6.27.2022

June 2022

Father John Misty - Chloë and the Next 20th Century: Soundtrack to a nap on a rainy spring day

Grade - Seperate the Magnets: I would have listened to this on repeat if I had known

Grade - Under the Radar: I still do not understand how under my radar they were

Grade - And Such Is Progress: Heavier

Grade - Headfirst Straight to Hell: More melodic

Guerilla Toss - Famously Alive: Thinking I might dig into the back catalog

Heriot - Profound Morality: I liked the atmospheric parts more than the face melting ones

Hey, ily! - Psychokinetic Love Songs: Lacking a little of the uncalculated charm

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Omnium Gatherum: Track 10 was where I started to lose steam

Lamar, Kendrick - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers: Might have taken itself too seriously

Prince Daddy & The Hyena - Prince Daddy & The Hyena: Very varied

Proper. - The Great American Novel: Things got a little weird there towards the end

PUP - THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND: Jeff Rosenstock meets The Hold Steady and I need more of it

Pusha T - It's Almost Dry: The production nearly steals the show

SAULT - AIR: Orchestral curveball

Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems: What a gigantic level up

String Machine - Hallelujah Hell Yeah: Major Broken Social Scene vibes

Tree River - Time Being: Unambitious

Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses: Clearly not the type of band I thought they were

Various - Grade/Believe Split: Not sure I recognized when the bands changed

Various - Dissection Lesson (Home Is Where Meets Record Setter): The future is bright

Wet Leg - Wet Leg: Summer album of the year

White, Jack - Fear of the Dawn: Some very White Stripesian tracks here

Young Guv - GUV III: Super sweet

Coheed and Cambria - Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind: The concerns of poppiness are overblown and this is amazing

Day in Black and White - Notes: More contained, but the sounds could breathe a bit more

Day in Black and White - My Heroes Have Always Killed Cowboys: Closest City of Caterpillar copycat currently

Cave In - Heavy Pendulum: Long without feeling like it drags

Carly Cosgrove - See You in Chemistry: I thought the first track was a new Origami Angel song

Caracara - New Preoccupations: Certainly good enough to listen to. Dubious if I will come back

Box Car Racer - Box Car Racer: While I would be interested in a follow up, it is because of the potential rather than what is here

Black Star - No Fear of Time: No way this could live up to expectations. Nice to see they did not even try

Be Well - Hello Sun: I love this more than the LP

Belle and Sebastian - A Bit of Previous: The world needs more Belle and Sebastian.

Beat Happening - Jamboree: Magnificently simple and compelling

Arcade Fire - WE: If this is as good as it gets, I will be pretty satisfied