Day and Night

Bass Persuades

Miley Cyrus drops her surname and nearly everything else on *Bass Persuades* — a hedonistic dance-pop concept that's too cold to move and too vague to matter.

Pylon

Beabadoobee turns mid-twenties dread into her most forceful record yet — abrasive, melodic, and quietly braver than almost anything else released this year.

Lost Weekend

Phoebe Bridgers returns after six years with her most precise, devastating record yet — grief, heartbreak, and hard-won hope across seventeen quietly extraordin

petal

Ariana Grande's eighth album has real ideas and a couple of genuine standout moments — but *petal* too often blinks before it can bloom into the feral record it