David Hayter

Hey I'm keeping my old album reviewing just barely a flame on AOTY, feel free to follow if you want my lukewarn takes: https://t.co/p4MvpGUyVE

Jennie - Ruby: Very pleasantly surprised, Black Pink projects are normally obnoxiously brash and blaring (a few choice singles aside) which can be fine, but this has a nice RnB and hip hop palette and is (almost) tastefully ballsy at times, beware the usual sloganeering though.

Lady Gaga - Mayhem: Good on a first listen, gets stuck on mid towards the second half, but songs might sink in more on second and third listen

Listening to the new releases

8="Mary Boone" - Vampire Weekend - I was too excited and some how scribbled down 28 songs! But I can't leave out this beautiful and gorgeously arranged gem from Vampire Weekend https://t.co/KnrQPx0kll

Classic fuck up, missed another one out, incoming

1. "365"/"Girl So Confusion (Remix")/"I Think About It All The Time (Remix) - Charli XCX - When I made a shortlist I had over 10 Charli tracks to choose from. Take your pick. 2024 was the year when Charli's influence translated into dominance https://t.co/adIYSd7Etj

2="Sadness As A Gift" - Adrianne Lenker: it's hard to think of someone who has contributed more beautiful songs since the turn of the millennium than Lenker. This may well be her masterpiece; timeless and crushingly tender. True perfection, just listen https://t.co/DCBTOr0FO6

2="Good Luck, Babe!" - Chappell Roan: This stand alone single is a horrifically conceited and all the better for it. Does her ex still dream of her? Who knows, but she'll be stuck hearing this song on repeat for the rest of her life, that's for sure https://t.co/gZDmyczjxX

Whoops slight miscount so we get two songs at number two

3. "Omega" - Rosalia - Motormami may have caused people to forget that behind the cunty culture shifting icon remains a majestic songwriter with a time stands still vocal. "Omega" is a reminder that Rosalia our warp heartstrings whenever she pleases https://t.co/9wqgiiFL5f

4. "Please, Please, Please" - Sabrina Carpenter: sultry, arch and full of wonderful lyrical quirks ("the ceiling fan is so nice"), Sabrina falls for an awkward and social tactless man, embarrassment is assured, but so is the bed chem https://t.co/lPNGcSLmWD

5. "BooBoo" - Yaeji: "BooBoo" is a brilliantly skittish club banger that reflects on having success at too young an age. Yaeji loves the euphoria of the club, but has the persona of a shut in, "BooBoo" milks the tension between her own extremes: https://t.co/kk22f2JJBp

6. "Big Bank" - Kenny Mason: time to have some fun with an absolute bop, a classic posse cut that takes a slippery beat of the year contender and lays a series of largely irreverent verses atop it. Pure joy. https://t.co/RmEKTzSml6

7. "27 Club" - Tierra Whack - a beautiful and spectral suicide ballad that is haunting but never severe. Perfectly judged and bizarrely pleasurable to listen to despite its fundamentally miserable subject matter https://t.co/ktSkBWvRCw

8. Right Back To It - Waxahatchee ft. MJ Lenkerman: a sumptuous indie country production full of swing and spring as Waxahatchee wraps her trusting, hopeful and forlorn vocal all around this slow loving masterpiece https://t.co/X36bKHHN3i

9. "Out of Respect" - Teezo Touchdown: a brilliant and bonkers leftfield anthem about sleeping with your mate's girl, but having enough gentlemanly spirit to restrain yourself for 10 or 20 seconds before replying to her text https://t.co/ax08EzK2Xi