jagjaguwar
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Angel leaning more into a country sound goes over well, unsurprisingly. Big Time by Angel Olsen
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WBGATAW contains Sharon Van Etten’s biggest-sounding songs to date, which is maybe to the album’s detriment sometimes.
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While none of the material is necessarily skip-worthy, græ feels a bit like a so-so album topped off with an excellent EP.
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Some of Angel Olsen’s unique personality traits as a singer-songwriter sadly get lost in All Mirrors‘ grander instrumental palette.
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i,i is in a sense a refinement of 22, A Million‘s innovations, but Justin Vernon still doesn’t seem particularly interested in tying up his songs’ loose ends.
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Remind Me Tomorrow is a little all over the place in terms of style and pacing, but is nevertheless another solid set of songs from Sharon Van Etten.
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On Sex & Food, UMO try to convey significant political messages via an inconsequential bedroom pop sound.
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New Material is Preoccupations’ most lackluster album so far.
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Shape-shifting singer-songwriters Sam France and Jonathan Rado make a triumphant return as Foxygen to deliver their most lavishly orchestrated set of songs yet.
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Foxygen drops a stunning chamber pop odyssey that has singlehandedly restored my faith in the duo after their massive 2014 blunder, which shall go unnamed.
