Collapse is Richard D. James’s best release since the return of Aphex Twin.
Zoo‘s songs, with only a couple of exceptions, range from boring to awful and are further weighed down by Russ’s crummy mindset.
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.
$uicideBoy$’s debut album delivers a dark and grimy vibe, but the duo hasn’t evolved much artistically since they first started turning heads on Soundcloud.
The magical monthly segment where Anthony briefly touches down on a gauntlet of albums he didn’t get a chance to review this past month.
Magus is Thou’s best produced album yet and is, like Heathen, admirably ambitious in scope. However, the band’s sound still isn’t dynamic or enthralling enough to warrant the 75 minute runtime.
Hunters Chorus is a solo endeavor by composer and multi-instrumentalist Ramon Fermin, who also happens to be the lead guitarist of Sun Kil Moon for this current album cycle. Fittingly, Hunters Chorus’ debut album Old Growler, a tribute to Ramon’s late dog Jasmine, is dropping next month via Mark
Billy Woods and Elucid team up again as Armand Hammer for one of the year’s best abstract hip hop albums.
UK punk outfit IDLES return with an album that improves on the brutal and politically charged style the band delivered on their debut last year. One of the best punk albums of the decade without question!
