Muse, The Wow! Signal ⭐️⭐️❌❌❌ Muse is back with a new album. They called this The Wow! Signal, which is a reference to that time when we supposedly received a radio signal from deep space, and the scientist that observed it printed it out, circled it, and wrote “Wow!” Pretty interesting, actually. And incidentally, “Pretty interesting” is a nice way of describing this album. I hope you aren’t prone to sensory overload, because this is basically the audio equivalent of the Michael Bay Transformers movies. There’s just so much going on at all times. And it’s a shame, because these...

Chlöe & Timbaland, Resurrection *no score for reasons explained below* Well, I’ll just keep this one nice and simple. This is a solid album. Pretty good. But… Timbaland is a known pro A.I. guy. So… Don’t know how much, if any, that was involved. Can’t find a definitive answer anywhere. So won’t score it.

Olivia Rodrigo, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Olivia Rodrigo is back with her third album. It feels like her last album was forever ago, but it was only three years ago. Time isn’t real to me anymore. But anyways, existential time crisis aside… This album is an instant pop classic. No doubt about it. Olivia is now 3/3, and she’s only gotten better each time. This is by far her most focused and mature album yet. Her songwriting has reached another level since her last album.  Also, Dan Nigro’s production is top notch, as...

Death Cab for Cutie, I Built You a Tower ⭐️⭐️⭐️❌❌ Death Cab for Cutie is back with a new album. Or… Maybe it’s just an elaborate way for them to tell somebody they built a tower for them? Also, why build it? Couldn’t you just buy one? There has to be plenty of premade towers. But anyways… This album is an example of just a pretty solid album. Not really that many highs, not really any lows. It’s really just kind of right down the middle.  The production is very odd. The vocals don’t really sit in the mix very...