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The Lemonheads  Love Chant

The band’s first album of original music in 20 years is an undeniably self-conscious comeback, manifesting the existential angst of middle age in sludgier-than-usual riffs, sudden switchups, and some of Evan Dando’s most self-reflective lyrics to date A.V. Club

Dove Ellis  Blizzard

Enigmatic Galway songwriter sounds like a storm-tossed mix of Thom Yorke of Radiohead and Jeff Buckley The Irish Times

This is Lorelei  Holo Boy

Amos has been an expert popsmith for years; the world is finally catching up, and not a moment too soon All Music

This is Lorelei  Holo Boy

One half of Water From Your Eyes re-records songs from the back catalogue of his other band, resulting in acoustic fare touched with regret and darkness The Guardian

This is Lorelei  Holo Boy

Nate Amos’s latest solo album consists entirely of songs written in the years prior to 2024’s Box for Buddy, Box for Star. The music presents us with yet another robust block of material that allows his idiosyncratic songwriting to truly shine Paste Magazine

This is Lorelei  Holo Boy

This Is Lorelei’s Holo Boy has the air of an artist taking stock, as he maps the route taken while checking which parts still line up now Spectrum Culture

This is Lorelei  Holo Boy

Songwriter Nate Amos polishes up 10 tracks from his Bandcamp days and confronts humorous self-effacement with new confidence Pitchfork

This is Lorelei  Holo Boy

A wonderfully enjoyable cycle of straight-down-the-line songwriting Clash

Oneohtrix Point Never  Tranquilizer

It’s his best work since Replica, and the most complete realization of his long-running obsession with the imperfect persistence of time. Tranquilizer doesn’t just show you a world—it shows you how that world remembers itself Under The Radar

Melody’s Echo Chamber  Unclouded

This is the epitome of a “vibes album,” and as a vibes album, Unclouded knocks it out of the park Spectrum Culture

Dove Ellis  Blizzard

Dove Ellis’ debut is remarkably assured, showcasing a new talent with strong potential Spectrum Culture

Dove Ellis  Blizzard

The Galway-born singer-songwriter takes Romantic yearning — for the pure, the mythical, the divine — and turns it gently earthward on Blizzard Paste Magazine

Oneohtrix Point Never  Tranquilizer

Despite its title, ‘Tranquilizer’ is deceptively mesmerizing, potently putting calm emotions into a frenzied state, and leaving you coming back for more Northern Transmissions

Little Simz  Lotus

She’s a rapper who refuses to let up and keeps ensuring that her name is held aloft in the conversations of the best in the world Far Out

Dove Ellis  Blizzard

Dove Ellis breathes new life into the Irish folk-rock scene. The album is hopeful, complex and as a whole plays with the picturesque diction of a pastoral poem. Wondering what will follow this stunning debut makes the listening all the more enjoyable Hot Press