Recent Brooding Releases

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  Halsey
  If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
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  Triumphant artistic showcase that pairs the pop star with producers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

  - Neil Z. Yeung
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  Rufus Wainwright
  Unfollow the Rules: The Paramour Ses …
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  A superb if abbreviated live set culled from a June 2020 album-release stream featuring minimal accompaniment and two previously unreleased songs.

  - Marcy Donelson
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  Depeche Mode
  Ultra: The 12" Singles
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  Deluxe vinyl box set collecting the singles -- and associated B-sides and remixes -- from 1997's Ultra era.

  - Neil Z. Yeung
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  Drake
  Certified Lover Boy
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  Star-studded, big-budget album that mostly sticks to a trap-influenced sound and covers familiar lyrical ground.

  - Tim Sendra
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  Imagine Dragons
  Mercury: Act 1
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  The Vegas quartet recruits Rick Rubin and digs deep on their mature and emotionally intense fifth album.

  - Neil Z. Yeung
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  Lorde
  Solar Power
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  Lorde indulges in good vibes on this hazy, sunny album.

  - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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  Kanye West
  Donda
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  Exhaustively long and meandering, Kanye's tenth studio album still holds a creative spark that suggests there's a vision buried beneath the monolith.

  - Fred Thomas
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  Alejandro Escovedo
  La Cruzada
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  The celebrated singer/songwriter translates his concept album about the immigrant experience from English into Spanish.

  - Mark Deming
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  Yann Tiersen
  Kerber
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  The composer and multi-instrumentalist continues his musical exploration of Ushant with subtle yet involving pieces for piano and electronics.

  - Heather Phares
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  Low
  HEY WHAT
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  The long-running slowcore act continues their deep dive into electronic noise on these ten songs of chaos and fleeting beauty.

  - Mark Deming