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Animal Collective  Tangerine Reef

As unlistenable as it is boring, which is almost kind of an achievement NME

Animal Collective  Tangerine Reef

Overall the album has the feel of a commissioned piece that the band's hearts were only ever half into The Music

Animal Collective  Tangerine Reef

For fans of Animal Collective's trippier inclinations, Tangerine Reef is a pleasant bit of oceanic escapism. For new listeners or anyone looking for the next "My Girls," this is decidedly inessential Exclaim

Animal Collective  Tangerine Reef

Unlike Animal Collective’s more pop-oriented albums, which carry within them a strong, if occasionally flippant, utopian grain, Tangerine Reef feels saddled with existential weight, preemptively mourning a future vacant of the living color Coral Morphologic capture in stunning high-definition video Pitchfork

Animal Collective  Tangerine Reef

Tangerine Reef is as experimental as they come for Animal Collective – epitomising the idea that music in this day and age is able to shift and evolve as much as the creators please Drowned In Sound

Mitski  Be The Cowboy

Whether she’s singing about herself or creating stand-ins that feel just like real people, Be the Cowboy shows why she is fast making herself into one of the most interesting songwriters of her generation Paste Magazine

Mitski  Be The Cowboy

Mitski's voice remains as hauntingly evocative as ever Exclaim

Mitski  Be The Cowboy

Best pop album of the year Earbuddy

Death Cab For Cutie  Thank You for Today

A solid standalone album that boasts a few strong, standout tracks, but in comparison to the magic of their early-mid-'00s releases, it comes across a little lacklustre The Music

Tirzah  Devotion

She cordons off her own corner of modern Rn’B with a statement destined to become a genre staple The 405

Foxing  Nearer My God

An actual, honest-to-God classic Spectrum Culture

Helena Hauff  Qualm

One of 2018’s most bombastic and memorable dance music releases Spectrum Culture

Mitski  Be The Cowboy

Mitski’s most interesting album God Is In The TV

Death Cab For Cutie  Thank You for Today

Lofty goals and modest results Consequence Of Sound

Mitski  Be The Cowboy

There's an outlaw spirit to this record: when shit happens you just gotta get back on the saddle The Line Of Best Fit