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Pillow Queens
Name Your Sorrow
Pillow Queens are still pining after lost loves, but heavy, howling instrumentals and post-production effects make Name Your Sorrow their most emphatic plea so far
The Skinny
Pillow Queens
Name Your Sorrow
This has ‘album of the year’ stamped all over it, with every track packing a punch
The Irish Times
Pillow Queens
Name Your Sorrow
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XS Noize
Pillow Queens
Name Your Sorrow
Stands as a commendable effort, boasting a handful of standout tracks
Northern Transmissions
Claire Rousay
Sentiment
An album to be played and replayed, and will I think be some people’s favorite record of the year
Northern Transmissions
Mark Knopfler
One Deep River
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Record Collector
Khruangbin
A LA SALA
Like its simple, evocative cover painting of puffy white clouds drifting by a window, Khruangbin’s music hangs and hovers, creating an ethereal ambiance beckoning the listener to explore more of their addictive, atmospheric sound
American Songwriter
Melvins
Tarantula Heart
What Tarantula Heart represents for Melvins, at the end of everything, is a fresh start, a new look
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Pearl Jam
Dark Matter
Dark Matter ended up as the most interesting and energized record since Backspacer
Sputnik Music (staff)
Girl In Red
I'M Doing It Again Baby!
Marie Ulven Ringheim explores different feelings and moments as if they're still happening, but it doesn't feel like she's ready to spread her wings, sonically speaking
Spectrum Culture
Claire Rousay
Sentiment
On sentiment, ambient composer Claire Rousay reveals herself to be a writer of affecting confessional songs, but it’s her skill as a sound artist that makes it a rewarding album rather than a painfully raw listening experience
Spectrum Culture
English Teacher
This Could Be Texas
The latest British post-punk phenoms turn in a staggeringly accomplished and ambitious debut
Spectrum Culture
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