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Harry Styles  Harry's House

Harry Styles’ melodious third solo album sometimes lacks substance, but style always abounds Pitchfork

Lykke Li  Eyeye

While this album’s relentlessly downbeat nature may put some people off, the Swede’s restless nature and willingness to experiment is to be admired musicOMH

Harry Styles  Harry's House

A body of work that will bring more comfort to longtime fans of his like a big fat hug around the middle, it’s packed with enough pop chops to rattle stadium floors, and dominate the kitchen radios of the casual listener for a while to come yet Clash

SOAK  If I Never Know You Like This Again

While frequently poignant, If I Never Know You Like This Again feels like a post-catharsis moment of hanging out, talking into the late hours, and making music with friends All Music

Lykke Li  Eyeye

Brilliant pop stripped back to the bare bones The Irish Times

Kendrick Lamar  Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers

Beyond petty bellyaching about bloat from a great, be forewarned that this is Lamar’s prickliest album to date Albumism

Ethel Cain  Preacher’s Daughter

With more questions raised than answered, Cain’s unusually ambitious and fully-realised debut somehow leaves listeners craving more in spite of its wonderful, exhausting, 75 minute runtime Beats Per Minute

Kevin Morby  This Is A Photograph

Locale’s always played a pivotal role in Morby’s material, and his time spent in Memphis directly comes into play for This is a Photograph. Holed up in the Peabody Hotel, Morby soaked in the essence of his influencers, then streamlined them into his own consciousness Beats Per Minute

Harry Styles  Harry's House

Harry has delivered the soundtrack for a summer of love, but could it have fizzled out by winter? Gigwise

Porridge Radio  Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky

On the Brighton four-piece’s excellent new record, they expand their massive sound in new and surprising ways Paste Magazine

Kendrick Lamar  Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers rejects conformity and leaves its flaws in on purpose, featuring some of Kendrick’s best and worst songs of his career Paste Magazine

Harry Styles  Harry's House

Harry’s House is a summertime fling that, thankfully, seems like it will stick around for quite a while American Songwriter

Everything Everything  Raw Data Feel

The band want to “revolutionise modern pop music” with a robot writing their lyrics – but the glistening instrumentation proves the focus here NME

Harry Styles  Harry's House

The former One Directioner has described this record as his “biggest and the most fun, but by far the most intimate”. It's also his best yet NME

Porridge Radio  Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky

WDBLTTS is a natural next step on the road to nowhere Exclaim