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Is This Desire?
PJ Harvey
Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit Polly Jean Harvey’s 1998 Southern gothic masterpiece, a bracing rock record of frustrated longing and austere beauty.
I Barely Know Her
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On his full-length debut, the 20-year-old pop artist makes vague, melancholy music defined by big feelings and unsubtle influences.
In Daytona Yellow
Leon Vynehall
The UK dance producer sets aside the elaborate conceits of previous LPs and turns his attention to his guests’ voices—and his own. In place of house bangers, he offers a grab-bag of moods.
Goodbyehouse
Snuggle
Unlike so many of its neo-shoegaze peers, the Danish duo has no interest in sugarcoating its feelings—its sweetly melodic dream pop hides a wellspring of existential angst.
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Getting Killed
GeeseBest New AlbumThe recent metamorphosis of the New York band, led by singer-songwriter Cameron Winter, has produced one of the best, strangest, and most compelling rock records of the year.
TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Nine Inch NailsWhat’s great is that Trent Reznor sings on four new NIN songs. But besides that, he and Atticus Ross team up for a stripped-down and casually fun score that slots in nicely with the Tron composers who came before them.
Here for It All
Mariah CareyThe diva’s 16th studio album is thoughtfully constructed and surprisingly candid about the present condition of her voice. It’s a no-makeup sound for a persona devoted to glamour.
Double Infinity
Big ThiefThe cosmic folk band’s sixth album is their first as a trio. But they still sound loose, chaotic, and intuitive as ever.
Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party
Hayley WilliamsOn her third solo album and first independent release, the Paramore frontperson channels a range of experimental pop sounds to reflect on personal and professional grief.
Essex Honey
Blood OrangeDev Hynes’ elegant new album, his first in six years, inhabits memories of an English childhood filled with joy, pain, and music.
Man’s Best Friend
Sabrina CarpenterDelivering formally classic, facepalm-clever pop songs with a heavy wink, Sabrina Carpenter’s new album takes her persona to its apex, and maybe as far as it can go.
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Catholic Boy
The Jim Carroll BandEach Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit the outstanding 1980 debut album from the famed Downtown New York poet, writer, and musician, a louche and witty hybrid of glam rock and ’80s gloss.
The Siket Disc
PhishEach Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit a surprisingly great instrumental studio album from Phish, an experimental batch of moody, improvised fragments unlike anything else in their catalog.
East and West
Anna DominoEach Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit the curious, sideways 1984 debut from a New York City avant-pop songwriter who walked to her own beat.
Fully Completely
The Tragically HipEach Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit the 1992 album from the preeminent Canadian rock band. It’s the sound of national icons coming into their own, and confronting the foundational myths of their country.
Slanted and Enchanted
PavementEach Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit one of the manifestos of indie rock, a landmark 1992 album whose emotional peaks and diamond-sharp hooks are cloaked in fuzz, feedback, and elliptical lyricism.
Songs in the Key of Z
Various ArtistsEach Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit the sublime and bizarro compilation by Irwin Chusid from 2000, the first major attempt to define and survey outsider music.
Secrets
Toni BraxtonEach Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit the R&B diva’s 1996 album, a blend of grown-up pop and sultry quiet storm that reconciled Braxton’s soul roots with a sexier, more youthful edge.
