Reviews
Whatever’s Clever Review: Charlie Puth Gets Uncomfortably Specific
Whatever’s Clever turns Charlie Puth’s polish into a pressure test—less flexing, more flinching, and that’s the point. Charlie Puth has always sounded like a guy who could explain the wiring... more »
Confessions of a Lonely Girl Review: Gospel Pop With a Side-Eye
Confessions of a Lonely Girl turns ghosting and God-talk into the same argument—lonely love as a rigged economy, and “Lonely Girl” is the proof. Image credit: Courtesy of Roc Nation... more »
Anybody Home? rum.gold’s breakup album that refuses to decorate pain
Anybody Home is rum.gold turning divorce and childhood fallout into a house you can’t repaint—pretty vocals, ugly truths, and no one picking up the phone. Some albums want you to “vibe.”... more »
Lost On You Review: Tigers Jaw Make Existential Panic Weirdly Catchy
Lost On You turns Tigers Jaw’s heartbreak math into big hooks, anxious loops, and a closing “it’s ok” that feels earned—even when it doesn’t make sense. Tigers Jaw’s Lost On You... more »
Death Fetish Review: Moodring’s Nu-Metal Glow-Up (Annoyingly Effective)
Death fetish turns Moodring’s nu-metal revival into something bruised, glossy, and personal—until the sameness starts to show. There’s a particular kind of metalcore record that shows... more »
Candy EP Review: Justine Skye’s “Pleasure First” Manifesto (Sorry)
Candy EP proves Justine Skye finally picked a lane—and it’s slick, horny, and stubbornly fun, with KAYTRANADA keeping the whole thing on a leash. It’s trying to be effective. And that’s... more »
Yeat ADL Album Review: A “Dangerous Lyfe” That Forgets to Be One
Yeat ADL tries to split excess from vulnerability—but Yeat ADL keeps picking pills, Rolls-Royces, and filler over consequences. The cover tells you the whole pitch in one gimmick:... more »
Tom Misch Full Circle Review: Your Parents’ Vinyl, But With Better Anxiety
Tom Misch’s Full Circle swaps beat-tape flexing for plainspoken songs, live-band warmth, and the kind of fear you can’t quantize. If you came here hoping for the laptop wizardry and... more »
dälek’s Falling Moon Album Review: Protest Rap That Refuses to Be Polite
Falling Moon feels like dälek staring straight at modern power and refusing metaphor. It’s tense, blunt, and weirdly intimate for something this loud. Some albums give you a title like a... more »
Moments Before the Wind Review: Free Throw Bottles Chaos, Spills Some
Free Throw’s Moments Before album turns breakups and fatherhood panic into shiny emo—sometimes cutting deep, sometimes playing it weirdly safe. You can hear it immediately: Moments... more »
Elmiene’s sounds for someone Review: Sad Dad Soul, No Small Talk
Elmiene’s sounds for someone turns modern soul into a private argument—warm keys, tight grooves, and requests that get uncomfortably specific. Courtesy of Polydor Records/Def Jam... more »
Mallavora’s Better Never Comes Review: Metal That Refuses to Behave
Mallavora’s Better Never Comes isn’t here to comfort you—it’s here to argue. A blunt listen to the riffs, the rage, and the uncomfortable point. Plenty of albums want to be a “safe space.”... more »
RAYE Album Review: Hope, Panic, and a Husband Search (Seriously)
RAYE’s album turns loneliness into four “seasons” of scenes—funny, bleak, and strangely tender. It’s not a victory lap; it’s a flashlight in a hotel room. Courtesy of Human Re Sources.... more »
Snail Mail Ricochet Review: Pretty Guitars, Quiet Spirals, Loud Denial
Snail Mail Ricochet sounds like isolation dressed up as romance—until the title track admits what’s broken and lets the strings do the arguing. This album doesn’t kick the door in. It... more »
Hellripper Coronach Review: Goatcraft, Cowbell, and a Funeral Hymn
Hellripper Coronach delivers blackened speed metal with a fierce Scottish edge, blending relentless riffs, dark folklore, and unexpected clean vocals into a powerful, unrelenting album... more »
BULLY Album Review: Ye’s “Apology Era” Sounds Like a Screen Saver
BULLY album is Ye trying to reset the narrative—then forgetting to write the songs. Great samples, thin guts, and a weirdly vacant “internal experience.” There’s a specific kind of... more »
Erica Mason’s The Return Review: Holy Water, But Make It Uncomfortable
Erica Mason’s The Return isn’t a “comeback” album—it’s a controlled burn: church trauma, queer longing, and self-help rap that sometimes refuses to tidy up. You can hear the moment The... more »
Sexistential Album Review: Robyn’s Space-Age Horniness Wins (Mostly)
Sexistential album turns midlife into neon techno therapy—funny, awkward, and weirdly tender when it counts. Robyn didn’t come back to “mature gracefully.” She came back to fling a glittering... more »