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Taylor Swift  The Tortured Poets Department

Swift’s prolific nature is a double-edged sword; her unfiltered creativity is a boon for die-hard fans but could be overwhelming for casual listeners. Nevertheless, what remains indisputable is the closure this volume brings to a tumultuous chapter in Swift’s life Dork

Taylor Swift  The Tortured Poets Department

Thorny on arrival but ultimately insightful, TTPD is a mature, messy, and grippingly honest look into Swift’s tortured psyche Northern Transmissions

Cloud Nothings  Final Summer

Baldi has clearly carved out his own corner of plainspoken wisdom; on Final Summer, unfortunately, the songs don’t quite do his insights justice Under The Radar

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