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Capitol / EMI Records
AllMusic Rating: 4.5 stars
McCartney draws inspiration from his youth in Liverpool on his deeply personal, lyrically potent 20th studio album.
- Matt Collar
Verve Forecast / Verve
AllMusic Rating: 3.5 stars
The Philadelphia songwriter pays tribute to his city on this album of rambling, zen-like guitar rockers and midtempo meditations.
- Fred Thomas
Warp
AllMusic Rating: 4.0 stars
After a 13-year wait, the enigmatic duo spells out the dread of Geogaddi and Tomorrow's Harvest with songs that trace the chaos of the 2020s.
- Heather Phares
Reprise
AllMusic Rating: 3.5 stars
This live album includes fan favorites, relatively rare inclusions, and even one song making its recorded debut after only being played live.
- Fred Thomas
Island
AllMusic Rating: 3.5 stars
This brisk debut set pulls from '90s grunge, indie, and trip-hop and updates those sounds with contemporary production polish.
- Neil Z. Yeung
Guided by Voices, Inc.
AllMusic Rating: 4.0 stars
Big guitars and bold tunes dominate this rollicking, joyous effort from indie rock's most indefatigable band.
- Mark Deming
Mexican Summer
AllMusic Rating: 4.0 stars
The sixth album from this Danish rock outfit finds the middle ground between their feral roots and the swagger of their later output.
- Fred Thomas
Winspear
AllMusic Rating: 3.5 stars
The former solo project of Columbus, Ohio's Mark Allen Scott continues to efficiently blend rusticism and textured dissonance on its second band LP.
- Marcy Donelson

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