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Taylor Swift
The Tortured Poets Department
Superstar’s 11th studio album is the fruit of abject misery but is also steeped in the singer’s trademark indefatigable optimism
The Irish Times
Pearl Jam
Dark Matter
With superproducer Andrew Watt working his magic, the Seattle grunge veterans sound on point and full of energy in their 35th anniversary year
The Observer
Claire Rousay
Sentiment
Largely recorded on the road and full of found sounds, this beguiling record from the US ambient artist captures the feeling of self-inflicted solitude
The Observer
Pearl Jam
Dark Matter
The grunge band launch themselves into their latest record with wholehearted, full-throated commitment
The FT
Taylor Swift
The Tortured Poets Department
Eleventh album shows her style evolving in 16 songs that range from charmingly cheesy to moodily melodramatic
The FT
Claire Rousay
Sentiment
You don’t need to know exactly what she’s saying to know that it means everything
Loud And Quiet
Claire Rousay
Sentiment
A record that is quietly powerful in its delicate yet emotional execution. Print edition only
Uncut
Claire Rousay
Sentiment
There is unquestionable bravery in the access and vulnerability that sentiment communicates, and the journey into pop music is yet another promising step in rousay's always-morphing development
Exclaim
Claire Rousay
Sentiment
Channelling her signature sound into an album of emo-inflected pop songs, sentiment is claire rousay’s most personal work to date
The Skinny
Claire Rousay
Sentiment
The Los Angeles-based composer and singer-songwriter’s latest collection delivers a spectrum of emotions colored by expressive, refreshing candor
Paste Magazine
Taylor Swift
The Tortured Poets Department
Though haunted by the phantoms of what could’ve been, Taylor’s most cathartic release to have created is her most cathartic to listen to; a spell-binding, toxic, chaotic illustration of what floating adrift and losing yourself looks like
Clash
Nia Archives
Silence Is Loud
Exuding femme energy – she’s frequently DJ’d to women-only spaces – she taps into an often neglected aspect of jungle history, while writing a few chapters of her own. An early Mercury tip? Don’t bet against it
Clash
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