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Taylor Swift  The Life of a Showgirl

‘The Life Of A Showgirl’ has its moments, but lacks the consistency of Taylor’s recent work Clash

Olivia Dean  The Art of Loving

The rising British neo-soul star’s unfussy charisma and warmly assured voice carry her second album, a collection of classic-sounding, retro-minded pop Pitchfork

Mariah Carey  Here For It All

Mariah Carey’s new LP is an affectionate and charming look at Black pop music of the ’70s and ’80s, evoking a charmingly retro feel without feeling stale or derivative PopMatters

Baxter Dury  Allbarone

Baxter Dury has created a rare album that continually reveals hidden depths, both lyrically and musically. Allbarone is a richly observed record PopMatters

Jeff Tweedy  Twilight Override

Jeff Tweedy’s courageous triple LP, played with a consistent set of musicians, serves as a meditation on his current mood and the state of the world PopMatters

Geese  Getting Killed

Where commercial radio and even some more alternative stations playlists are starting to resemble a tub of Cornish clotted cream, Geese are laying eggs of avant garde, melodic, bonkers pop songs. Quackers God Is In The TV

Doja Cat  Vie

If Scarlet was the firestorm, Vie is the afterglow: still flickering, still restless, but finally willing to show the cracks that make the light come through Beats Per Minute

Taylor Swift  The Life of a Showgirl

Penis metaphors and poor little rich girl tales start to chafe. Is this really the same artist that gave us Folklore and Evermore? Evening Standard

Taylor Swift  The Life of a Showgirl

Far from the Max Martin-assisted pop juggernaut fans expected, this soft-rock paean to domestic bliss is slight on tunes and still seethes with grievance. And the less said about her fiance’s ‘magic wand’, the better The Guardian

Taylor Swift  The Life of a Showgirl

Contains some of her more outrageous songs, suggesting she feels confident enough at this point in her career to go as rogue as she fancies The Independent

Taylor Swift  The Life of a Showgirl

Swift hits all her marks — from new, exciting sonic turns to incisive storytelling Rolling Stone

Taylor Swift  The Life of a Showgirl

Travis Kelce is at the heart of The Life of a Showgirl – but the ‘Boring Barbie’ singer’s disdain for fellow star in Actually Romantic is pretty central too The Irish Times

Zara Larsson  Midnight Sun

The whole thing ends with the kiss-off romance of ‘Puss Puss’, the perfect conclusion to an album about really feeling herself Dork

Zara Larsson  Midnight Sun

In a fair world, Larsson would be as big as Taylor Swift or Jupiter God Is In The TV

Zara Larsson  Midnight Sun

Ultimately, ‘Midnight Sun’ is Zara Larsson honing in on what she does best with laser focus: starry-eyed, joyous Scandi-pop built to ignite dancefloors as easily as festival sing-alongs Clash