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Public Service Broadcasting  The Last Flight

The album closes with the absolutely haunting “Howland,” named for the island where Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, were supposed to stop to refuel. Clocking in at eight and a half minutes and ending with actual field recordings of the island itself, it’s a worthy and mournful ending to a tragic story Under The Radar

Kendrick Lamar  GNX

Burning down the industry with a reinvigorated competitive spirit Consequence Of Sound

Kim Deal  Nobody Loves You More

Sounds both like it could have been a long-lost session from 1996 and, somehow, perfectly of the moment Consequence Of Sound

The Cure  Songs Of A Lost World

For everyone who needs a good wallow Consequence Of Sound

Tyler, The Creator  Chromakopia

If IGOR was Tyler’s high-concept experiment and CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST was the more accessible reintroduction of Tyler, the Man, CHROMAKOPIA falls somewhere in the middle Consequence Of Sound

Lady Gaga  Harlequin

Using covers and originals to sketch a three-act story Consequence Of Sound

Saint Etienne  The Night

Say hello to the insomniac street preachers The Irish Times

Christopher Owens  I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair

Owens has always been a songwriter devoid of irony, and here the sincerity remains. However, the crushing weight of that is always levied by the floatiness of strings or the choral contributions Far Out

Saint Etienne  The Night

Will it ever be one of my favourite Saint Etienne records? Probably not. But it’s undoubtedly quite a cinematic LP, and never anything less than listenable God Is In The TV

FLO  Access All Areas

FLO’s long-heralded debut record entertains while writing a single song 16 ways The Skinny

Father John Misty  Mahashmashana

Mahasmashana is a triumph and return to form for Tillman, who navigates themes of impermanence, rebirth, duality of mind and body, and the passage of time, without cynicism but much needed grace—for a world that his child will inherit Under The Radar

Chat Pile  Cool World

Retaining the band’s dark edge, it’s a vital, sweeping achievement from start to finish Under The Radar

Kelly Lee Owens  Dreamstate

It captures dance music’s sheer kinetic high, but also the emotive undercurrents that make it so affecting. The album is a tribute to bringing dreams to life, pushing the listener to share in their heightened rush and imagine better times ahead Under The Radar

Snoop Dogg  Missionary

While the music is big and hulking, the smaller details seem to have been glossed over Slant Magazine

Saint Etienne  The Night

On the beloved indie-pop trio’s 11th album, world-weary acceptance and the unending march of time take shape as cloudy ambient tones and creepy nocturnal resonance Pitchfork