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Bruno Mars
The Romantic
Bruno's latest effort is packed with gorgeous instrumentation but has very, very little to say
Consequence Of Sound
Bruno Mars
The Romantic
Harking back to Oye Como Va, Move On Up and other 20th-century classics, Mars’s homages are beautifully performed but bereft of new ideas
The Guardian
Bruno Mars
The Romantic
That album is a song cycle about love that practically writes itself
Slant Magazine
Bruno Mars
The Romantic
The global superstar still might not be baring his soul in his lyrics, but his fourth solo album – and first in a decade – presents a more mature deployment of romantic clichés
NME
Bruno Mars
The Romantic
The icing on the cake is Mars' charming devotion to wholesome terms and turns of phrase like "pretty little lady," "archangel," and "I need you on my team"
All Music
Bill Callahan
My Days of 58
The once guarded singer-songwriter continues to open up on his latest album, reckoning with fatherhood, mortality, and his artistic vocation in revealing and uncharacteristically playful ways
Pitchfork
Iron & Wine
Hen's Teeth
A gentle companion album to Light Verse glows in the warmth of Sam Beam’s musical collective, featuring veteran collaborators, folk trio I’m With Her, and daughter Arden Beam
Pitchfork
Gorillaz
The Mountain
The animated band’s ninth album gathers collaborators both living and departed for a characteristically audacious monument to grief, India, and archival memory
Pitchfork
Buck Meek
The Mirror
The Big Thief guitarist lightly updates his solo sound, but he still fares best as a traditional country-rock troubadour
Pitchfork
Mitski
Nothing's About to Happen to Me
That Nothing’s About to Happen to Me feels both self-contained and expansive speaks to how Mitski moves to her own rhythm. When she expresses every desire to pare things down, the music ends up sounding more vital and complex. The more she pushes her art, the more her audience continues to grow
No Ripcord
Bill Callahan
My Days of 58
Continues that evolution with warmth and clarity, shaping his songs into conversations with an old friend. It's always a pleasure to catch up with him, especially on an album as amiably profound as this one
All Music
Iron & Wine
Hen's Teeth
This record, and Light Verse, show that he is still searching, still working hard, and still able to imbue his albums with the same deep feeling and unstinting beauty that he has from the beginning
All Music
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