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Beck  Ride Lonesome

There is still wonder in his music, only now it comes from refinement rather than reinvention Clash

Echo And The Bunnymen  Apples For Isaac

Echo & The Bunnymen’s first album in more than a decade is a resounding success that both band and production team can take great pride in. The Liverpool greats rise to the occasion, expertly balancing darkness and pain with optimism, hope and love Clash

Beck  Ride Lonesome

Final part to the deeply heartfelt trilogy of albums in response to his divorce is wondrous and uniquely uplifting musicOMH

The Tubs  Hard Life

A consistently impressive record from a singular songwriting talent, brought to life by a remarkably talented band No Ripcord

The Tubs  Hard Life

The UK band’s Merge debut is an album of survival: a set of fatalistic jangle-rock anthems with just enough joy to keep going Pitchfork

Haroumi Hosono  Yours Sincerely

On his 23rd solo album, the 79-year-old musician—and lone surviving member of Yellow Magic Orchestra—is in a reflective mood, reworking curios from his catalog in an intimate, contemplative fashion Pitchfork

Getdown Services  Massive Champion

Bristol duo Getdown Services turn everyday humiliations into cathartic, body-moving anthems. Move to the beat and pay attention PopMatters

Beck  Ride Lonesome

Beck’s return to folk-rock is frequently beautiful, even as it produces diminishing returns Slant Magazine

Beck  Ride Lonesome

He returns to the gorgeously forlorn folk of records like Sea Change on his first new LP in seven years Rolling Stone

This is Lorelei  The Singer In My Band

At first pass, the album might feel a little lighter by comparison, a couple of songs go by without really registering. But like any new travelling companion who only tells you their backstory a few hours down the road, it takes time to get acquainted God Is In The TV

Carly Rae Jepsen  Day & Night

Throwing varied sounds at a wall with no hooks makes any album fade to the background, and unfortunately, that’s what Day and Night becomes—a dance mix for a forgettable cocktail party Spectrum Culture

Arab Strap  Half-Told Tales

Half-Told Tales is the strongest of the post-breakup Arab Strap records Spectrum Culture

The Tubs  Hard Life

On Hard Life, the Tubs finally homed in on a sound to match their self-supplied and tongue-in-cheek “Celtic jangle boyband” tagline. However, the description still fails to capture the London quartet’s complex context and the roughed-up heart that beats in their songs Spectrum Culture

Carly Rae Jepsen  Day & Night

The premier pop songstress of the 21st century is back with a double album that starts with exploration and ends with tedium Sputnik Music (staff)

Carly Rae Jepsen  Day & Night

On her first ever double album, the Canadian artist splits her time between lightly psychedelic pop and reassuringly classy club bangers NME