Largely eschewing their initial distortion-doused approach of their early material, Silversun Pickups reach for the stars on their dreamy seventh LP,LA rockers’ seventh record is a cohesive body of work rather than a gumball machine for singles. Read my full review courtesy of FLOOD.
Grace Annabella Anderson – Art, Baby
Big Big Train – Woodcut (InsideOut)
Blossoms Fall – La Alma EP (Eclipse)
Oliver Coates – Pillion OST physical edition (A24)
John Craigie – I Swam Here (Zabriskie Point)
Cyclone – Known Unto God EP (M-Theory)
Robert Deeble – Space Between Us (Mind Bomb Publishing)
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1. Queens of the Stone Age – Songs for the Deaf (Interscope)
2. Isis – Oceanic (Ipecac)
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1. Silversun Pickups – Carnavas (Dangerbird)
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