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Car Seat Headrest  The Scholars

After their divisive 2020 LP Making a Door Less Open, the Seattle band returns with their best new album in almost a decade Paste Magazine

Tennis  Face Down In The Garden

The indie-pop duo caps its career with a sumptuously produced, exceedingly pleasant album that coasts on vibe Pitchfork

Tennis  Face Down In The Garden

If Tennis meant for Face Down in the Garden to be some unifying end statement about their time as a band, it’s hard to hear it—their last album shuffles out in the same fashion that their first wandered in Spectrum Culture

Tennis  Face Down In The Garden

The indie-pop duo caps its career with a sumptuously produced, exceedingly pleasant album that coasts on vibe Far Out

Tennis  Face Down In The Garden

The niche but beloved indie-rock couple/duo close out their 15-year career with a melancholic, introspective album, finding peace in finality following a fraught professional period for the two Paste Magazine

Tennis  Face Down In The Garden

Face Down in the Garden distills everything they’ve learned into a final, subdued statement. This isn’t a grandiose exit. Just one last exhale. A subtle nod. Then silence Northern Transmissions

Tennis  Face Down In The Garden

Tennis have always sought to establish a vibe with their music, something both painfully intimate and dreamily nostalgic. On Face Down in the Garden, they have reached peak vibe and if it is their last album as they have said, they exit at the top of their very specific, very Tennis game All Music

Car Seat Headrest  The Scholars

The album is a critical reminder that rock ‘n’ roll can and often should be an audacious thing Slant Magazine

Car Seat Headrest  The Scholars

There is no obvious story-line, but more of a tortuous and poetically-inspired journey The Arts Desk

Model/Actriz  Pirouette

If Model/Actriz's stunning debut Dogsbody reveled in starkness and noise, Pirouette pivots in a different direction towards clarity and groove Spectrum Culture

Samia  Bloodless

There’s something absurdly listenable about the whole package Sputnik Music (staff)

Viagra Boys  viagr aboys

The chaos may still reign, but the structure behind it has never been clearer Sputnik Music (staff)

Model/Actriz  Pirouette

Ultimately, Pirouette doesn’t seek approval by how it bares itself; it demands surrender. It dares you to experience desire, disgust, shame, and joy—all twirling together in a dizzying blur of lace and lights Northern Transmissions

Car Seat Headrest  The Scholars

wNot every moment hits, and some narrative threads drift off without resolution. But The Scholars is a strong swing at a genre that often collapses under its own weight Northern Transmissions

Car Seat Headrest  The Scholars

A cinematic exploration of maximalism that will appeal to any fan of rock operas Spill Magazine