| ⭐⭐⭐ | The ex-Vampire Weekend multi-instrumentalist melds folktronica and Americana for a project that is suitably warming, though is perhaps strongest in its most pared-down moments. His third studio album since his departure from the band, it is a relatively sharp left turn into a more subtle approach. As much Grizzly Bear in thisContinueContinue reading “A mildly passionate experiment: Rostam – American Stories *ALBUM REVIEW*”
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An adequate entry: Kacey Musgraves – Middle of Nowhere *ALBUM REVIEW*
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Oft content to appeal to radio sensibilities, applying the sort of thin plasticity and quantisation that is just perfect to draw in the lowest common denominator, Kacey Musgraves has been a sort of leading voice in the contemporary country pop space for a decent while. What gets people going about her hasContinueContinue reading “An adequate entry: Kacey Musgraves – Middle of Nowhere *ALBUM REVIEW*”
The tendency to meander: Aldous Harding – Train on an Island *ALBUM REVIEW*
| ⭐⭐✨ | The indie singer-songwriter has almost become a trope in and of itself over the last decade or so. The image of a weathered looking guy or girl with a beaten-up acoustic guitar, sporting torn items of clothing and crooning in painful detail about love in the philosophical sense is not a rarity.ContinueContinue reading “The tendency to meander: Aldous Harding – Train on an Island *ALBUM REVIEW*”
Bloated, but improved: Noah Kahan – The Great Divide *ALBUM REVIEW*
| ⭐⭐⭐ | Noah Kahan harks back to a not-too-distant era of popular culture that feels almost surreal to look back on. His usually flannel-clad, man bun and beard presentation brings only one word to mind when I see it: “hipster”. You know them. They’re the kinds of dudes asking you if you’ve heard ofContinueContinue reading “Bloated, but improved: Noah Kahan – The Great Divide *ALBUM REVIEW*”
The Journeyman: Quadeca- Vanisher, Horizon Scraper *ALBUM REVIEW*
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The fifth studio album from Californian jack-of-all-trades Quadeca is his grandest artistic statement so far. Once upon a time, Benjamin Lasky was dabbling in a world entirely different from the one he inhabits currently. A “YouTube rapper”, doomed to find himself caught up in blows with other notorious figures of the scene,ContinueContinue reading “The Journeyman: Quadeca- Vanisher, Horizon Scraper *ALBUM REVIEW*”
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