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PinkPantheress – ‘Fancy That’ review: gearing up for her boldest chapter yet
				The once-elusive bedroom producer returns with hyperactive beats, messy romance and zero fear         PinkPantheress is ready to own the spotlight. Once an elusive bedroom producer, she blew up on TikTok with delicate, diary-like tracks like ‘Break It Off’ and ‘Just for Me’ in 2021. The success of her 2023…			
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				Blondshell – ‘If You Asked For A Picture’ album review
				Sabrina Teitelbaum grapples with the experiences and relationships from her past that inform her present on a nuanced, murky second album         “You can’t quarantine the past,” Pavement wisely sang on ‘Gold Soundz’, a lyric that may as well be a mission statement for Blondshell’s second album, ‘If You Asked…			
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				Wretch 32 – ‘Home?’ review: delicious “soul food” for the displaced
				Caught between Blackness and Britishness, the Tottenham rapper seeks to define where home really is on his most philosophical release yet         For over two decades, Tottenham’s revered wordsmith Wretch 32 has evolved before our eyes, from a raw talent to a cornerstone of UK rap, taking up space…			
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				Coco Jones – ‘Why Not More?’ review
				This former NME Cover star's debut album is deeper, richer and more wide-ranging than anything we’ve ever seen from her         Coco Jones’ debut album ‘Why Not More?’ has been a hard-fought battle over a decade in the making. Following several false starts in the 2010s as she tried to transition from Disney…			
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				Samia – ‘Bloodless’ review: a sublime songwriter sets a new bar
				An album with this much going on could easily collapse under its own weight, but the Minneapolis-based artist thrives in the middle of lofty topics and idea-stuffed songs         Since the release of her debut album ‘The Baby’ in 2020, Samia has become known as a songwriter with a knack for the diaristic and…			
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				Ghost – ‘Skeletá’ review: Tobias Forge strips back the spectacle
				With their sixth studio outing and the introduction of Papa V, the masked metallers broaden their musical scope and explore a tapestry of human emotion         Much has changed since Ghost first made their way onto the metal scene in 2010. They have gone from humble beginnings — catching the eye of record…			
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				Superheaven – ‘Superheaven’ review: a spark of a new life
				The cult grunge-gaze band widen their scope and trade fire for maturity on their first new album in 10 years         Superheaven haven’t made music in 10 years, but they’ve been gaining prestige faster in recent years than they ever did when they were together. Out of nowhere, in 2023, they hit it big on…			
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				Julien Baker & Torres – ‘Send A Prayer My Way’ review
				The two songwriters’ collaboration album is a refreshing exploration of new territory for them, even if it doesn’t always connect         Boygenius member and solo artist Julien Baker and singer-songwriter Torres, real name Mackenzie Scott, have been creatively compared with each other for years. Both grew up…			
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