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100 Gecs
10,000 gecs
More streamlined for tours and crowd singalongs. In many ways, 10,000 Gecs is consummately the album 100 gecs were supposed to make, and far from the worst possible version of that album to boot
Sputnik Music (staff)
M83
Fantasy
An undeniable improvement over his mid-late 2010’s output, and hopefully the beginning of a long upward trajectory for the M83 brand
Sputnik Music (staff)
100 Gecs
10,000 gecs
The duo shed their hyperpop label and commit to the bit, no matter how stupid
Spectrum Culture
Yves Tumor
Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
On their latest record, Yves Tumor attempts to rewrite the history of the rock gods we idolise
The Skinny
Lana Del Rey
Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
Lana has grown stratospherically as an artist since she stopped giving a damn, but freedom isn’t all sunshine and roses. As this record proves, it can be complicated, nerve-racking, and more than a little messy too
The Line Of Best Fit
M83
Fantasy
On his ninth album, Anthony Gonzalez is still trying to recapture childhood’s pangs of wonderment. This time, his nostalgia leads him back to the youthful drama of his own Before the Dawn Heals Us
Pitchfork
Yves Tumor
Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
While such a varied smattering of ideas can work against its benefit on occasion — the instrumental Purified by the Fire being an example, which does recall their early output — Tumor hangs everything together with dark and inventive layers of pain that never relent
No Ripcord
100 Gecs
10,000 gecs
The US pop-punk duo go for the mainstream jugular with nagging melodies and killer hooks
The Observer
100 Gecs
10,000 gecs
Exhausting, memeable electro-rock songs that sound like Sonic the Hedgehog had an accident with a cement mixer
Evening Standard
Yves Tumor
Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
This artist has the skill and adventurousness to send their songs in any direction
Evening Standard
U2
Songs Of Surrender
The band revisit their back catalogue with varying degrees of success
The FT
M83
Fantasy
True to its name, Fantasy isn't for the skeptical; Gonzalez demands you dive in with him, and a lot of fans will be happy to take the plunge
All Music
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