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Beirut
A Study Of Losses
Beirut’s lengthy, meandering album involves a conceptual project by a Swedish circus, a German novel and an inventory of vanished things
Spectrum Culture
Mumford & Sons
Rushmere
RUSHMERE is enough to get fans in seats and have them eager to hear what’s next. For anyone else, Mumford & Sons’ fifth album is an easy skip
Spectrum Culture
Tunde Adebimpe
Thee Black Boltz
The TV On The Radio frontman’s highly accomplished, elegantly performed, wonderfully sung debut solo album is the work of a master craftsman
musicOMH
Julien Baker & Torres
Send A Prayer My Way
The Boygenius star and singer-songwriter Torres find the perfect vehicle for their pained and defiant storytelling
The Observer
Tunde Adebimpe
Thee Black Boltz
The TV on the Radio frontman’s sharp pop instincts kick in on a multifaceted synth-punk-funk set born out of deep personal loss
The Observer
Tunde Adebimpe
Thee Black Boltz
Given Adebimpe's legacy with TV on the Radio and his lengthy break from music, expectations for his debut album were high, but Thee Black Boltz' passionate, imaginative songs more than meet them
All Music
Julien Baker & Torres
Send A Prayer My Way
As they reclaim the sounds of their roots on Send a Prayer My Way, Baker and Torres bring out the best in each others' music
All Music
Beirut
A Study Of Losses
A Study Of Losses is ultimately a pleasant (if sometimes monotonous) release. Print edition only
Record Collector
Beirut
A Study Of Losses
A further example of his fluency in the ancient, internationally shared languages of wonder and imagining. Print edition only
Uncut
Beirut
A Study Of Losses
What might be his [Zac Condon's] most beautiful record to date, particularly the instrumental numbers. Print edition only
Mojo
Beirut
A Study Of Losses
For Zach Condon to write music for a troupe of acrobats might seem a little too on the nose, given his roots. But the results are the most effortless and surprising Beirut album in ages
Pitchfork
Beirut
A Study Of Losses
As a whole, only one of the 18 tracks here crosses the four-minute mark, so A Study of Losses' hour-long playing time seems to go by quickly, and its unceasing sweetness and longing linger after Condon is "Left to be/A sea of tranquility" ("Mare Tranquillitatis") to close a lovely theater project
All Music
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