Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
For this new song highlight series (a rebrand of my previous recap series), we run through some of my favourite songs from projects I covered in March 2026.
Bruno Mars - The Romantic - Album Review (pop / R&B / soul)
Best: ‘Nothing Left’, ‘Something Serious’, ‘Cha Cha Cha’
Worst: ‘I Just Might’
Baby Keem - Ca$ino - Album Review (hip-hop / trap)
Best: ‘I am not a lyricist’, ‘Highway 95 pt. 2’, ‘Dramatic Girl’ ft. Che Ecru, ‘No Blame’
Worst: ‘Ca$ino’, ‘Sex Appeal’ ft. Too $hort
Megan Moroney - Cloud 9 - Album Review (pop country)
Best: ‘Liars & Tigers & Bears’, ‘Bells & Whistles’ ft. Kacey Musgraves, ‘Convincing’, ‘I Only Miss You’, ‘Who Hurt You?’
Worst: ‘Medicine’
Gorillaz - The Mountain - Album Review (hip-hop / psychedelic pop)
Best: ‘Delirium’ ft. Mark E. Smith, ‘The Happy Dictator’ ft. Sparks, ‘The Shadowy Light’, ‘The Sweet Prince’, ‘The Sad God’
Worst: ‘The Manifesto’ ft. Trueno & Proof, ‘The Plastic Guru’ ft. Johnny Marr
Em Beihold - Tales of a Failed Shapeshifter - Album Review (pop)
Best: ‘Brutus’, ‘Hot Goblin’, ‘Scared Of The Dark’, ‘Won’t Let Go’
Worst: ‘Soup!’
Harry Styles - Kiss All The Time, Disco Occasionally - Album Review (pop / electronic)
Best: ‘Are You Listening Yet?’, ‘Ready, Steady, Go’, ‘American Girls’
Worst: ‘The Waiting Game’
James Blake – Trying Times – Album Review (R&B)
Best: ‘Death of Love’, ‘Make Something Up’, ‘Just Doesn’t Happen’ ft. Dave, ‘I Had A Dream She Took My Hand’, ‘Just A Little Higher’
Worst: ‘Through The High Wire’
You are an angel - its fine to dream - Album Review (emo)
Best: ‘kate said’, ‘the same’, ‘why’, ‘you are an angel’
Worst: ‘headphones’
The Scythe - Strictly 4 The Scythe - Album Review (hip-hop)
Best: ‘THE SCYTHE’, ‘LIT EFFECT’
Worst: ‘YOU AINT GOTTA LIE’
Mitski - Nothing’s About To Happen To Me - Album Review (indie rock)
Best: ‘Charon’s Obol’, ‘Where’s My Phone?’, ‘Dead Women’, ‘That White Cat’
Worst: ‘Rules’
Luke Combs – The Way I Am – Album Review (country)
Best: ’15 Minutes’, ‘Daytona 499’, ‘Wish Upon a Whiskey’, ‘Ever Mine’ ft. Alison Krauss, ‘The Me Part of You’, ‘My Kinda Saturday Night’
Worst: ‘Giving It Away’
B. Dolan - Fight Naked - Album Review (hip-hop)
Best: ‘Fight Naked’, ‘Advice To Young Writers’, ‘Person Corporatehood’, ‘Boys To Men’, ‘Fifty Five’, ‘What is unveiled / the founding’, ‘The Bends’, ‘How I(CE) Could Just Kill A Man’
Worst: ‘Leash Theory’
Johnny Blue Skies & The Dark Clouds - Mutiny After Midnight - Album Review (country funk / disco)
Best: ‘Make America Fuk Again’, ‘Excited Delirium’, ‘Don’t Let Go’, ‘Viridescent’, ‘Situation’, ‘Venus’, ‘Everyone Is Welcome’
Worst: ‘Ain’t That A Bitch’
Underscores - U - Album Review (hyperpop)
Best: ‘Tell Me (U Want It)’, ‘Music’, ‘The Peace’, ‘Innuendo (I Get U)’, ‘Lovefield’, ‘Bodyfeeling’, ‘Wish U Well’
Worst: ‘Do It’
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Spectrum Pulse, music, review, 2026, album, album review, react, reaction, Trailing Edge, Bruno Mars, Baby Keem, Megan Moroney, Gorillaz, Em Beihold, Harry Styles, James Blake, You are an angel, The Scythe, Mitski, Luke Combs, B. Dolan, Johnny Blue Skies, underscores, The Romantic, CA$INO, Cloud 9, The Mountain, Kiss All The Time Disco Occasionally, Trying Times, Strictly 4 The Scythe, Nothing's About To Happen To Me, The Way I Am, Fight Naked, Mutiny After Midnight
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For this new song highlight series (a rebrand of my previous recap series), we run through some of my favourite songs from projects I covered in March 2026.
Bruno Mars - The Romantic - Album Review (pop / R&B / soul)
Best: ‘Nothing Left’, ‘Something Serious’, ‘Cha Cha Cha’
Worst: ‘I Just Might’
Baby Keem - Ca$ino - Album Review (hip-hop / trap)
Best: ‘I am not a lyricist’, ‘Highway 95 pt. 2’, ‘Dramatic Girl’ ft. Che Ecru, ‘No Blame’
Worst: ‘Ca$ino’, ‘Sex Appeal’ ft. Too $hort
Megan Moroney - Cloud 9 - Album Review (pop country)
Best: ‘Liars & Tigers & Bears’, ‘Bells & Whistles’ ft. Kacey Musgraves, ‘Convincing’, ‘I Only Miss You’, ‘Who Hurt You?’
Worst: ‘Medicine’
Gorillaz - The Mountain - Album Review (hip-hop / psychedelic pop)
Best: ‘Delirium’ ft. Mark E. Smith, ‘The Happy Dictator’ ft. Sparks, ‘The Shadowy Light’, ‘The Sweet Prince’, ‘The Sad God’
Worst: ‘The Manifesto’ ft. Trueno & Proof, ‘The Plastic Guru’ ft. Johnny Marr
Em Beihold - Tales of a Failed Shapeshifter - Album Review (pop)
Best: ‘Brutus’, ‘Hot Goblin’, ‘Scared Of The Dark’, ‘Won’t Let Go’
Worst: ‘Soup!’
Harry Styles - Kiss All The Time, Disco Occasionally - Album Review (pop / electronic)
Best: ‘Are You Listening Yet?’, ‘Ready, Steady, Go’, ‘American Girls’
Worst: ‘The Waiting Game’
James Blake – Trying Times – Album Review (R&B)
Best: ‘Death of Love’, ‘Make Something Up’, ‘Just Doesn’t Happen’ ft. Dave, ‘I Had A Dream She Took My Hand’, ‘Just A Little Higher’
Worst: ‘Through The High Wire’
You are an angel - its fine to dream - Album Review (emo)
Best: ‘kate said’, ‘the same’, ‘why’, ‘you are an angel’
Worst: ‘headphones’
The Scythe - Strictly 4 The Scythe - Album Review (hip-hop)
Best: ‘THE SCYTHE’, ‘LIT EFFECT’
Worst: ‘YOU AINT GOTTA LIE’
Mitski - Nothing’s About To Happen To Me - Album Review (indie rock)
Best: ‘Charon’s Obol’, ‘Where’s My Phone?’, ‘Dead Women’, ‘That White Cat’
Worst: ‘Rules’
Luke Combs – The Way I Am – Album Review (country)
Best: ’15 Minutes’, ‘Daytona 499’, ‘Wish Upon a Whiskey’, ‘Ever Mine’ ft. Alison Krauss, ‘The Me Part of You’, ‘My Kinda Saturday Night’
Worst: ‘Giving It Away’
B. Dolan - Fight Naked - Album Review (hip-hop)
Best: ‘Fight Naked’, ‘Advice To Young Writers’, ‘Person Corporatehood’, ‘Boys To Men’, ‘Fifty Five’, ‘What is unveiled / the founding’, ‘The Bends’, ‘How I(CE) Could Just Kill A Man’
Worst: ‘Leash Theory’
Johnny Blue Skies & The Dark Clouds - Mutiny After Midnight - Album Review (country funk / disco)
Best: ‘Make America Fuk Again’, ‘Excited Delirium’, ‘Don’t Let Go’, ‘Viridescent’, ‘Situation’, ‘Venus’, ‘Everyone Is Welcome’
Worst: ‘Ain’t That A Bitch’
Underscores - U - Album Review (hyperpop)
Best: ‘Tell Me (U Want It)’, ‘Music’, ‘The Peace’, ‘Innuendo (I Get U)’, ‘Lovefield’, ‘Bodyfeeling’, ‘Wish U Well’
Worst: ‘Do It’
Join my Patreon experiment: patreon.com/SpectrumPlse
Spectrum Pulse Social Media or to Support This Channel: https://linktr.ee/spectrumpulse
If you want to read the review in text, or check out any additional reviews I've done so far, go to spectrum-pulse.ca for more. Otherwise, be sure to like and subscribe for more!
Thanks for watching Spectrum Pulse!
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Spectrum Pulse is a music review / commentary channel, like colleagues Anthony Fantano of TheNeedleDrop, ARTV, Dead End Hip Hop, Rocked, Deep Cuts, Crash Thompson, Shawn Cee, Mic The Snare, and plenty others, known for discussions of music, movies, art and culture.
Spectrum Pulse, music, review, 2026, album, album review, react, reaction, Trailing Edge, Bruno Mars, Baby Keem, Megan Moroney, Gorillaz, Em Beihold, Harry Styles, James Blake, You are an angel, The Scythe, Mitski, Luke Combs, B. Dolan, Johnny Blue Skies, underscores, The Romantic, CA$INO, Cloud 9, The Mountain, Kiss All The Time Disco Occasionally, Trying Times, Strictly 4 The Scythe, Nothing's About To Happen To Me, The Way I Am, Fight Naked, Mutiny After Midnight
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#SpectrumPulse #brunomars #harrystyles
