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Chvrches: The Bones of What You Believe

JUICE was glad that our expectations were tampered before coming into the band’s debut The Bones of What You Believe – because it’s every bit as good as we originally believed.

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Haim: Days Are Gone

Days Are Gone is a product by a band that grew up beholden to old school rock, ‘90s pop r’n’b, and girl power bands.

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AlunaGeorge: Body Music

More indebted to glitch, UK 2-step, and the bedroom producer scene, Body Music follows the cue of their numerous singles released previously, doubles their amount – you’ve probably heard nearly half of this record before – and then puts sheer focus on what they want to accomplish.

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King Krule: 6 Feet Beneath the Moon

On his debut LP, King Krule is occasionally transcendental in his romanticisation of the disillusioned and inebriated living in the sprawling urban mess that is London.

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Janelle Monáe: The Electric Lady

On the followup to The ArchAndroid, Cindi Mayweather the android is finally human.

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Twin Peaks: Sunken

This isn’t to say Twin Peaks aren’t without their meaningful moments though, despite being a cutesy ditty, ‘Irene’ is as good of a love song you can get from a band that’s out of time.

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F*ck Buttons: Slow Focus

For all the slow-burn dread and terror of this album, Hung and Power successfully took their Olympics cred and made their most polished album to date – without necessitating any sacrifices to their artistry.

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Earl Sweatshirt: Doris

While the rap game is still showing animosity towards their younger generation, Earl, Joey, and hell, even Chief Keef are signalling something; the eminent new golden age.

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Jon Hopkins: Immunity

Hopkins fully embraced electronics and succeeded at injecting emotional vérité into dance without gimmicky novelties.

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Kanye West: Yeezus

Kanye West’s latest album is his pure id translated into music.