23 October 2019
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Floating Points Crush
Floating Points' Crush is an album of profound contrasts. For every track designed to electrify the dancefloor, there is a gentle sweeping orchestral piece PopMatters
Nils Frahm All Encores
With this piece, Frahm comes full circle, both sonically and conceptually, capping off a spellbinding series of releases Exclaim
The adventurous musician and composer takes a step back toward a simpler, sparer sound Pitchfork
A varied and satisfying full-length release PopMatters
All Encores demands to be heard in its entirety; this is no companion piece, but a thoughtful progression all its own Loud And Quiet
Where other ambient artists can veer dangerously close to musak, Frahm always brims with invention. Print edition only Q
Foals Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 2
The English band’s second album this year isn’t a complement to its predecessor so much as just another iteration on a now-standard formula Pitchfork
Cigarettes After Sex Cry
Sensual melancholy is a mood but Cry occasionally needs another one or two up its heart adorned sleeve. Print edition only Q
If the tunes don't all stun as surely this time around, lyrically they're bolder. Print edition only Uncut
Almost everything here sounds pre-designed for drone-shot driving sequences in a slow-burning indie film, but in a very good way. Print edition only Mojo
Cry will make you cry, because Gonzalez knows what he's doing. It's cathartic, stunning, it'll awaken your senses and it's not to be missed Exclaim
Without listening too hard, it’s easy to be washed away in the twilight reverb Loud And Quiet
Cry has redeeming anomalies among its nine airy tracks, even if those anomalies are merely a moment on a song Northern Transmission
Nonchalant, innocent and simply just mesmerising, 'Cry' is pure from beginning to end and is a pleasant second instalment from the Texas three-piece Clash
Cry sees Gonzalez, Jacob Tomsky and Randy Miller take the heady aphrodisiac of their debut and subtly reshape it: here, cynicism is drained away, guitars mix into a softer palette and Cigarettes After Sex finally know what it really means to fall in love Gigwise
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"2019 is Big Thief's year" - The Skinny's take on the 4th LP and second of the year from the indie rock quartet fronted by Adrianne Lenker while Mojo reckon it's a "sparer but equally powerful record"
Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past eight years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange
Anaïs Mitchell Hadestown
Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Leonard Cohen You Want It Darker
Sufjan Stevens Carrie & Lowell