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You Made Me / Skin on Linen
At once grueling, wounding, healing, intelligent, and poetic, you made me / skin on linen should also—it goes without saying—be played very, very fucking loudly
Under The Radar
U2
Carnaval de Luz
The rock legends return with a tightly focused album that stands as a counterargument to pop-culture doomsaying
Rolling Stone
U2
Carnaval de Luz
With a sense of appreciation for their own longevity, U2 return with their first new album in nearly a decade to ask: What if rock’n’roll is the friends we made along the way?
Pitchfork
Kings Of Leon
O My Beloved
The band’s 10th album is a shocking and largely impressive reinvention that’s also the loosest they’ve sounded in decades
Pitchfork
Eels
Cookie Happened
A welcome return to form
No Ripcord
Eels
Cookie Happened
The latest thoughtfully erudite missive from Mark Everett and co comes with a title inspired by a quote from, of all entities, Cookie Monster
musicOMH
Eels
Cookie Happened
String-laden sadness from downbeat poet
Hot Press
Eels
Cookie Happened
Cookie Happened doesn’t reinvent the Eels sound, but it doesn’t need to. What has developed is Everett’s storytelling. Across these songs, he moves through despair, acceptance, perseverance, kindness and loss of control without making the record feel relentlessly heavy
XS Noize
Eels
Cookie Happened
Mark Oliver Everett remains on the ropes, yet audibly in thrall to life's wonder. Print edition only
Mojo
Eels
Cookie Happened
An album as light and easy as its sentiments are droll and knotted. Print edition only
Uncut
Eels
Cookie Happened
Cookie Happened is warm and fuzzy by the standards of Eels, and that's part of why it works so well – this is music from a guy who means what he's saying, and he's saying things we all need to hear every once in a while. Talk about surprises
All Music
La Roux
Old Flames
Sophisticated pop songwriting that channels powerful emotions
Clash
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