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LeoStayTrill – ‘Home Alone’ review: a moody and measured blend of UK drill and Afrobeat influences
The UK rapper's debut EP exhibits a powerful grasp of rhythm and texture, and varied vocal deliveries that show he's studied his craft LeoStayTrill knows that many artists who blow up on social media can’t translate that success into building cohesive, well-thought-out projects. Over the past…
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Jin – ‘Echo’ review: BTS star plays to his emotional strengths
On the singer’s second solo album, he builds on the sounds of 2024’s ‘Happy’, leaning into his pop-rock pocket with varied results In another world, instead of being a member of BTS, Jin would front a pop-rock band, cushioning his vocals with guitar chugs and pounding drums. It’s the sound he’s…
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Damiano David (Måneskin) – ‘Funny Little Fears’ album review
Free from any of the rock’n’roll tropes that found him fame – and nearly ruined him – the frontman faces his fears on this melodramatically confident debut It seems weird that Måneskin frontman Damiano David’s debut solo album would land on Eurovision weekend, given that the past Italian victors have…
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Kali Uchis – ‘Sincerely,’ review: celebrating love’s healing power
The Colombian-American star’s first all-English album builds its own dreamy sanctuary full of deep affection and safe from the chaos of the wider world “I’ve always been a hopeless romantic,” Kali Uchis sings on ‘Sunshine & Rain’, this album’s sumptuous…
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Sailorr – ‘From Florida’s Finest’ review: a pop-ified debut that overshares with style
Jacksonville’s rising star proves she’s more than viral gold with a playful, heartfelt and sharply written debut Sailorr loves love. Whether she’s a certified horndog spilling her filthiest fantasies, mourning past relationships (before promptly roasting useless men into oblivion) or riding high on…
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Sleep Token – ‘Even In Arcadia’ review: another jaw-dropping ascent towards immortality
Spearheaded by the piano and some of Vessel’s most human lyrics to date, the metallers’ fourth album seals their status as the overlords of their scene and generation The type of overnight success that Sleep Token’s 2023 album ‘Take Me Back To Eden’ set in motion simply doesn’t happen to rock and…
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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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