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Perfume Genius  Glory

Consummate chronicler of 21st-century sensuality Mike Hadreas returns to his indie roots on a convivial seventh album stalked by death and desire The Observer

Lucy Dacus  Forever Is A Feeling

Forever Is a Feeling closes, significantly, with "Lost Time," a song whose sparse-bulky-sparse structure emphasizes her regret at not saying those three little words sooner. In the end, she manages to subtly dramatize her music without betraying the quiet honesty she's already known and beloved for All Music

Deafheaven  Lonely People With Power

The San Francisco band return to their black metal sound with guttural shrieks and blistering riffs The FT

Mumford & Sons  Rushmere

A return to their inglorious past for the British folk rockers comes served with an extra helping of self-indulgence The Guardian

Destroyer  Dan's Boogie

Frightening fates await the protagonists of Dan Bejar’s 14th album, but the mercurial Canadian’s perspective and lavish instrumentation are a reminder of beauty’s potential The Guardian

Lucy Dacus  Forever Is A Feeling

The Virginia songwriter gets lost in understatement on a loved-up album about her relationship with bandmate Julien Baker, shrouding sharp lyrics in shy melodies The Guardian

Perfume Genius  Glory

With nothing left to prove, he’s redoubled his efforts, and added another Everest to his catalogue Clash

Deafheaven  Lonely People With Power

A cacophonous exhibition of everything that makes Deafheaven so special, ‘Lonely People With Power’ stands resolutely alongside ‘Sunbather’, ‘New Bermuda’, and ‘Ordinary Corrupt Human Love’ as testament to the brilliance of a band that is quickly amassing an unrivalled discography of masterpieces Clash

Lucy Dacus  Forever Is A Feeling

On her new solo album, the songwriter and Boygenius alum makes an impassioned, all-in gamble on love. So why does the music feel hamstrung by caution and daintiness? Pitchfork

Deafheaven  Lonely People With Power

Following a divisively tuneful 2021 album, the California post-metal band returns to its signature sound on its sixth album. But these heavy, soaring songs also hint at unexplored terrain Pitchfork

Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco  I Said I Love You First

Selena Gomez’s fourth album zooms out on her celebrity presence, zooms in on her personal life, and hints at happiness and conflict PopMatters

Playboi Carti  Music

The Atlanta rapper's third album is a sprawling mess with a few too many unnecessary and forgettable features, but buried somewhere in its capacious 77-minute runtime there's a fantastic album trying desperately to claw its way out The Quietus

Deafheaven  Lonely People With Power

The endlessly inventive metal band mixes painterly lyrics, raw aggression, and earworm melodies on their best album yet Rolling Stone

Lucy Dacus  Forever Is A Feeling

Forever Is a Feeling is an album about endings, some happy, some bittersweet, some devastating. Nonetheless, everything ends, even art and even music Under The Radar

Perfume Genius  Glory

In any given song you might easily hear Neil Young, Philip Glass and Cyndi Lauper The Arts Desk