A Month for Music; September 2022 Album Reviews

From Brit-pop to experimental rap, September harvested a slew of new and innovative albums. With new hits from artists like The Garden, Bladee, and Pretty Sick, the music scene is blowing up. Keep reading for reviews on the latest albums! On Sept. 30, “That London” by 80’s band Cleaners from Venus dropped. The album exhibits brit-pop-esque vocals and lyrics, with classic major scales and strong...

The Garden, experimental project by siblings duo Fletcher and Wyatt Shears, dropped new album “HORSESH*T ON ROUTE 66,” on Sept. 8. This is their first independent album after separating from Epitaph Records, and the newfound freedom shines through. Described by Wikipedia as “experimental rock art punk electro-punk hypnagogic pop synth punk,” it’s safe to say The Garden successfully blends ...

The cover of Bladee’s “Spiderr,” features a satirical drawing by artist Sathyan Rizzo, depicting Bladee with a comically fit physique holding a spider up. Recorded under the label “YEAR0001,” the album throws it back to the Swedish rapper’s early work. With his more recent albums being generally guitar and synth focused, they fell more into the category of dream pop and indie than rap. H...

Kid Cudi’s “Entergalactic,” his eighth studio album, is a musical project based on Cudi’s new animated Netflix special under the same title. The album, though music in itself, was made to represent Cudi’s desire to leave the music scene, and shift more towards film directing and producing. In “New Mode,” the second song on the album, Cudi expresses an idea of a new identity, with verses ...

Indie rock band Pretty Sick, fronted by singer Sabrina Fuentes, drops new album “Makes Me Sick Makes Me Smile,” under producer Paul Q. Kolderie, who worked with huge bands like the Pixies, Hole, Radiohead, and Dinosaur Jr. This album is an excellent contribution to the growing indie music scene, featuring distorted bass on top of fitting drumlines with Fuentes’ soft yet angsty voice spilling ...