chamber pop
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Father John Misty makes his official return to love songs with his new singles “Disappointing Diamonds Are the Rarest of Them All” and “Just Dumb Enough to Try.” On these songs, Tillman takes a sarcastic but charming tone similar to that of I Love You, Honeybear. The new singles are
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Sleep Well Beast is The National’s most vibrant and engaging set of songs in years.
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Grizzly Bear returns from a five-year hibernation with a mirror image of their previous album, Shields.
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For an album inspired by the cosmos, Planetarium is lacking quite a bit in the way of flow and harmony.
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While not a full commitment to its titular concept, 50 Song Memoir is The Magnetic Fields’ most charming and ambitious album in over a decade.
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Father John Misty delivers an ambitious and grand statement on the human condition with Pure Comedy, one of 2017’s most necessary albums.
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Laura Marling follows up her relatively bold 2015 album Short Movie with an album that’s, more often than not, void of emotion.
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Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman goes full-on pop with his follow-up to 2012’s I Know What Love Isn’t.
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Father John Misty delivers some wry political commentary here on the title track of his new album Pure Comedy, out March 31 via Sub Pop.
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Danish experimental rock supergroup Marching Church follows up last year’s This World Is Not Enough with a collection of post-punky jams that seem to have a bit more thought put into them, and just as much passion.
