The long-awaited debut album by American singer and TikTok star is ambitious but aimless, intimate yet shallow and seems more concerned with proving something than actually doing something.
Madison Beer – Life Support
Tag: 2021
Cassandra Jenkins – An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
On her second studio album, New York-based singer Cassandra Jenkins surrounds herself with people, observes dialogues, and tells stories while working on her grief and trying to find herself.
CHUNG HA – Querencia
Querencia delivers something broader, freer, more diverse, captivating, and genuinely well-produced. It is one of the best k-pop albums of recent years.
Katy Kirby – Cool Dry Place
With comforting instrumentation and cautious lyrics, Cold Dry Place emerges as the perfect debut for the Texas singer.
Foo Fighters – Medicine at Midnight
Despite being on their tenth studio album, Foo Fighters still deliver the same songs as always — generic and stereotyped rock tracks that are totally forgettable.
slowthai – TYRON
On his first album after the last year's NME Awards incident, the British rapper almost never acknowledges his guilt, but delivers one of the sharpest and most daring songs of his career.
Hayley Williams – FLOWERS for VASES / descansos
Paramore lead singer second album within a year was built during quarantine. The proposal and expectations were high, but the execution was disappointing.
The Weather Station – Ignorance
On her fifth studio album under the name The Weather Station, Tamara Lindeman takes her biggest and boldest step, delivering the best compositions of her career alongside beautiful melodies that preach the calm of nature.
Black Country, New Road – For the First Time
London band Black Country, New Road's debut is electrifying. With Wood's morbid vocals and psychedelic instrumentation, For the First Time accurately traces an unusual breakup.
Arlo Parks – Collapsed in Sunbeams
The 20-year-old British poet debuts with a light and stripped project, full of feelings and important subjects. However, it doesn't seem to know when and where to stop.
Weezer – OK Human
Weezer's fourteenth album carries beautiful, well-crafted lyrics and an instrumental that plays between baroque and minimalism. It's their best set of songs in years.
Bicep – Isles
The Irish electronic music duo's second album is a decent quarantine response, but it's not interesting enough to keep you afloat for a long time.
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