This week’s new albums: Little Simz | Private Function | Devin Shamel
Also: not quite day ones, heist movie set pieces, that one album of Lily Allen’s, no room for grey area, internal monologues, none more black, brain backdoors, Frenzal Rhomb are not a very good band (say it in Japanese), podcast sponsorship, hitting a cardboard box with a hammer, trying to be chaos agents, call me maybe, sasscore and whitebelt, parked in the joker space, celebrating the game, niches of niches of niches, cable comebacks, DAZN’s big dip, Game 4, good night to Celtics lite, Carlisle in the middle, vibes-based coaching, hope outside the big three, bonsai wicketkeepers and palindrome dudes, Beeso loves Bezos and Stephen A.I.
Next week: Saya Gray | Gardna | Frankie and the Witch Fingers
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