In a surprise double album release, the genre-defying, economy-defining songstress returns with her eleventh studio album as Chairwoman of THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT. Full of artistic allusions and recycled themes, Swift dwells in unreality and chooses her relationship with the media as the anthology’s most pressing matter.
Read MoreMaggie Rogers wrote her newest album, Don’t Forget Me, in 5 days, yet it feels like the grandest statement of her career thus far.
Read MoreOn Instagram, Beyoncé declared, “This ain't a Country album. This is a Beyoncé album,” and she delivered on that promise. A massive 27-track record, COWBOY CARTER touches on family, religion, romance, adultery, America’s shortfalls, and Beyoncé’s reputation, backed by swarths of eclectic instrumentals from twanging banjos and fiddles.
Read MoreConan Gray swung big with his third record, Found Heaven, introducing a Swedish production team and nostalgic ’80s flair. The Texan singer-songwriter’s grand experiment is definitely enticing, but feels like it’s still waiting to be “Found.”
Read MorePuerto Rico’s latest trap star dials back the braggadocious tone of her SoundCloud days to deliver sincere lo-fi tracks on her debut album.
Read MoreBright Future depicts Adrianne Lenker at a new level of vulnerability. With stripped instrumentals and more simplistic lyrics, she demands for her tender introspections about love and vastness to be heard.
Read MoreSwathed in shades of cerulean, Faye Webster embraces feeling blue as she mixes heartache and dissatisfaction with comedy on her fifth studio album, Underdressed at the Symphony.
Read MoreDeclan McKenna’s third project What Happened to the Beach explores the artist’s inner cosmonaut in a stunning, cosmic soundscape.
Read MoreOn Usher's ninth studio album, he returns to R&B ahead of the Superbowl with his first release in over eight years.
Read MoreTake a look at some of the best albums of the past year, hand-picked by the Afterglow Editorial Staff.
Read MoreEccentric Irish cowgirl CMAT lets her past demons run free and throw a heartbroken hoedown in her sophomore album, Crazymad, For Me.
Read MoreEartheater melds trip-hop beats with baroque instrumentals to create her most sonically arresting, yet thematically lacking, album yet.
Read MoreDoja Cat has been a controversial figure for the better part of 2023, continuously attacking her supposed fans and vitriolically acting out. The real question is, is Doja Cat’s casually cruel nature worth the heat that Scarlet brings?
Read MoreIn her seventh studio album, Mitski implores listeners to observe an exploration of her beloved orchestral sound through a folk-fueled lens; paired with an ever-developing lyrical reflection on herself and past relationships.
Read MoreOlivia Rodrigo started her music career in a blaze of glory, releasing “drivers license” to critical acclaim alongside her freshman debut SOUR. Now, the singer has taken a more mature, stylized approach to her new release, GUTS.
Read MoreThe candid rapper undergoes a four-part transformation on her first full-length album.
Read MoreHozier has always been known for his profound sense of poetics, creating romantic yet politically intense tracks filled with a sense of woodland divinity, crafted expertly underneath the cavernous murmur of his deep baritone. Now, the Irish-born artist confronts hell on his new album Unreal Unearth, which in turn serves as both a method of musing through the existential and as a requiem for a changing world.
Read MoreComing out of the lavender haze of Midnights, Taylor Swift breathes new life into one of her oldest and most underrated records, Speak Now.
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