Zola Jesus - Okovi
Good. Better than Conatus. Maybe not as good as Stridulum II?
Kirin J. Callinan - Bravado
I get what he was going for on this. Overwrought, overproduced pop music with wry, ironic Jarvis-Cocker lyrics--I mean he's literally pissing on himself in the album artwork. LITERALLY taking the piss.
But.
It's just musically not my thing.
Alex Cameron - Forced Witness
Another ironic pop album. Kind of fun. Probably the most uses of the word "pussy" I've ever heard in a single sitting.
Molly Burch - Please Be Mine
If Beach House wrote an indie-folk / alt-country album. Pleasant throughout, slightly dull, but still nice.
Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps
Been listening to this a lot. Beautiful singing and songwriting here, a bit like Kathleen Edwards, but without the country influences.
Georgia is an amazing song. Pairs well with Brooke Waggoner's
Sweven.
Fever Ray - Plunge
Eh. Karin Dreijer's best work is with the Knife. Not into this at all. Isn't awful, but is still kind of a mess.
EMA - Exile in the Outer Ring
Solid noise pop.
Amenra - Mass I: Prayer I-VI
The only thing this has going for it is that it's so short.