The trio’s first album in five years marks a gloriously messy return to form, dredging up the scuzz of the group’s early work and privileging melody over showiness.

Working with producer Andrew Wyatt, the band turns in a strong and suitably dour album that nonetheless carries the frustrating tinge of more interesting possibilities.

The My Morning Jacket frontman sounds graceful and unburdened on his latest solo album. It’s his strongest work in a decade.

Six years after their first collaborative EP, the Miami rapper and the producer formerly known as Kenny Beats team up again, but both the rapping and the beats mostly feel stuck on autopilot.