"After graduating from the school of pop underdogs with Short n' Sweet, Sabrina Carpenter is back with Man's Best Friend-another manically characterful, mood-improving, hater-infuriating opus of screwball pop that angles for guffaws rather than big feelings and occasionally gets both. From the country jangle of "Go Go Juice" to "House Tour"'s bubblegum funk, the album presents Carpenter as a multi-costumed maven pouring glitter in the gutter of lowest-common-denominator pop and inviting the world to take a swig. Don't be mad! Drink up."
"Devonté Hynes' return as Blood Orange follows a period of relative quiet (his last studio album, Negro Swan, came out in 2019) in which his status has nonetheless ballooned. As well as having his old classic "Uncle Ace" synced in a memorable Challengers scene, Hynes has essayed further into classical music, whose form and texture color the eclectic borders of new album Essex Honey."
"With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week's batch includes new albums from Sabrina Carpenter, Blood Orange, the Beths, Anna Tivel, Ganser, Westside Gunn, Zach Top, CMAT, and Lathe of Heaven."
This week's batch features new albums from Sabrina Carpenter, Blood Orange, the Beths, Anna Tivel, Ganser, Westside Gunn, Zach Top, CMAT, and Lathe of Heaven. Sabrina Carpenter's Man's Best Friend is a manically characterful, mood-improving, hater-infuriating opus of screwball pop that angles for guffaws rather than big feelings and occasionally gets both. From the country jangle of "Go Go Juice" to "House Tour"'s bubblegum funk, the album presents Carpenter as a multi-costumed maven pouring glitter in the gutter of lowest-common-denominator pop and inviting the world to take a swig. Devonté Hynes' return as Blood Orange follows a period of relative quiet and colors Essex Honey with classical textures and numerous guest collaborators.
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