Recent Summery Releases

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  The Beach Boys
  Feel Flows: The Sunflower & Surf …
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  Dozens of previously unreleased tracks join remasters of two original albums from a curious and creatively rich phase of one of rock's most important legacies.

  - Fred Thomas
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  J Balvin
  JOSE
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  In contrast to 2020's concise and isolated Colores, the Colombian superstar's sixth LP embraces a bright smattering of styles across a lengthy, collaborative track list.

  - David Crone
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  Bob Marley / Bob Marley & the Wa …
  The Capitol Session '73
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  Previously unreleased live-in-the-studio set that documents the Wailers as a group and not just Bob Marley's backing band.

  - Mark Deming
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  Lorde
  Solar Power
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  Lorde indulges in good vibes on this hazy, sunny album.

  - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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  Kanye West
  Donda
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  Exhaustively long and meandering, Kanye's tenth studio album still holds a creative spark that suggests there's a vision buried beneath the monolith.

  - Fred Thomas
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  The Vaccines
  Back in Love City
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  The English indie rockers' fifth long-player sees the band looking for connections in an emotionally disconnected world.

  - James Christopher Monger
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  Saint Etienne
  I've Been Trying to Tell You
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  The long-running group abandon song structures in favor of impressionistic, sample-based pieces that sound like dub versions of imagined late-'90s pop ballads.

  - Tim Sendra
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  Booker T. & the MG's
  The Complete Stax Singles, Vol. 2
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  The 20 tracks on this series' second volume completes the portrait of the band's Stax run, offering hits, misses, and surprises.

  - Thom Jurek
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  DJ Seinfeld
  Mirrors
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  DJ Seinfeld demonstrates his growth as a producer on his second album and Ninja Tune debut.

  - Paul Simpson
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  Mouse Rat
  Awesome Album
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  The passionately mediocre make-believe band from Parks & Recreation gets a real album that works for fans of the show.

  - Mark Deming