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Violate Consensus Reality
Psychonaut
Violate Consensus Reality gives Psychonaut's progressive metal a sharper attack. Heavy riffs and forceful singing arrive quickly, but the Belgian trio leave room for patient b…
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Never Before Seen, Never Again Found
Arm’s Length
Never Before Seen, Never Again Found gives Arm’s Length a strong introduction. The Canadian band combine emo and pop-punk with a softer, reflective side, using clear melodies …
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Back to the Water Below
Royal Blood
Back to the Water Below gives Royal Blood's bass-and-drums sound more room around its edges. There is still plenty of distorted weight and direct rhythmic force, but piano and…
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Much Love
Microwave
Much Love takes Microwave's rough melodic rock into more flexible territory. Nathan Hardy can sound gentle and inviting before the same song turns towards a strained shout. Th…
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Prelude to Ecstasy
The Last Dinner Party
Prelude to Ecstasy is built to make a large impression. The Last Dinner Party fill their debut with strong voices, bright guitar parts, piano and orchestral detail, moving fre…
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Suckapunch
You Me at Six
SUCKAPUNCH brings a useful restlessness to You Me At Six's melodic rock. Guitars remain important, but electronic beats, R&B touches and dance rhythms change the surroundings.…
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Feel Something
Movements
Feel Something gives Movements a clear purpose: make the singing and the instruments carry the same emotional weight. Patrick Miranda moves between melody, rougher cries and s…
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Effloresce
Covet
Effloresce makes technical guitar music feel light on its feet. Covet build these six instrumentals around Yvette Young's detailed playing, with bass and drums adding movement…
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Neon Blue
Joshua Hedley
Neon Blue takes a familiar country sound seriously without making it feel stiff. Joshua Hedley works with clear melodies, steel guitar, fiddle and a warm, steady voice. The re…
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The Romance of Affliction
SeeYouSpaceCowboy
The Romance of Affliction makes the contrast between chaos and melody central to SeeYouSpaceCowboy's sound. The guitars are sharp, the rhythms change quickly and Connie Sgarbo…
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Demon
Gazpacho
Demon builds its appeal through unease and curiosity. Gazpacho use long arrangements, unusual instrumental colours and Jan-Henrik Ohme's expressive singing to create a dark fo…
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Please Don’t Be Dead
Fantastic Negrito
Please Don’t Be Dead builds on Fantastic Negrito's blend of blues, rock and soul with a stronger push in each direction. The heavier songs have more force, and the quieter one…
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Live in London
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
Live in London gives Christone "Kingfish" Ingram the space to develop his songs through a close-working quartet. The guitar playing is a major attraction, but the record succe…
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Bleed the Sky
Reveille
Bleed the Sky works best when its heavy guitar rhythms give Drew Simollardes' delivery a clear foundation. Reveille combine rap, screaming and occasional cleaner singing, with…
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Regenerator
King Buffalo
Regenerator is a brighter, more open record than the darker parts of King Buffalo's recent work might suggest. The final album in their pandemic trilogy keeps the long guitar …
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Nothing as the Ideal
All Them Witches
Nothing as the Ideal makes its heaviness feel patient. All Them Witches build these songs from blues-rooted guitar, firm bass lines and rhythms that are happy to hold a groove…
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We Like It Here
Snarky Puppy
We Like It Here makes complicated instrumental music feel welcoming. Snarky Puppy combine jazz, funk and rock with strong melodies and a rhythm section that keeps everything m…
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The Noble Art Of Self Destruction
Holding Absence
The Noble Art Of Self Destruction makes emotional rock feel large without losing its personal focus. Holding Absence build these ten songs around Lucas Woodland's voice, stron…
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Relativity
Emarosa
Relativity places a powerful singing voice inside restless, melodic post-hardcore. Emarosa give Jonny Craig room to move between a smooth delivery and a rougher, more forceful…
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Growin’ Up
Luke Combs
Growin' Up keeps Luke Combs' country sound clear and familiar. The guitars have weight, the production leaves room for his gravelly voice, and the songs move between nights ou…
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Terraformer
Thank You Scientist
Terraformer is easy to admire and harder to take in all at once. Thank You Scientist fill the record with guitar, violin, brass and a rhythm section capable of moving between …
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JPEG RAW
Gary Clark Jr.
JPEG RAW continues Gary Clark Jr.’s move beyond the narrow idea of a blues guitar record. Rock, soul, funk and hip-hop all have a place, with the instruments and voices arrang…
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Young Blood
Marcus King
Young Blood puts Marcus King’s guitar back at the front of his music. After the smoother soul approach of El Dorado, this record works with a heavier blues-rock sound, a close…
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From the Ground Up
John Fullbright
From the Ground Up gives John Fullbright several ways to make a song work. He can lead a rough country-rock band, move into a quieter piano setting or bring a more theatrical …
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