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Sunflower Bean
Mortal Primetime
This is Sunflower Bean at their most focused and fearless, crafting songs that demand repeated listens to uncover their full depth
Dork
Sunflower Bean
Mortal Primetime
Mortal Primetime sees the rebirth of the New York trio; emerging from the shadows of winter to tilt their heads towards the brighter, more fruitful pastures of spring
The Line Of Best Fit
Sunflower Bean
Mortal Primetime
You can't pin them down, but there lies the joy. Print edition only
Mojo
Sunflower Bean
Mortal Primetime
This isn’t a reinvention, it’s a reckoning, shaped by time, distance, and perspective. For a band who once questioned their future, this feels like a return made entirely on their own terms
Under The Radar
Sunflower Bean
Mortal Primetime
A record that only years of experience and an unshakable bond could produce
DIY
Maria Somerville
Luster
Luster is an accomplished, affecting work that finds strength and clarity through introspection and forgiveness
All Music
Maria Somerville
Luster
The Irish artist’s folk-inflected sound is both unnerving and alluring on her luxuriant second album
The Guardian
Maria Somerville
Luster
On her 4AD debut, Maria Somerville redefines dreampop, goth, shoegaze and more, stitching colour into a tapestry of blacks, whites and greys
The Skinny
Maria Somerville
Luster
The Irish musician’s gossamer dream pop is both mythic and real, a wild and ancient landscape in which her own figure is just barely perceptible
Pitchfork
SUMAC & Moor Mother
The Film
SUMAC and Moor Mother have taken an unprecedented approach, reexamining Afrofuturism through a deliciously dissonant and catastrophic lens, resulting in one of the year’s most essential listens
Beats Per Minute
SUMAC & Moor Mother
The Film
The Film is at its most impactful when SUMAC and Moor Mother's most obvious musical building blocks are conjoined
Exclaim
SUMAC & Moor Mother
The Film
Where Moor Mother's usual free jazz band Irreversible Entanglements give warm instrumental life to poem which are ultimately hopeful for change, Sumac offer grinding feedback symphonies. Print edition only
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