2026 Mini Album Reviews #34 (12 Albums): STELLA LEFTY, Amy Shark, L'Rain, and more!

This one's kinda all over the place, with one truly great album, and a bunch of unfortunate disappointments, including some truly insufferable albums and also some reviews that go kind of off the rails. Temple Guard - Citadel In Flames (6/10) Favourite Tracks: “Blood Makes The Rain Fall”, “Inquisition’s Wrath”, “Masked Resistance” Least Favourite Track: “A Vanguard Reforged” Tyga - $TARFACE (2/10) Favourite Track: “WHITE GRAINS” (still not worth hearing) Least Favourite Tracks: “SPINNIN IN CIRCLES”, “POWDERED DREAMS”, “JUST US TONIGHT”, “FREEZING”, “TIME IS CURRENCY”, “AFFECTION” Bleached Cross - Wrath (8/10) Favourite Tracks: “Season of the Witch”, “Blood Moon”, “Tomb”, “Lingering Souls”, “Wrath” Least Favourite Track: “Torment” Amy Shark - soft pop (4/10) Favourite Tracks: “Movies”, “Ruins” Least Favourite Tracks: “The Biggest Dick”, “Like a Doll” Papangu - Celestial (6/10) Favourite Tracks: “Bode Expiatório”, “Fechamento de Corpo”, “Calado (de Olho)”, “Iamanakaru” Least Favourite Track: “Taxidermia” Holotropic - individual (6/10) Favourite Tracks: “D’Filer”, “in_dividual, Pt. I: Animal”, “in_dividual, Pt II: Lamina” Least Favourite Track: “Al(l)one” Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats - ii (6/10) Favourite Tracks: “CANDLELIGHT”, “BENJAMIN”, “DIFFERENCE” Least Favourite Track: “GONE FISHING” L'Rain - fata morgana (7/10) Favourite Tracks: “july 5th”, “elmyra”, “soulless cycle”, “birthday” Least Favourite Track: “no body / know body” Sadness - sunset blush (7/10) Favourite Tracks: “pink sunset”, “pink sounds” Least Favourite Track: “istoy” Julia Holter - Materia (6/10) Favourite Tracks: “My Lost One”, “Clepsydra” Least Favourite Track: “My Twin” Nine Inch Nails & Boys Noize - Nine Inch Noize (6/10) Favourite Tracks: watch the review to see why I’m not listing any Least Favourite Tracks: again, watch the review STELLA LEFTY - Long Way Home (4/10) Favourite Tracks: “Slow Dancin’”, “Something To Lose”, “Feel Better” Least Favourite Tracks: “Ain’t Something I Do”, “I Know I Know”