Welcome to Jish’s Monthly Album Rotation. Four albums I’ve been listening to the previous month and my reviews of them. Some new, some old, some good, some bad. A mix of genres with some albums coming with tons of hype, and some that not as many people have heard of. Here is June 2021.
When Smoke Rises (2021)
Mustafa
Singer-songwriter-poet Mustafa’s debut studio album is a beautiful concept album on grief and life in the Regent Park community of Toronto. His wisdom that’s beyond his tender 25 years is exhibited finely in the culmination of years of experiences and craft that is When Smoke Rises. Read the review here.
Blue: 50 Years Old
For 50 years, Blue has offered heart-wrenching, eye-watering, ex-longing love songs. Love songs that are painfully sad. Love songs that are happily sad. The deepness of Blue hasn’t faded a single shade since Joni Mitchell released her magnum opus half a decade ago. Read the retrospective here.
Jubilee (2021)
Japanese Breakfast
As the name suggests, Jubilee is a celebration for Japanese Breakfast—a celebration of joy and love. Japanese Breakfast’s third record is a sweet, complex, and skillfully produced piece of alt-pop. The record has an overarching retro synth-pop sound, but each track is differentiated by specific production and instrumentation elements that keep the record from being stale. Read the review here.
Blue Weekend (2021)
Wolf Alice
Wolf Alice’s third record is a masterful piece of rock that delivers in a variety of styles. Blue Weekend covers booming alt-rock, mesmerizing shoegaze, fierce punk, mellow indie pop, and sensational dream pop. It’s a record that delivers hit after hit on heartbreak, fame, and friendship. Read the review here.
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