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Dutch Interior  Moneyball

While their two previous albums—2021’s Kindergarten and 2023’s Blinded By Fame—were low-stakes and lo-fi affairs, Moneyball is more intentional Paste Magazine

Dutch Interior  Moneyball

Moneyball is an intriguing listen, a beautifully crafted collection that just barely slips through the fingers Northern Transmissions

Dutch Interior  Moneyball

They are certainly one to look out for throughout the remainder of 2025 and beyond. In some ways it is hard to believe this is an album with accomplished musicianship and lyricism that many established bands would struggle to achieve Clash

Dutch Interior  Moneyball

It’s easy to understand that the essence of Dutch Interior comes from the delicious balance between stability and exploration: euphoria in the unknown Far Out

Dutch Interior  Moneyball

Recorded by the band in their self-made studio in Long Beach and mixed by Phil Ek (Fleet Foxes, Modest Mouse), Moneyball sounds both auspicious and like the 11th album from an unearthed Stephen Malkmus project at the same time, and it's hard to imagine they won't have more music on the way All Music

Japanese Breakfast  For Melancholy Brunettes (and Sad Women)

Michelle Zauner’s lovely, pensive, capital-R Romantic fourth album takes a step back from autobiography to examine the performances and peril of fame itself Pitchfork

The Horrors  Night Life

An impressive, smudgy production fogs every song, offering an echoing sense of ruination The Arts Desk

YHWH Nailgun  45 Pounds

This album is a visceral blend of styles that reaches towards an absolute essence Northern Transmissions

Japanese Breakfast  For Melancholy Brunettes (and Sad Women)

You don’t so much listen to Michelle Zauner's band's new album as immerse yourself in it, letting it bathe you in its brilliance Paste Magazine

YHWH Nailgun  45 Pounds

The New York band’s first offering is a grotesque, eccentric reverie of feels-bad-man doom music. The songs are uncomfortable, foolish and, above all, brassy Paste Magazine

YHWH Nailgun  45 Pounds

YHWH Nailgun’s fearlessness in marrying up contrasting tonal ideas, frequently within the space of a single track, is key to what gives ‘45 Pounds’ its power Clash

YHWH Nailgun  45 Pounds

YHWH Nailgun has crafted a confident exercise in experimental electronica guided with laser focus yet never stifled by expectations, never a doubt that the band know exactly the factory depths they’re plumbing even if we don’t Far Out

YHWH Nailgun  45 Pounds

Scene-stealing fills from drummer Sam Pickard send you toppling through the foursome’s thrilling, fresh debut The Guardian

Japanese Breakfast  For Melancholy Brunettes (and Sad Women)

If her first three records form a sort of triptych, For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) forges a new path ahead under the gauze of a dawning sun, resulting in one of her strongest collections of songs yet, a finely-hewn and blushing jewel Beats Per Minute

Japanese Breakfast  For Melancholy Brunettes (and Sad Women)

It’s a brilliant record that perfectly captures these emotions and embellishes them with gorgeously crafted melodies Far Out