Overall, Collections From the Whiteout is an album that I respect more than I like — it clearly represents an artist pushing themselves to their boundaries and putting an immense amount of thought into crafting their perfect album, but a casual music listener like me doesn’t necessarily need an album to be high art.
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TEST SPIN | Black Empowerment in Future’s ‘High Off Life’
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Future did what he had to in order to survive, yet it has now come to grant him immense standing as a figure of authority.
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TEST SPIN | Polo G — ‘THE GOAT’
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Polo G’s lyrical talent shines in this album, once again distinguishing him from his contemporaries with a passionate delivery that also often recalls an explicit story.
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TEST SPIN | ‘Fetch the Bolt Cutters’ is Literally the Perfect Album
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Above all, “Fetch the Bolt Cutters” is a cathartic exploration of self, and the traumas that shape us.
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TEST SPIN | Orion Sun & Longing For Better Times
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Orion Sun’s songs don’t just hold, but carve a special space out for her tales of love, nostalgia and loss.
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TEST SPIN | ‘The New Abnormal’ Preserves Rock
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The Strokes are successful in preserving their massive legacy of lightning tunes once more and they continue to defibrillate the rock genre before it can ever slip away.
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TEST SPIN | ‘3.15.20’ is Disjointed
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The album lacks any coherent artistic vision upon first listen, and while there are some beautiful moments throughout, it appears that the music has been stifled by ambition.
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TEST SPIN | 5 Seconds of Summer — ‘CALM’
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The album continues the group’s departure from their quasi-punk roots, a trend that began to emerge in their 2018 album Youngblood.
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Dua Lipa’s ‘Future Nostalgia’: Hit or Miss?
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She captures a unique, hometown sound, blends it with ‘80s pop and adds her own flavor to it to create the most pleasant sounding album of this year so far.
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TEST SPIN | The Weeknd Evolves in ‘After Hours’
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The Weeknd’s work is showing definite progression and advancement in how he approaches this industry, providing the unequivocal groundwork for exceptional and high-grade quality content for music listeners everywhere.
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TEST SPIN | Grouplove — ‘Healer’
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With 11 tracks and an album cover that looks a lot like an homage to their greatest hit, the collection is a wonderfully curated blend of the group’s best features.