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Juanita Stein  The Weightless Hour

It is a perfect album to listen to during this time of the year as it will warm your soul and remind you of the beauty of simple and effective songwriting Northern Transmissions

Juanita Stein  The Weightless Hour

Juanita Stein’s vocals are clean, with comprehensible lyrics accompanied with serene humming and the addition of inhales of breath that make it seem like she is performing an exclusive concert in the living room of the listener A.V. Club

Juanita Stein  The Weightless Hour

Campbell'n'Lanegan-ish duet Driving Nowhere (with Pat Dam Smyth) could use more tension, but the guitar spiked likes of Daily Rituals and Ceremony sow determination and fortitude. Print edition only Record Collector

Juanita Stein  The Weightless Hour

There’s determined strumming amid “Daily Ritual”’s Americana and “Mother Natures Scorn”’s a muscular if unplugged Mazzy Star, but the title track’s almost as ethereal as its title, while “Delilah”’s waltzing, sepia psych exploits John Barry’s Midnight Cowboy theme. Print edition only Uncut

Juanita Stein  The Weightless Hour

Stein steers these heavy songs with an admirably light touch. Print edition only Mojo

Juanita Stein  The Weightless Hour

With a sense of hope and rebirth, her fourth album also has all the elements that made Howling Bells such a satisfying listen musicOMH

Juanita Stein  The Weightless Hour

While Stein’s arrangements are frequently simple, they are never sparse. Despite the minimalist approach to the songs, the production still sounds full, allowing distant echoing sounds to emphasise what’s there rather than imply what’s missing The Quietus

Michael Kiwanuka  Small Changes

Listening to this album feels like falling into the comfort of your bed after a long night of good food, carefree dancing and indulgence in a few too many vices. It envelops you in its velvety arms and comforts you with its charms Albumism

Father John Misty  Mahashmashana

Father John Misty has come as close to perfecting his artistry as anyone can. Mahashmashana is a masterpiece of exceptional songwriting and performance PopMatters

Mount Eerie  Night Palace

Mount Eerie’s new LP takes listeners on a slow journey through somber moods and reflective soundscapes, rich with poetry and imaginative storytelling PopMatters

070 Shake  Petrichor

The New Jersey multihyphenate looks to level up with a boldly experimental album marked by arena-rock grandiosity and sudden switch-ups Pitchfork

Michael Kiwanuka  Small Changes

The UK singer-songwriter’s first album in five years is mellower and more assured than his Mercury-winning 2019 LP; he sounds like a man floating above the world rather than struggling through it Pitchfork

Father John Misty  Mahashmashana

Josh Tillman ties together the misery, wit and showmanship of his previous albums on a set laced with strings and swagger The Observer

Kendrick Lamar  GNX

Fresh from his feud with Drake, the US hip-hop star’s latest album finds him on imperious form The Observer

Kendrick Lamar  GNX

Kendrick's most speaker-knocking set to date All Music