New Reviews for June 7, 2024

Forever
EMI Records / Island
The veteran Jersey rockers celebrate 40 years in the business.
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine
BratEditor's choice
Atlantic
Fusing hyperpop and Y2K club music with nakedly confessional songwriting, the pop innovator delivers some of her most engaging and mature music.
- Heather Phares
Why Lawd?Editor's choice
Stones Throw
R&B
Eight years on from Yes Lawd!, Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge return with a richer second collaborative album full of heartache.
- Andy Kellman
Eight Pointed Star
Fire Records
In a return to warmer, more singer/songwriter-oriented fare, the Angeleno's third album effectively merges the cerebral and the sentimental.
- Marcy Donelson
Timeless
RCA
Collaborations with Rochelle Jordan, Childish Gambino, and Dawn Richard highlight the producer's third album.
- Andy Kellman
hummingbirdEditor's choice
Big Machine Records
The sharp country singer/songwriter emphasizes her traditional roots.
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine
uNomkhubulwaneEditor's choice
Blue Note
On his intimate third Blue Note album, the pianist's trio delivers a three-movement masterwork balancing past, present, and future.
- Thom Jurek
I Hear You
XL
Following a major crossover hit, the South Korean-born DJ's first album balances festival anthems with downtempo cuts and genre dabblings.
- Paul Simpson
How I'm Feeling Now
AllMusic Staff Pick - June 7, 2024
May 15, 2020
Made during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Charli XCX's hyperpop power feels especially vulnerable on How I'm Feeling Now. It's a party for one beaming out into the void from a lonely bedroom, full of longing and barely-hidden anxieties that hide behind Charli's reflexively celebratory rallying calls.
- Fred Thomas