Review of Swim – Noah Gundersen
What ‘Swim’ does, which is so masterful, is explicitly revisit some recurring and very specific poetic images that Gundersen has employed in his earlier albums. Read More …
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Review of Anemoi Cycle – The Oh Hellos
Anemoi Cycle: Notos, Eurus, Boreas, Zephyrus Read More …
Review of Chinese Satellite – Phoebe Bridgers
Phoebe Bridgers has given us a beautiful and heart-breaking image of the utter deficiencies of our default modern perspective. Read More …
Review of Father of the Bride – Vampire Weekend
This review may just be a Christian critic reading a spiritual and religious analysis into an album that has nothing to do with any of that. Seriously, I can concede this on Father of the Bride. Read More …
Review of In Search of the Common Good – Jake Meador
There is a story we moderns tell ourselves. As it has been contributed to for many decades by countless psychologists, sociologists, philosophers, politicians, and pastors, it has taken on a folkloric quality; it is the myth of our time. Read More …
Review of The Possibility of America – David Dark
David Dark’s The Possibility of America is as foreboding as it is worthwhile. Read More …
Review of Bank on the Funeral – Matt Maeson
If dropping album sales are an indicator, more and more people prefer to listen to randomized playlists and top hit countdowns tailored by Spotify and other digital music providers. It would seem that fewer people are consuming entire albums at a time, from the first track to the last. If that is the case, I Read More …
Review of Parables – Sapphira Olson
In the age of social media, it is not enough to have a pen name. In order to make people believe that such an author is legitimate, the publisher would naturally have to create a digital persona to go along with the pseudonym. Which brings me to today’s review. There is no such writer as Read More …
Review of Tow’rs
It is incumbent upon Christians to promote good art, which necessarily has to be honest, authentic, and vulnerable. Read More …
Review of Hoax – Kevin Garrett
If earlier successes with his EPs and Grammy-nominated collaboration with Beyonce were any indicator of his ability, it ought to be no surprise that Kevin Garrett would out-do himself with his first LP, Hoax, released March 22, 2019. In a single run-through of the 13-track album, Garrett’s strong musical sensibilities and range as a writer Read More …