Does the World Need Another A$AP Rocky Album?
The rapper takes a break from Denzel movies and daddy-dom to drop his most superficial album yet. Plus: Must Hear indie rock about a literal dead horse.
Welcome to the latest installment of Five Albums, the weekly feature for paid Hearing Things subscribers in which we discuss a handful of new records catching our attention. As music journalists, the question we get most often from friends is how to stay on top of what’s happening now. This is our attempt to provide a practical answer.
This week, Dylan contemplates the burning question of whether A$AP Rocky’s wider cultural relevance has affected the importance of his music. Plus, we’ve got a club producer gone acoustic, a beguiling R&B singer on the rise, a storied experimental art trio doing cover songs, and a Must Hear album from a buzzy UK indie group that rises far above the hype.
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