Album Reviews8.1/10
Ivy Tripp Review: Waxahatchee Finds Her Way Home
A record of feeling lost in one's own life, wherein pop songs sound effortless though they are not.
CLAY TRIBUNE / THE ARCHIVE
Category: Album Reviews
Records we have scored.
Album Reviews7.9/10
Waxahatchee’s Cerulean Salt Trades Bedroom Rawness for Full Band Without Losing Its Edge
A songwriter trades hollow bedroom rawness for full band arrangements, keeping memory's pain intimate and honest.
Album Reviews8.1/10
Amyl and the Sniffers Trade Cleverness for Force on Their Debut
A debut album of force and fury, a record that dares to be direct rather than clever.
Album Reviews8.3/10
MJ Lenderman Finds Sparkle in the Cracks of Everyday Life on ‘Boat Songs’
A gentle, unhurried record about noticing the strange in the familiar, told with deadpan wit.
MJ Lenderman’s ‘Him’: Nine Tracks, 36 Minutes, and Grief That Never Rushes
A record of quiet grief and memory, nine tracks that trust restraint above excess.
Album Reviews6.9/10
The Cure’s 4:13 Dream Sounds Like a Live Band Again, and Mostly Earns It
A record of a band's return to its old form, loud and direct, weighed by its own ambition.
Album Reviews8/10
How The Cure’s Faith Turned Their Sound Into A Moody, Unsettling Masterpiece
A look back at The Cure's 1981 album Faith, a dark turn toward atmosphere and melody over post-punk energy.
Album Reviews7/10
Cure Play Their Classics as Written on A Night Like This 2005 & 2008
A live double-album of The Cure's most beloved tracks, performed with ritualistic precision across eighteen tracks.
Album Reviews8/10
The Cure’s Seventeen Seconds Is a Dark, Romantic Map of Where They Belong
A look back at The Cure's Seventeen Seconds, a confident gothic statement that established the band's dark, romantic sound.
The Cure’s Pornography at 44: How the Album Turned Despair Into a Template for Indie Rock
A solemn record of dread and despair, wherein The Cure forego the light and dwell amid shadows and sorrow.