Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit the ultra slick, deliciously clever record where the UK band deconstructed pop music only to build it back up even better.
Exploring one of their least renowned periods—and featuring the first official release of the lost album Adult/Child—a new box set finds the Beach Boys at their best, worst, and most human.
Justin Tripp finds a balance between no-frills punk and acid-blotted experiments on a heavy, weary, pissed-off new album.
femtanyl make computer music that wants to mosh. The bitcrushed hardcore rave tracks on the duo’s debut LP are sometimes thrilling and sometimes too much.