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Fontaines D.C.- Romance

Label: XL Recordings
Genre: Alternative
Reviewed by: Jack Carroll
For Fans Of: IDLES, Sports Team. Wet Leg, Arctic Monkeys, FEET This album hits. Romance marks the definitive start of a new era of Fontaines D.C. Their first three albums heavily focused on Ireland and the Irish experience, and leaned heavily into post-punk revival and crank wave styles. This album, though, brings a whole new sound and energy with the help of Arctic Monkey’s producer, James Ford. For instance, Starburster (FCC) takes you through a hip-hop-inspired claustrophobic feeling track that'll make you want to flip a car. While Here’s the Thing will make you kidnap an engineering student to make a time machine to bring you back to the '90s rock scene. Or perhaps you’ll start the haunting and ominous Romance and wake up in the steam tunnels with the Hokie Bird chasing you. Throughout the album, though, there is a strong feeling of doom, despair, and wanting. The balance between contemplative pain, such as calm Horseness is the Whatness and energetic hedonistic Death Kink is a hallmark of this album. Without a doubt, Romance leaves one with a strong sense that it could be better. Although I believe this is mainly due to the realization that this creative jump for the band has upped the potential of what they can do next and I can’t wait to hear it.

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Hey babes, I know you’re all sweating and stressing right now thinking: What music am I gonna play while grilling for my wife and kids!?. Fret not, sweet child, for I come to you today with the best albums for all of your memorial day grilling needs. To clarify, these albums don’t necessarily represent patriotism (or America, for that matter). These picks have more of an emphasis on the barbecue itself. I decided to focus on this subject to make it more inclusive to those who celebrate American holidays not for their history, but to exploit any instance to engage in the rare joy of throwing some shit on the grill.

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Bill Frisell- Orchestras

Label: Blue Note
Genre: Modern Creative / Post Bop / Orchestral Jazz
Reviewed by: Len Comaratta
Marrying intimate parlor jazz lyricism with wide-screen orchestrations, the selections here are pulled from a handful of concerts Frisell gave from 2021 to 2022, resulting in one of his most accessible and virtuosic albums.

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Chrome Castle- Future Fiction

Label: Black Cottage
Genre: Psych Rock
Reviewed by: Griffin Paddock
Instrumental psychedelic rock. Very cinematic, definitely reminds me of Applesauce Tears (who are also on the label). It's at its best when it's playing with L/R audio switches and swells, but sometimes it can fall into the trap of sounding like a pretty average jam band. Instrumentation is about what you would expect, standard drums, reverb-y guitar, little bass for texture. Definitely suffers from a lack of variety as a whole but makes up for it with being surprisingly interesting at points and nice to just space out to.

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Dent May- What's for Breakfast

Label: Carpark
Genre: Indie Pop
Reviewed by: Amir Lahoud
May's newest album is all fun lyrics and quirky guitars. Although masked with sounds of whimsy, What's For Breakfast can't help but sound like an album begging you to get your shit together. Or maybe the first track It's Time For Breakfast really just means its time for breakfast. Later tracks in the album focus on giving different components time in the spotlight, back seating the drums and guitars to make space for May's vocals and maracas.

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