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Jill Scott  To Whom This May Concern

All 360 degrees of the Jill Scott experience are presented here All Music

Charli XCX  Wuthering Heights

The album sometimes feels as if Charli committed fully to her concept, but didn’t allow herself to branch out even further, reach higher, express – or even abandon – more. It is a symphony, but not quite an opus Beats Per Minute

Hemlocke Springs  The Apple Tree Under the Sea

After breaking out in 2022 with two excellent singles, the Dartmouth graduate-turned-DIY musician finally releases her long-awaited debut, an adventurous and polished pop record whose maximalism exhausts more than invigorates Paste Magazine

Hemlocke Springs  The Apple Tree Under the Sea

The former NME Cover artist’s long-awaited debut album glows with vibrancy, freedom and ingenuity NME

Charli XCX  Wuthering Heights

Expertly plays with the joys and violence of love, always leaving space for the nuances of both Exclaim

Daphni  Butterfly

For all its immediacy, its hooks and high production values, you need to be a bit of a connoisseur to truly appreciate Butterfly’s intricacies Spectrum Culture

Jill Scott  To Whom This May Concern

The neo-soul icon's first album in more than a decade dabbles in everything from trip-hop to New Orleans rhythm & blues while showing off a hard-won graininess Rolling Stone

Charli XCX  Wuthering Heights

Thrillingly modern while staying true to its source material, the soundtrack to Emerald Fennell’s Brontë adaptation is a huge about-turn from Brat musicOMH

Converge  Love Is Not Enough

A gripping, vital, and engaging return Clash

Charli XCX  Wuthering Heights

The album mirrors the film’s penchant for bombast and grief while standing on its own Slant Magazine

Charli XCX  Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights is Charli xcx’s transitional record that studies her initial sound in retrospect while searching for a new, steely and more organic one. This may be the first taste of her next artistic phase The Line Of Best Fit

Charli XCX  Wuthering Heights

The new album almost matches the Emerald Fennell movie’s messy soul Consequence Of Sound

Charli XCX  Wuthering Heights

Written for Emerald Fennell’s new film, it's a fully realized LP that adds another wrinkle to Charli's always-evolving sensibility Rolling Stone

Charli XCX  Wuthering Heights

Casting off her Bratty cigarettes and sunglasses, the pop visionary channels the torments of Heathcliff and Cathy and the tumult of the Velvet Underground on her latest captivating pivot The Guardian

Charli XCX  Wuthering Heights

This brilliantly moody soundtrack confirms Charli XCX as a star who makes better art when she’s not trying to deliver a hit The Irish Times