Still House Plants
If I don't make it, I love u
Powered by Jessica Hickie-Kallenbach’s astonishing singing, the British trio explore Dilla-time funkiness and math-rock detail
The Guardian
Still House Plants
If I don't make it, I love u
If I don't make it, I love u is magnificent, the peak of their recorded output to date, the sound of a band solidifying and pushing forward into something genuinely their own. A truly brilliant piece of work
The Skinny
Still House Plants
If I don't make it, I love u
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Pitchfork
Claire Rousay
Sentiment
Channeling her field recordings and sound collages into richly melodic slowcore overlaid with Auto-Tune, the Texas musician opens up a new expressive frontier in her work
Pitchfork
Pearl Jam
Dark Matter
Retreating from the experimentation of Gigaton, Pearl Jam delivers a comforting blend of agitated fist-pumpers, roiling ballads, and yearning mid-tempo anthems
Pitchfork
Taylor Swift
The Tortured Poets Department
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Pitchfork
Lucy Rose
This Ain't The Way You Go Out
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musicOMH
Taylor Swift
The Tortured Poets Department
The star of her generation’s 11th album has much to enjoy, yet she could benefit from some new lenses through which to view the world
musicOMH
A Certain Ratio
It All Comes Down To This
Delicate tension, bass-driven grooves and danceable beats all feature on the thirteenth album from Manchester post-punk survivors
musicOMH
Pearl Jam
Dark Matter
There’s a reason why one of the few survivors of the grunge scene have been so enduring – they are extraordinarily good at what they do
musicOMH
Taylor Swift
The Tortured Poets Department
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Paste Magazine
Pearl Jam
Dark Matter
The Seattle band’s 12th album is pensive, anthemic and emblematic of the storied 30-year chemistry shared between Eddie Vedder and Stone Gossard
Paste Magazine