Author: Rob Moura
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Spectreview: Adrienne Lenker – songs / instrumentals
Adrienne Lenker offers graceful examinations of heartbreak and the passage of time in the one-two punch of songs/instrumentals.
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Spectreview: al Riggs and Lauren Francis – Bile and Bone
Folk songwriter al Riggs teams up with Lauren Francis for Bile and Bone, a glacially-paced, devastatingly gorgeous record.
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Spectreview: Shamir – Shamir
Seven albums into his career, Shamir Bailey cements himself as a mercurial pop artist with a confident self-titled record.
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Spectreview: Bartees Strange – Live Forever
Bartees Strange’s debut LP is a remarkable achievement in alternative music, blending diverse styles from multiple genres into a complex portrayal of the search for, and preservation of, identity.
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Spectreview: IDLES – Ultra Mono
IDLES’ Ultra Mono is a blunt instrument, trading specificity and nuance for sheer force and boneheaded anthems.
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Spectreview: Fleet Foxes – Shore
Robin Pecknold has an epiphany on Fleet Foxes’ benevolent, autumnal fourth album.
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Spectreview: Fenne Lily – BREACH
Fenne Lily’s breezy sophomore record is incredibly easy to enjoy thanks to the unassailable confidence of her songwriting.
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Spectreview: Slauson Malone – Vergangenheitsbewältigung (Crater Speak) [EP]
Slauson Malone’s new EP, just like last year’s A Quiet Farewell, is a haunting listen that transcends its intellectual coldness and hits the heart.
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Spectreview: Sam Prekop – Comma
Sam Prekop’s fifth solo record floats by with a benevolent, meditative ease.
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Spectreview: Babe, Terror – Horizogon
The inescapable anxiety of the COVID-19 pandemic foregrounds Babe, Terror's beautiful, strikingly-original Horizogon.