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Pitchfork

BTS: ARIRANG
There’s a lot riding on the sensational K-pop group’s first album in four years, but its generic songs ring hollow and lack the vim and vigor of the band’s best work.
I Guess U Had to Be There
The adventurous rapper and producer take a more refined approach on a collaborative album full of wandering thoughts and odd, understated beats.
Runoff
The Brooklyn singer-songwriter considers new beginnings and emotional overload on an album of clean-lined folk rock crosscut with carefully chosen field recordings.
Assumption
Musician Dan Shaw and his bandmates continue to refine their jittery post-punk on the group’s fifth album, adding welcome spaciousness to their studied precision.

The Needledrop

James Blake - Trying Times
James Blake continues dropping consistent and beautiful projects even in these trying times.
slayr - Half Blood (BloodLuxe)
The added material to Half Blood is even better than the original.
Kim Gordon - PLAY ME
PLAY ME mostly sounds like leftovers or afterthoughts from Kim's previous and great album The Collective.
Jack Harlow - Monica
Jack Harlow gives us a nothingburger.