Recent Melancholy Releases

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  Pearl Jam
  Gigaton
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  Pearl Jam grapple with climate change and the Trump era on this charged, adventurous album.

  - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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  Miles Davis
  Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool [Orig …
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  The soundtrack to director Stanley Nelson's comprehensive Miles Davis documentary is a mini-aural history of the trumpeter's musical development.

  - Matt Collar
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  Kenny Chesney
  Here and Now
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  A breezy good time that finds Kenny Chesney squarely in his musical wheelhouse while stretching himself emotionally.

  - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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  Lucinda Williams
  Good Souls Better Angels
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  A set of raw, impassioned, and compelling performances make up for some good but not great songs.

  - Mark Deming
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  Brian Eno / Roger Eno
  Mixing Colours
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  Impressionistic collaboration between brothers Roger and Brian Eno, developed over a 15-year period.

  - Paul Simpson
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  Caribou
  Suddenly
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  The seventh studio album from this esteemed producer pushes the clubby energy and reflection of recent albums into warm, playful places.

  - Fred Thomas
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  Morrissey
  I Am Not a Dog on a Chain
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  A musically adventurous record that finds Morrissey embracing his role as cantankerous curmudgeon.

  - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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  Tennis
  Swimmer
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  The long-running indie pop duo tweak their dreamy, romantic sound a bit here and there while still delivering the sonic and emotional goods.

  - Tim Sendra
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  Sam Hunt
  Southside
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  Hunt stays in his country-R&B wheelhouse on his long-awaited second album.

  - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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  Shelby Lynne
  Shelby Lynne
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  This self-titled offering is a candid, poignant, and nakedly honest meditation on the complexities of romance, desire, and love itself.

  - Thom Jurek