Album Reviews8/10
The Life of Pablo Review: Kanye West’s 18-Track Argument With Himself Earns an 8
A restless, uneven album of prayer, boast, and grief that argues with itself and mostly wins.
CLAY TRIBUNE / THE ARCHIVE
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Album Reviews5.2/10
Justin Bieber’s ‘Swag’: Real Ambition, No Editing
Bieber's Swag: 21 tracks of hazy dreams, half-finished sketches, cracks left bare. Ambition true, order broken.
Album Reviews7/10
Addison Rae’s Debut ‘Addison’ Packs 12 Tracks Into 33 Minutes and Earns a 7/10
A brisk, thirty-three minute record moves a personality toward song rather than confession, through pace and mood alone.
Album Reviews7.6/10
Sabrina Carpenter Knew Exactly How This Album Would Land — and Made It Anyway
A record of twelve songs and thirty-eight minutes wherein a lady of song grows bolder, and each jest becomes a melody unto itself.
Album Reviews3.4/10
Katy Perry’s 143 Disappears as It Plays
Katy Perry's sixth record, one hundred and forty three, appears a most dull effort, void of that spirit which erst distinguished her art.
Album Reviews7.5/10
Gracie Abrams Goes Bigger Without Losing Herself on ‘The Secret of Us’
A tale of a heart's secret told in thirteen parts, wherein Abrams' voice grows bolder, wounded, and unguarded.
Album Reviews7.2/10
Dua Lipa Keeps the Disco Pulse on Radical Optimism, but the Hooks Don’t Always Land
Dua Lipa's Radical Optimism dances with bright hooks but flatters in flashes, a fair record chasing a rarer, more singular glory.
Album Reviews8.9/10
Hit Me Hard and Soft: Billie Eilish’s Most Complete Record Yet
A hush-to-shout journey through Eilish's third record, where quiet moments carry as much weight as the swells that follow them.
Album Reviews8/10
Heaven Knows Review: PinkPantheress Stretches Her Hooks Into a Full Album — 8/10
A ghost of a swift, sweet album where sorrow becomes hooks — deep, quick, and mournful all at once.
Album Reviews9.6/10
Three Years On, Caroline Polachek’s Desire Still Sounds Like Pop Reaching Past Its Own Limits
A brief record of desire wrought in five songs, wherein Polachek's art doth swell beyond its modest length into rare and singular grandeur.