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• Ethel Cain premieres new ambient sound in latest album | The Observer
This past Wednesday, Jan. 8, singer/songwriter Ethel Cain released her fourth studio album, “Perverts.” The newest album from Cain quickly became an online sensation, with much contention as to how it compared to the singer’s previous studio albums. The main reason for this debate emerges from the ambient, droning sounds that accompany most of “Perverts.”...

• “Mahashmashana” is not my favorite Father John Misty album | The Observer
Released Nov. 22, “Mahashmashana” is the sixth studio album by Josh Tillman under the moniker Father John Misty. Like Tillman’s previous albums, “Mahashmashana”—an anglicization of the word for “cremation ground” in Sanskrit—manages to balance a deeply cynical tone alongside a surprising amount of emotional depth. Let me start with what I liked. Tillman’s lyricism sparkles,...