The British singer-songwriter's debut establishes a friendly but ultimately passive presence.
Category: Album Review
Album Review, Review
EP Review: Elio struggles to find her voice on ‘Can You Hear Me Now?’
The rising pop star's second EP features solid songwriting and not much else.
Album Review, Review
EP Review: Maggie Lindemann forges her own path on ‘PARANOIA’
Lindemann commits to an exciting, edgy metal-infused pop sound.
Album Review, Review
EP Review: Fickle Friends meander through ‘Weird Years: Season 1’
The UK synthpop group offers a lukewarm preview of their second studio LP.
Album Review, Review
Retrospective Album Review: Tame Impala swells to new heights on ‘Currents’
The project's junior release saw Kevin Parker innovate their core rock sound to create one of the best pop records of the Millenium.
Album Review, Review
Retrospective Album Review: Kelly Clarkson harnesses her vindictive energy on ‘Breakaway’
While America's first "Idol" misses on some of the deep cuts, she still delivers some of the best pop hits of the 2000s.
Album Review, Review
Album Review: Taylor Swift perfects her ethereal songwriting on ‘evermore’
Greater than the sum of its parts, 'evermore' is Swift's most enrapturing release to date as she continues to raise her own bar.
Album Review, Review
Album Review: Shawn Mendes is agonizingly unimaginative on ‘Wonder’
The 22-year-old Canadian heartthrob is back with another assemblage of tracks that will surely appease his devout “army,” but will do little to change the minds of critics and only disappoint his bellwether listeners.
Album Review, Review
Album Review: Ava Max struggles in both ‘Heaven & Hell’
The American pop singer’s debut ironically gets trapped in a middling purgatory.
Album Review, Review
Album Review: Troye Sivan gets lost ‘In A Dream’
The youthful and burgeoning queer icon makes uncharacteristic stumbles on his 2nd EP and follow-up to 2018's Bloom.