of is abstract ear candy at its highest points, but is ultimately Oneohtrix Point Never’s least realized album in some time. The vocal tracks in the front half are particularly an Achilles’ heel.
