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Friko  Something Worth Waiting For

The fuller sound also demonstrates another attempt to push the band in another direction, and the production of John Congleton has introduced more lavish arrangements that weren’t explored to the same extent in their previous work, but at times, this can also turn itself into one too many coats of polish for a band that was always best when unrestrained Far Out

Friko  Something Worth Waiting For

It’s the moments of calm and quiet that work best on Friko’s Something Worth Waiting For, which is front-loaded with loud and crowded songs PopMatters

Friko  Something Worth Waiting For

It's not as immediately brilliant as its predecessor, but still possessing some fine moments. Print edition only Record Collector

Friko  Something Worth Waiting For

Friko's second is sonically ambitious but just as immediate. Print edition only Uncut

Friko  Something Worth Waiting For

For its second record, the Chicago band adds sprawling arrangements to its homespun sound, reaching for the theatrical maximalism of its millennial indie-rock forebears Pitchfork

Friko  Something Worth Waiting For

Friko play with more lift and propulsion, creating songs that sprint and bloom with a confidence their debut, 2024's Where we've been, Where we go from here, only hinted at Exclaim

Friko  Something Worth Waiting For

A record that leaves the kind of impression more associated with acts with far lengthier histories DIY

Foo Fighters  Your Favorite Toy

The long-running rock band's 12th album is some of the most powerful music they’ve made Rolling Stone

Foo Fighters  Your Favorite Toy

The Foo Fighters return in defiant fashion with an album that refuses to let up from start to finish Clash

Foo Fighters  Your Favorite Toy

If "back-to-basics" sounds like your ideal Foo Fighters mode, then Your Favorite Toy is one of their best to date All Music

Foo Fighters  Your Favorite Toy

Foo Fighters like this feel fresh, energised and essential Kerrang!

Foo Fighters  Your Favorite Toy

Grohl can still subvert his own formula: opener Caught In The Echo brilliantly synthesises Ian MacKaye with Paul McCartney, and the needling pulse of Window is superior Josh Homme-age. The wired Child Actor, meanwhile, reveals a conflicted man behind the persona. Print edition only Mojo

Holly Humberstone  Cruel World

On Cruel World, Humberstone doesn’t doubt herself. Instead she gives herself a platform from which to affirm her decisions, not only for her own comfort, but also as guidance to fans struggling with the same trials and tribulations Hot Press

Nine Inch Nails & Boys Noize   Nine Inch Noize

While marked with a Halo index and ostensibly standing as a significant core album, Nine Inch Noize offers nothing that the former Reznor conjurings it’s rebirthing didn’t perfect all those years ago Far Out

They Might Be Giants  The World Is to Dig

The first TMBG first album still ranks among the best of their 20+ studio albums to date, but this latest one is up there somewhere too Beats Per Minute