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My New Band Believes  My New Band Believe

It sets the same intense listening pace as XTC, Jim O'Rourke or second-act Black Country, New Road. Amid the coiled violence (In The Blink Of An Eye) and brutalist romance (One Night) lie moments of pastoral loveliness. Print edition only Mojo

My New Band Believes  My New Band Believe

An album of incredible acoustic maximalism and conspiratorially whispered melodrama - enjoys the theatrics of its acidity. Print edition only Uncut

My New Band Believes  My New Band Believe

Smoothing out the jump-cut chaos of his previous band, Cameron Picton brings entirely acoustic instrumentation to bear on these lovely, beguiling songs The Guardian

My New Band Believes  My New Band Believe

On My New Band Believe, Picton & co reaches their highest power when they unleash chaos, making for a compelling debut that thrives off of a maximalist approach to pop music Far Out

Earl Sweatshirt / MIKE / Surf Gang  POMPEII // UTILITY

Historically, Earl and MIKE’s songs have been studies in contrast with oft-beautiful results. But their collaborative album doesn’t work that way. With flows set over glacial beats, almost every song is in the same color Paste Magazine

Soldiers Of Fortune  Early Risers

Two of this century’s coldest, most martyrial rap auteurs flex new muscles over a decent batch of ambient plugg beats Pitchfork

Earl Sweatshirt / MIKE / Surf Gang  POMPEII // UTILITY

Across 33 tracks, two kindred voices split destruction and reconstruction, fusing hazy soul with cold, industrial edge NME

Earl Sweatshirt / MIKE / Surf Gang  POMPEII // UTILITY

Earl’s post-Odd Future career swerved the mainstream to follow the path laid out by NYC underground rapper Mike, and their first double album lets both shine The Guardian

Earl Sweatshirt / MIKE / Surf Gang  POMPEII // UTILITY

By the end of MIKE’S POMPEII, the rapper has shown a range of styles, flows and cadences that perhaps doubters wouldn’t have thought he was capable of on SURF GANG productions. Sweatshirt’s UTILITY, whilst treading new production ground, still feels quintessentially him The Quietus

Thundercat  Distracted

Distracted works so well because it’s loaded with the contradictions of his personality (or perhaps his pop persona), both sonically and lyrically Spectrum Culture

Raye  This Music May Contain Hope

If you were in an ungenerous mood then you’d say it’s all a bit much. It’s not just the kitchen sink; it’s the whole house here. An assault of the senses in many ways. But if ever an artist deserved to choose to do whatever they wanted, it’s Raye God Is In The TV

Courtney Barnett  Creature of Habit

Tune out the negative voices and when moments of garden variety joy present themselves, recognize and relish them for the outsize gift they truly are Under The Radar

My New Band Believes  My New Band Believe

Fans will detect familiar ideas, though they’re expressed with a different vocabulary Slant Magazine

Wendy Eisenberg  Wendy Eisenberg

On a daring new album, the singer-songwriter and guitar virtuoso examines happiness, love, and memory with a forensic curiosity Pitchfork

Wendy Eisenberg  Wendy Eisenberg

Eisenberg has crafted an intriguing and enjoyable album, its unconventional arrangements and phenomenal lyrics both ghostlike in their delicacy and bold in their willingness to push musical boundaries Under The Radar