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Suede  Antidepressants

Easily gliding into the tier of Suede’s best albums, Antidepressants is a collection of exciting, moving and sometimes anthemic post-punk flavored songs about loneliness and communication, age and vulnerability, featuring some of Brett Anderson’s best ever vocal performances Spectrum Culture

Saint Etienne  International

With International, these pop academics have left us with one final lesson: if you must fade away, do so gracefully. Saint Etienne most certainly have PopMatters

Jehnny Beth  You Heartbreaker, You

Awash in menacing, libidinous energy, the Savages singer’s new solo album asks: What if the psychosexual angst of post-punk and industrial music were harnessed for pleasure? Pitchfork

Justin Bieber  SWAG II

Part two of Bieber’s seventh album adds very little: it’s largely bland pop with glimpses of quality thanks to a buzzy supporting cast including Dijon and Bakar The Guardian

Justin Bieber  SWAG II

Bieber follows the surprisingly good Swag with the depressingly safe Swag II Rolling Stone

Justin Bieber  SWAG II

Bieber drops off another 23 tracks’ worth of SWAG, his Dijon- and Mk.gee-assisted foray into alt-R&B. Bland and underwritten, the sequel magnifies the weaknesses of the original Pitchfork

Justin Bieber  SWAG II

Consumed as a whole, the 23-track ‘SWAG II’ is a means to monopolise the streaming charts for the remainder of this year and beyond. What should have been a passion project distilled and edited into a leaner whole, now feels like a ploy to be omnipresent Clash

Justin Bieber  SWAG II

Two months after the Canadian pop star made his long-awaited return, he’s back with a second instalment that’s more playful in places, but still feels monotonous NME

Blood Orange  Essex Honey

Dev Hynes’ elegant new album, his first in six years, inhabits memories of an English childhood filled with joy, pain, and music Pitchfork

Hayley Williams  Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party

On her third solo album and first independent release, the Paramore frontperson channels a range of experimental pop sounds to reflect on personal and professional grief Pitchfork

David Byrne  Who Is The Sky

Elder statesman of alternative music returns with an invigorating and often joyous addition to his discography musicOMH

Shame  Cutthroat

Cutthroat offers some exhilarating moments, including the title track, but is also a problematic release Beats Per Minute

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith  Gush

An album pulling in opposite directions musically and thematically could easily have proven misguided, trying and obtuse, yet under Smith’s guidance, it proves an intriguing, tantalizing, and surprising natural fit Beats Per Minute

David Byrne  Who Is The Sky

Byrne is bold with his new album, breaking away from the ordinary and presenting the strange as something beautiful and intriguing. It is this boldness that makes him who he is and that’s no secret Northern Transmissions

Shame  Cutthroat

Cutthroat may lack the emotional vulnerability of its predecessor, but none of its songs are devoid of thrills. The album is bold and brash, making a great argument for shame to reach the global level of stardom they've been flirting with for the past decade Paste Magazine