Uploaded July 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 June 2026.
Jill Scott – To Whom This May Concern – Album Review (R&B / neo-soul)
Best: ‘Norf Side’ ft. Tierra Whac, ‘Liftin’ Me Up’, ‘To B Honest’ ft. JID, ‘Beautiful People’, ‘A Universe’, ‘Ase’
Worst: ‘Me 4’
Ashley McBryde - Wild - Album Review (country)
Best: ‘Arkansas Mud’, ‘Creosote’, ‘Bottle Tells Me So’, ‘Lines In The Carpet’, ‘Behind Bars’, ‘WIld’, ‘Ten To Midnight’, ‘Hand Me Downs’
Worst: ‘Water In The River’
Panopticon - Det Hjemsøkte Hjertet – Album Review (symphonic black metal)
Best: ‘Woodland Caribou’, ‘The Great Silence, Extinct’, ‘A Culture of Wilderness’, ‘Ghost Eyes In the Fire Light’
Worst: ‘Lyset’
Vince Staples - Cry Baby - Album Review (hip-hop / rap rock)
Best: ‘Blackberry Marmalade’, ‘White Flag’, ‘The Running Man’, ‘The Big Bad Wolf’, ‘Only In America’, ‘Cotton’, ‘7 In The Morning’, ‘Tulsa OK’
Worst: ‘Do You Know The Devil’
Olivia Rodrigo - you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love - Album Review (pop rock)
Best: ‘drop dead’, ‘honeybee’, ‘maggots for brains’, ‘the cure’, ‘what’s wrong with me’ ft. Robert Smith, ‘less’
Worst: ‘my way’
Saidan - Fangdriller: Scars Beneath Memory’s Wrists - Album Review (black metal)
Best: ‘Razorblade Temptation’, ‘Rapture (I’ll Wait For You)’, ‘Immersed by Eternity’s Blade’, ‘Kara no Bara’, ‘Womb of Hatred’, ‘Beat to Death’
Worst: ‘Ethereal Blood’
Niall Horan - Dinner Party - Album Review (pop)
Best: ‘Tastes So Good’, ‘Monochromatic’, ‘She Gets It From Her Mother’, ‘Boys Are Fun’, ‘Fighting Over Nothing’
Worst: ‘Pretty’
Jason Eady - Tulsa Turnaround - Album Review (country / blues)
Best: ‘Angelene’, ‘Tulsa Turnaround’, ‘Old Drunken Savior’, ‘Whole Town Jam’, ‘Mississippi Blues Man’
Worst: ‘Risky Women’
49 Winchester - Change of Plans - Album Review (southern rock)
Best: ‘Slowly’, ‘All Over Again’, ‘Oh Savannah’, ‘Bluebird’, ‘All Around Me’
Worst: ‘Changes’
Willow Avalon - Pink Pocket Pistol - Album Review (country)
Best: ‘Hickest Woman’ ft. Midland, ‘Hypothetically Speaking’ ft. Kaitlin Butts, ‘Left The Bed Made’
Worst: ‘Hell In A Handbag’, ‘Thumbsucker’, ‘Cardinal Sin’ ft. Jason Isbell
Jesse Welles - Masks Off - Album Review (country / singer-songwriter)
Best: ‘Masks Off’, ‘The Ballad of Big Balls’, ‘Everything Must Die’, ‘Meet The New Swamp’, ‘Domestic Error’
Worst: ‘Red’
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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, Ashley McBryde, Wild, Vince Staples, Cry Baby, Jason Eady, Tulsa Turnaround, Olivia Rodrigo, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, Panopticon, Det Hjemsøkte Hjertet, Niall Horan, Dinner Party, Saidan, Fangdriller: Scars Beneath Memory’s Wrists, Jill Scott, To Whom This May Concern, Jesse Welles, Masks Off, 49 Winchester, Change of Plans, Willow Avalon, Pink Pocket Pistol
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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 June 2026.
Jill Scott – To Whom This May Concern – Album Review (R&B / neo-soul)
Best: ‘Norf Side’ ft. Tierra Whac, ‘Liftin’ Me Up’, ‘To B Honest’ ft. JID, ‘Beautiful People’, ‘A Universe’, ‘Ase’
Worst: ‘Me 4’
Ashley McBryde - Wild - Album Review (country)
Best: ‘Arkansas Mud’, ‘Creosote’, ‘Bottle Tells Me So’, ‘Lines In The Carpet’, ‘Behind Bars’, ‘WIld’, ‘Ten To Midnight’, ‘Hand Me Downs’
Worst: ‘Water In The River’
Panopticon - Det Hjemsøkte Hjertet – Album Review (symphonic black metal)
Best: ‘Woodland Caribou’, ‘The Great Silence, Extinct’, ‘A Culture of Wilderness’, ‘Ghost Eyes In the Fire Light’
Worst: ‘Lyset’
Vince Staples - Cry Baby - Album Review (hip-hop / rap rock)
Best: ‘Blackberry Marmalade’, ‘White Flag’, ‘The Running Man’, ‘The Big Bad Wolf’, ‘Only In America’, ‘Cotton’, ‘7 In The Morning’, ‘Tulsa OK’
Worst: ‘Do You Know The Devil’
Olivia Rodrigo - you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love - Album Review (pop rock)
Best: ‘drop dead’, ‘honeybee’, ‘maggots for brains’, ‘the cure’, ‘what’s wrong with me’ ft. Robert Smith, ‘less’
Worst: ‘my way’
Saidan - Fangdriller: Scars Beneath Memory’s Wrists - Album Review (black metal)
Best: ‘Razorblade Temptation’, ‘Rapture (I’ll Wait For You)’, ‘Immersed by Eternity’s Blade’, ‘Kara no Bara’, ‘Womb of Hatred’, ‘Beat to Death’
Worst: ‘Ethereal Blood’
Niall Horan - Dinner Party - Album Review (pop)
Best: ‘Tastes So Good’, ‘Monochromatic’, ‘She Gets It From Her Mother’, ‘Boys Are Fun’, ‘Fighting Over Nothing’
Worst: ‘Pretty’
Jason Eady - Tulsa Turnaround - Album Review (country / blues)
Best: ‘Angelene’, ‘Tulsa Turnaround’, ‘Old Drunken Savior’, ‘Whole Town Jam’, ‘Mississippi Blues Man’
Worst: ‘Risky Women’
49 Winchester - Change of Plans - Album Review (southern rock)
Best: ‘Slowly’, ‘All Over Again’, ‘Oh Savannah’, ‘Bluebird’, ‘All Around Me’
Worst: ‘Changes’
Willow Avalon - Pink Pocket Pistol - Album Review (country)
Best: ‘Hickest Woman’ ft. Midland, ‘Hypothetically Speaking’ ft. Kaitlin Butts, ‘Left The Bed Made’
Worst: ‘Hell In A Handbag’, ‘Thumbsucker’, ‘Cardinal Sin’ ft. Jason Isbell
Jesse Welles - Masks Off - Album Review (country / singer-songwriter)
Best: ‘Masks Off’, ‘The Ballad of Big Balls’, ‘Everything Must Die’, ‘Meet The New Swamp’, ‘Domestic Error’
Worst: ‘Red’
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!
--
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, Ashley McBryde, Wild, Vince Staples, Cry Baby, Jason Eady, Tulsa Turnaround, Olivia Rodrigo, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, Panopticon, Det Hjemsøkte Hjertet, Niall Horan, Dinner Party, Saidan, Fangdriller: Scars Beneath Memory’s Wrists, Jill Scott, To Whom This May Concern, Jesse Welles, Masks Off, 49 Winchester, Change of Plans, Willow Avalon, Pink Pocket Pistol
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#SpectrumPulse #oliviarodrigo #vincestaples
