Uploaded May 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 April 2026.
Robyn - Sexistential - Album Review (pop)
Best: ‘Blow My Mind’, ‘Talk To Me’, ‘Light Up’, ‘Into The Sun’
Worst: ‘Sexistential’
Charlie Puth - Whatever’s Clever - Album Review (soft rock / yacht rock)
Best: ‘Cry’ ft. Kenny G, ‘Changes’, ‘New Jersey’ ft. Ravyn Lenae, ‘Home’ ft. Hikaru Utada
Worst: ‘I Used To Be Cringe’, ‘Love In Exile’ ft. Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins
RAYE. - THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. - Album Review (pop / soul / musical theatre)
Best: ‘Click Clack Symphony’ ft. Hans Zimmer, ‘I Know You’re Hurting’, ‘Skin & Bones’, ‘WHERE IS MY HUSBAND’
Worst: ‘I Hate The Way I Look Today’
NAHreally - EXTRA CHEESE - Album Review (hip-hop)
Best: ‘Moderately Well’, ‘Umpteen’, ‘I Need a Hobby’, ‘You’ve Got A Friend Type Beat’, ‘Too Many Cooks’, ‘Human Error’
Worst: ‘FUKWITME 2’
Slayyyter – WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA – Album Review (electropop / hyperpop)
Best: ‘CANNIBALISM!’, ‘OLD TECHNOLOGY’, ‘YES GODDD’, OLD FLING$’, ‘$T.LOSER’, ‘BRITTANY MURPHY.’
Worst: ‘UNKNOWN LOVERZ’
Ella Langley - Dandelion - Album Review (country)
Best: ‘Choosin’ Texas’, ‘Last Call For Us’, ‘Broken’, ‘Speaking Terms’, ‘Butterfly Season’ ft. Miranda Lambert
Worst: ‘You & Me Time’
Thundercat - Distracted - Album Review (funk)
Best: ‘What Is Left To Say’ ft. The Lemon Twigs, ‘I Wish I Didn’t Waste Your Time’, ‘This Thing We Call Love’ ft. Channel Tres, ‘ThunderWave’ ft. WILLOW, ‘Great Americans’
Worst: ‘Anakin Learns His Fate’
Lauren Auder - Whole World As Vigil - Album Review (indie pop)
Best: ‘praxis’, ‘pier’, ‘say nothing’, ‘marrow’, ‘no outline’
Worst: ‘mantra’
Jessie Ware - Superbloom - Album Review (pop / disco / R&B)
Best: ‘I Could Get Used To This’, ‘Superbloom’, ‘Sauna’, ‘Mr. Valentine’, ‘Don’t You Know Who I Am’, ‘No Consequences’
Worst: ‘Love You For’
Enter Shikari – Lose Your Self – Album Review (electronic rock)
Best: ‘Find Out The Hard Way…’, ‘It’s OK’, ‘Shipwrecked!’, ‘LOSE YOUR SELF’, ‘demons’
Worst: ‘Spaceship Earth (II: Angoscioso)’
Noah Kahan – The Great Divide – Album Review (singer-songwriter / folk rock)
Best: ‘Doors’, ‘American Cars’, ‘Downfall’, ‘The Great Divide’, ‘Haircut’, ‘Willing and Able’, ‘Dashboard’, ‘Dan’
Worst: ‘Porch Light’
Bill Callahan – My Days at 58 – Album Review (singer-songwriter / folk)
Best: ‘Why Do Men Sing’, ‘The Man I’m Supposed To Be’, ‘Pathol OG’, ‘Empathy’, ‘West Texas’, ‘Lonely City’
Worst: ‘Computer’
Tenille Townes – The Acrobat – Album Review (country / acoustic)
Best: ‘the acrobat’ ft. Lori McKena, ‘she plays the piano’, ‘grey like Emmylou’ ft. I’m With Her, ‘ordinary love song, ‘enabling’
Worst: ‘lonely talking’
Wendy Eisenberg – Wendy Eisenberg – Album Review (indie folk / country)
Best: ‘Meaning Business’, ‘Another Lifetime Floats Again’, ‘Vanity Paradox’, ‘Curious Bird’, ‘Old Myth Dying’, ‘The Ultraworld’
Worst: ‘It’s Here’
Adeem The Artist – notes from inside – Album Review (country folk)
Best: ‘to know your absence’, ‘jason isbell b-side’, ‘learning to drive again’, ‘st. todd (i grow lonely in new ways)’, ‘blueprints’, ‘cowards together’
Worst: ‘multi-ball my madness away’
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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 April 2026.
Robyn - Sexistential - Album Review (pop)
Best: ‘Blow My Mind’, ‘Talk To Me’, ‘Light Up’, ‘Into The Sun’
Worst: ‘Sexistential’
Charlie Puth - Whatever’s Clever - Album Review (soft rock / yacht rock)
Best: ‘Cry’ ft. Kenny G, ‘Changes’, ‘New Jersey’ ft. Ravyn Lenae, ‘Home’ ft. Hikaru Utada
Worst: ‘I Used To Be Cringe’, ‘Love In Exile’ ft. Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins
RAYE. - THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. - Album Review (pop / soul / musical theatre)
Best: ‘Click Clack Symphony’ ft. Hans Zimmer, ‘I Know You’re Hurting’, ‘Skin & Bones’, ‘WHERE IS MY HUSBAND’
Worst: ‘I Hate The Way I Look Today’
NAHreally - EXTRA CHEESE - Album Review (hip-hop)
Best: ‘Moderately Well’, ‘Umpteen’, ‘I Need a Hobby’, ‘You’ve Got A Friend Type Beat’, ‘Too Many Cooks’, ‘Human Error’
Worst: ‘FUKWITME 2’
Slayyyter – WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA – Album Review (electropop / hyperpop)
Best: ‘CANNIBALISM!’, ‘OLD TECHNOLOGY’, ‘YES GODDD’, OLD FLING$’, ‘$T.LOSER’, ‘BRITTANY MURPHY.’
Worst: ‘UNKNOWN LOVERZ’
Ella Langley - Dandelion - Album Review (country)
Best: ‘Choosin’ Texas’, ‘Last Call For Us’, ‘Broken’, ‘Speaking Terms’, ‘Butterfly Season’ ft. Miranda Lambert
Worst: ‘You & Me Time’
Thundercat - Distracted - Album Review (funk)
Best: ‘What Is Left To Say’ ft. The Lemon Twigs, ‘I Wish I Didn’t Waste Your Time’, ‘This Thing We Call Love’ ft. Channel Tres, ‘ThunderWave’ ft. WILLOW, ‘Great Americans’
Worst: ‘Anakin Learns His Fate’
Lauren Auder - Whole World As Vigil - Album Review (indie pop)
Best: ‘praxis’, ‘pier’, ‘say nothing’, ‘marrow’, ‘no outline’
Worst: ‘mantra’
Jessie Ware - Superbloom - Album Review (pop / disco / R&B)
Best: ‘I Could Get Used To This’, ‘Superbloom’, ‘Sauna’, ‘Mr. Valentine’, ‘Don’t You Know Who I Am’, ‘No Consequences’
Worst: ‘Love You For’
Enter Shikari – Lose Your Self – Album Review (electronic rock)
Best: ‘Find Out The Hard Way…’, ‘It’s OK’, ‘Shipwrecked!’, ‘LOSE YOUR SELF’, ‘demons’
Worst: ‘Spaceship Earth (II: Angoscioso)’
Noah Kahan – The Great Divide – Album Review (singer-songwriter / folk rock)
Best: ‘Doors’, ‘American Cars’, ‘Downfall’, ‘The Great Divide’, ‘Haircut’, ‘Willing and Able’, ‘Dashboard’, ‘Dan’
Worst: ‘Porch Light’
Bill Callahan – My Days at 58 – Album Review (singer-songwriter / folk)
Best: ‘Why Do Men Sing’, ‘The Man I’m Supposed To Be’, ‘Pathol OG’, ‘Empathy’, ‘West Texas’, ‘Lonely City’
Worst: ‘Computer’
Tenille Townes – The Acrobat – Album Review (country / acoustic)
Best: ‘the acrobat’ ft. Lori McKena, ‘she plays the piano’, ‘grey like Emmylou’ ft. I’m With Her, ‘ordinary love song, ‘enabling’
Worst: ‘lonely talking’
Wendy Eisenberg – Wendy Eisenberg – Album Review (indie folk / country)
Best: ‘Meaning Business’, ‘Another Lifetime Floats Again’, ‘Vanity Paradox’, ‘Curious Bird’, ‘Old Myth Dying’, ‘The Ultraworld’
Worst: ‘It’s Here’
Adeem The Artist – notes from inside – Album Review (country folk)
Best: ‘to know your absence’, ‘jason isbell b-side’, ‘learning to drive again’, ‘st. todd (i grow lonely in new ways)’, ‘blueprints’, ‘cowards together’
Worst: ‘multi-ball my madness away’
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, Robyn, Sexistential, Charlie Puth, Whatever's Clever, RAYE, THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE, NAHreally, EXTRA CHEESE, Slayyyter, WORST GIRL IN AMERICA, Ella Langley, Dandelion, Thundercat, Distracted, Lauren Auder, Whole World As Vigil, Jessie Ware, Superbloom, Enter Shikari, LOSE YOUR SELF, Noah Kahan, The Great Divide, Bill Callahan, My Days at 58, Tenille Townes, The Acrobat, Wendy Eisenberg, Adeem The Artist, notes from inside
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