Reviews That Cut Deep
Reviews That Cut Deep
‘More Than This Was’, one of the standout tracks on Zara Larsson’s new album Venus, is a breakup song about all the lingering questions that leaving someone you have given so much to might raise, including the possibility that it…
There is nothing surprising about this new Green Day album, and there’s a good reason for that. Their previous record Father Of All Motherfuckers didn’t win the group much in the way critical acclaim or commercial success, so the fact…
All the praise that I have given (G)I-DLE in the past has a pretty major asterisk next to it. That might seem weird to say given that, in my review of this band’s 2022 album I Never Die, I proclaimed…
It’s difficult to imagine an album that gives me less to say than this new Neck Deep album. The main lesson to be learned from this self-titled album is that decent hooks will only get you so far, especially if…
It’s a bold title for a debut album, but She’s Back! delivers exactly what you might expect for a solid, infectious, alternative country breakup album. Pairing theatrical performances with a rollicking instrumental palette, it would honestly be a miracle if…
NMIXX are a group with a genuinely good idea. They call it ‘Mixxpop’. The basic premise is that by taking two separate genres and combining them, you can make something fresh and new. This idea, for however interesting it might…
21 Savage has a very clear and extremely effective formula: broad strokes stories about street life paired with an understated gritty vocal tone that implies greater sophistication that isn’t really there upon deeper examination. He even includes spoken word passages…
Everything about this album is completely inexplicable. NLE Choppa is a rapper who has only ever been interesting when he embarrasses himself, and this remains true here. You do get some moments of melodic colour on the project like the…
Happiness is a complicated thing. Is it something that’s built into us? Is it a skill that is learnt? How do we know if we deserve to be happy? Is it even possible to be happy in a world that…
Ashley McBryde remains the poster child of waste in US mainstream country. It might seem like a bizarre comment at first. After all, she’s received mountains of acclaim from country critics, including a couple of charting hits. However, the major…