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COMING SOON The Lemon Twigs
Songs For The General Public eeeff Following on from a concept album about the strenuous journey of a chimpanzee raised like a human by his adopted wannabe rock star parents, you wouldn't be surprised if The Lemon Twigs delved even deeper into their delightful minds and reinterpreted altogether the idea of what a modern-day album looks like. Instead, on 'Songs for the General Public', the D'Addario brothers return to a structure more similar to their debut. That's not to say, however, that the band have lost any of their extravagance, their trademark glam theatricality remaining well intact: it's a record that will no doubt find and delight an audience as passionate and as colourful as its creators. Dominic Allum
Troye Sivan In A Dream EP eeeee
We've all got that mate - you know the one - pint in hand, boorish expression on their face, fighting some selfimagined war against 'pop'. But pop, Dear Reader, is not the anodyne, plastic machine as Robbie Real Music would have you believe. Pop is art. Take Troye Sivan's new release - an exploration of emotions, it's a showcase of one of the most inventive and vital minds pushing the creative edges of mainstream culture. Opener 'Take Yourself Home' starts as a delicate vibe, and ends with a grinding growl; 'Easy' shimmers through the heat haze melancholy and raw. 'could cry just thinkin about you' provides a more organic, lo-fi texture, but it's closer and title-track 'IN A DREAM' that really thumps through - bright, boppy and defiant. That's pop at it's very best. Stephen Ackroyd
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Duckwrth Supergood eeeff
Duckwrth’s debut was titled ‘I’m Uugly’, and the followup mixtape ‘An Xtra Uugly Mixtape’, so ‘Supergood’ is a break with tradition right off the bat. The switch in naming protocol signals more than just new found self-confidence, though. ‘Supergood’ is his most complete project to date. The overriding theme is one of an eternal hazy summer afternoon, with Duckwrth’s native LA weather bleeding through as funky production pushes him on. If you go into ‘Supergood’ looking for a huge variety of songs or one stand-out banger, you’ll be disappointed. If you think of it more as a mood board, you’ll find yourself listening to a perfectly curated ‘Chilled Out Summer Hip-Hop’ playlist, just one that happens to have all been made by the same artist. Jake Hawkes
Disclosure Energy eeeef
Kicking off with 'Watch Your Step', featuring none other than Kelis, Disclosure are not here to fuck around as they open 'Energy' with its most bombastic track. It's an instant classic, with breakbeats that make you yearn for pre-pandemic club nights. Kelis isn't the only impressive name-check Disclosure have managed to rope in with their third effort; other heavyweight collabs include Aminé and slowthai on the fast-paced hip house 'My High', and Kehlani and Syd on the sexy R&B slow jam of 'Birthday'. For the first time, the Lawrence brothers also delve into the multilingual realm as on 'Mali Mali' and 'Ce N'est Pa', where the sonic soundscape shifts into a refreshing yet unknown territory. The duo's most eclectic album to date, 'Energy' truly embodies its namesake. Jasleen Dhindsa
The Flaming Lips American Head eeeef
When you've spent your entire career undergoing an identity crisis, one that's included producing an album with renegade pop star Miley Cyrus, a collection of songs with Deap Vally, and an album of starstudded Beatles covers; you'd be forgiven for fretting that The Flaming Lips may have finally burst their bubble. Their sixteenth album, 'American Head' sees frontman Wayne Coyne wondering what the world would look like if Tom Petty had purchased drugs from his old brother in the early seventies, and the songs they would sing. The result is a wistful waltz through neopsychedelia, dream-pop and lo-fi that is quite possibly their finest concoction since they battled those pink robots. It's a trip very much worth taking. Jack Press
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