Albums to watch

K Bay

Matthew E. White

K Bay

Third solo album and first for six years from the Virginian singer-songwriter and arranger-cum-studio owner

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Domino
UK Release date
10/09/2021
US Release date
10/09/2021
  1. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    Matthew E. White’s K Bay puts you on a sonic roller coaster ride of ups and downs and dangerous curves. It’s a series of constant thrills
    Read Review

  2. 8.0 |   Mojo

    It's almost too strenuous in its attempts to top its predecessors, 20212's Big Inner and 2015's Fresh Blood, but once inside White's all-enveloping world, there's no space to worry too much. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   Uncut

    K Bay probes the Richmond, VA-based artist's teeming psyche while advancing his anything-does record-making style. Print edition only

  4. 7.5 |   Pitchfork

    Filled with delightful moments of sound-craft, the third solo album from the Spacebomb auteur places him at the center of a vast musical cosmology
    Read Review

  5. 7.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    On the Spacebomb kingpin’s third solo album, Matthew E. White blends all of his influences together for a record that’s as fun to pick apart to figure out those influences as it is to simply exist in
    Read Review

  6. 7.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    At the core of the record is the revival of 1970s funk that has influenced so many artists in recent years, but White doesn’t rely entirely on this resurgence
    Read Review

  7. 6.0 |   American Songwriter

    There’s little not to like, and those that appreciate abject originality plied from a generally left-of-center persona ought to find K Bay a mostly pleasing proposition
    Read Review

  8. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    A frustratingly uneven comeback from an artist who sometimes lets his sheer wealth of ideas and throw the kitchen sink production style get the better of him
    Read Review


blog comments powered by Disqus

Watch it

Roll over video for more options

Hear it

Latest Reviews

More reviews