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Fathers & Sons
Luke Combs
Fathers & Sons brings Luke Combs' music into a quieter space. Acoustic instruments and a restrained pace support songs about parents, children and the time they have together.…
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Blues of Desperation
Joe Bonamassa
Blues of Desperation puts a substantial band behind Joe Bonamassa's guitar, giving the record a heavier character than its title alone might suggest. The songs use blues as th…
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All Rights Removed
Airbag
All Rights Removed gives Airbag plenty of room to develop their atmospheric rock. The Norwegian band's second album uses long guitar lines, restrained singing and supportive k…
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Time Well
Cloakroom
Time Well finds Cloakroom making more room for the softer side of their music. The distorted guitars remain substantial, but quieter singing, acoustic details and slower devel…
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Remind Me
Jakub Zytecki
Remind Me puts Jakub Zytecki's guitar playing inside a much broader pop and electronic sound. The technical skill is still clear, but the Polish musician gives melody, vocals …
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Stage Four
Touché Amoré
Stage Four is built around a painful absence. Jeremy Bolm writes about the death of his mother, working through grief, guilt and memories that refuse to settle into a simple s…
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Thick as a Brick
Jethro Tull
Thick as a Brick asks for a full album's attention, then makes that commitment feel worthwhile. Jethro Tull build one continuous piece from acoustic folk, harder rock and chan…
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Voice of the Void
Anciients
Voice of the Void gives Anciients' progressive metal a darker, more forceful character. The guitars remain central, moving between thick riffs, melodic leads and more elaborat…
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Outsider
Three Days Grace
Outsider gives Three Days Grace's familiar melodic rock a more obvious electronic background. The guitars remain substantial and the choruses easy to grasp, with Matt Walst so…
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Echo Street
Amplifier
Echo Street gives Amplifier's guitar music more room to breathe. The album favours gradual builds, spacious production and vocal harmonies, allowing the quieter parts to becom…
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Celebrity Mansions
Dinosaur Pile-Up
Celebrity Mansions puts a grin on Dinosaur Pile-Up's heavy guitar sound. The riffs remain thick, but the songs bring in brighter power-pop melodies, pop-punk energy and a deli…
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The Whirlwind
Transatlantic
The Whirlwind gives Transatlantic's large-scale progressive rock a continuous shape. Its twelve sections share musical ideas across an album-length composition, moving between…
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Change the Way You Think About Pain
Incendiary
Change the Way You Think About Pain keeps Incendiary's familiar hardcore framework and gives its details more attention. The heavy guitar sound and Brendan Garrone's sharp voc…
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Every Country's Sun
Mogwai
Every Country's Sun finds Mogwai working confidently across the different parts of their sound. Guitars can still become enormous, but keyboards and smaller melodic details ma…
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Southeastern
Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell keeps the sound of Southeastern close to the songs. Acoustic guitar, restrained playing and clear melodies leave plenty of room for his voice and the people in hi…
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And the War Came
Shakey Graves
And the War Came gives Shakey Graves a fuller setting while preserving the small details that make his songs distinctive. Folk and country remain part of the sound, but the ar…
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Reflections of a Floating World
Elder
Reflections of a Floating World gives Elder's heavy psychedelic rock a wider range of sounds. There are still plenty of thick guitar riffs, but keyboards, softer passages and …
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Beyond the Reach of the Sun
Anciients
Beyond the Reach of the Sun finds Anciients making ambitious metal with a strong melodic centre. The guitars move between heavy riffs, flowing leads and quieter detail, while …
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Point of Know Return
Kansas
Point of Know Return brings Kansas's melodic rock songs and progressive arrangements into a more consistent shape. The playing remains busy, with keyboards, violin and guitars…
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The Inevitable and I
HRVRD
The Inevitable and I makes a wide, atmospheric sound feel closely connected to melody. HRVRD, recording here under their earlier name Harvard, combine flowing guitars, active …
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Relayer
Yes
Relayer brings a sharper edge to Yes's progressive rock. The guitar sounds more forceful, the rhythm section is highly active, and Patrick Moraz's keyboards give the arrangeme…
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Tired Of Tomorrow
Nothing
Tired Of Tomorrow gives Nothing's guitar sound a softer outline. The distortion is still present, but the melodies are easier to find, and piano and keyboard colours make the …
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Sidelong
Sarah Shook & the Disarmers
Sidelong finds Sarah Shook & the Disarmers making country music with a rough voice and little interest in hiding its flaws. The songs deal with drinking, damaged relationships…
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Kill or Be Kind
Samantha Fish
Kill or Be Kind gives Samantha Fish's blues playing a lively soul setting. Horns, keyboards and backing voices bring more colour to the arrangements, but the songs remain clea…
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