Recent Passion Releases

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  Adam Lambert
  Velvet
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  A glitter-dipped exercise in '70s disco-era funk, rock, and soul that makes the most of Lambert's swaggering vocal charisma.

  - Matt Collar
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  AWOLNATION
  Angel Miners & The Lightning Rid …
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  Vibrant fourth LP that soaks in the Californian sun with a fun but reflective set of pop-savvy anthems.

  - Neil Z. Yeung
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  5 Seconds of Summer
  Calm
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  The Australia band's fourth album finds them embracing a light, '90s industrial goth vibe.

  - Matt Collar
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  Anna Calvi
  Hunted
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  The singer/songwriter lets down her guard on raw, intimate versions of songs from Hunter with striking results.

  - Heather Phares
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  Circa Waves
  Sad Happy
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  The Liverpool indie rockers find the magic space between happiness and heartache on their literate, effusive fourth album.

  - Matt Collar
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  Caroline Rose
  Superstar
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  The onetime Americana singer/songwriter delivers an audacious and sly pop album about modern stardom.

  - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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  Christian McBride
  The Movement Revisited: A Musical Po …
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  The bassist movingly frames the words of four iconic Civil Rights leaders with harmonically sophisticated jazz and choral arrangements.

  - Matt Collar
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  Grimes
  Miss Anthropocene
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  The multi-talented artist uses mythology -- as well as Bollywood music, nu-metal, country, and more -- to explore humanity's self-sabotaging nature.

  - Heather Phares
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  Deadmau5
  Mau5ville: Level Complete
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  This compilation condenses the Canadian electronic producer's EP trilogy into a singular sonic vision.

  - Neil Z. Yeung
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  Tame Impala
  The Slow Rush
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  The band's fourth album delves smoothly into elegant disco, echoing chillwave, and Madchester beats while also dealing with serious lyrical concerns and big emotions.

  - Tim Sendra