14 May 2024
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Kings Of Leon Can We Please Have Fun
The Followills are back with familiar anthems but not enough howling numbers to satiate their ninth album's titular request NME
Arab Strap I'm totally fine with it don't give a fuck anymore
Morosely funny lyrics, and a pitch-perfect retro sound design that alternates between deadly serious and utterly comical. They’re stronger than ever musicOMH
Pop Art-provocative, and speaks to the joy, sweat, and poetic inspiration coursing through all of Can We Please Have Fun All Music
Amen Dunes Death Jokes
McMahon always takes his music wherever it needs to go, and Death Jokes is the bracing sound of Amen Dunes actively engaging with the world and its problems All Music
The Nashville rockers still sound great, but their lyrics seem bereft of ideas The Observer
A far cry from the beardy, beery bawling of previous years, ‘Can We Please Have Fun’ is surprisingly fresh and full of energy The Independent
There’s undeniably a great work of art in here among the clutter of scraps that McMahon has collected over the last few years. It seems he’s refused to relinquish them because they mean too much to him – though they probably won’t to most others Beats Per Minute
McMahon's songwriting talents leave no doubt that these new idioms will soon be seamlessly integrated into the Amen Dunes vocabulary. In the meantime, Death Jokes is a worthwhile sputter on the journey there Exclaim
At its best, like the gorgeous, nine-minute “Round The World”, his bittersweet sound feels like the work of an art-music auteur. Print edition only Uncut
Death Jokes is the product of a very busy mind, expertly encapsulating the feeling of being trapped, distracted, and despondent The Skinny
The music is steeped in melancholy and fear, but with a desire to unpick and embrace the disorder, and make something meaningful of it The Line Of Best Fit
Knocked Loose You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
ardcore favourites Knocked Loose swing for the fences and then some on their incredible, incendiary third album, You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To. Gum shields at the ready... Kerrang!
The Kentucky hardcore lot obliterate expectations on a fourth record as fearsome as it is ferocious The Skinny
The Kentucky metalcore quintet cleverly channel pop – and even reggaeton grooves – to create an album of crushing intensity and vast scope The Guardian
On the Kentucky metalcore band’s titanic fourth album, they’ve amplified and concentrated their sound into something so potent that it has its own gravitational pull Pitchfork
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Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past twelve years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange
Dave We’re All Alone In This Together