Lankum - False Lankum

Heavy, beautiful, and dramatic in its best moments.

PJ Harvey - I Inside the Old Year Dying

At times I Inside's generally mesmerizing music comes off as an afterthought to Harvey's poetry.

Richard Dawson - The Ruby Cord

While a bit rockier of a journey than the previous two albums in this trilogy, The Ruby Cord is still quite an accomplishment from Richard.

Slauson Malone - Vergangenheitsbewältigung

This spiritual successor to A Quiet Farwell flexes Slauson Malone's singer-songwriter muscle.

Swans - leaving meaning.

Leaving Meaning, while frequently stunning, feels more like a reiteration for Swans than it does an evolution.

Richard Dawson - 2020

Richard Dawson outdoes himself with this modernist spiritual successor to 2017's Peasant.

Sun Kil Moon - I Also Want to Die in New Orleans

Though it occasionally suffers from overambition, the jazzy I Also Want to Die in New Orleans is another helping of admirable personal and social commentary from Mark Kozelek.

Current 93 - The Light Is Leaving Us All

The Light Is Leaving Us All might not be particularly strange or unique in the grand scheme of Current 93's extensive discography, but it's nevertheless a lovely return to the band's neofolk sound.