Uploaded June 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 May 2026.
Portrayal of Guilt - …Beginning of the End - Album Review (screamo / black metal / nu-metal)
Best: ‘God Will Never Hear Me’, ‘Human Terror’, ‘Ecstasy’
Worst: ‘Chamber of Misery Pt. 4’, ‘Total Black’
Kehlani - Kehlani - Album Review (R&B)
Best: ‘Folded’, ‘I Need You’ ft. Brandy’, ‘Shoulda Never’ ft. Usher, ‘Out The Window’, ‘Cruise Control’, ‘Unlearn’
Worst: ‘Pocket’ ft. Cardi B
Kacey Musgraves – Middle of Nowhere – Album Review (pop country)
Best: ‘I Believe In Ghosts’, ‘Abilene’, ‘Loneliest Girl’, ‘Everybody Wants To Be A Cowboy’ ft. Billy Strings, ‘Hell On Me’
Worst: ‘Mexico Honey’
Kneecap – FENIAN – Album Review (hip-hop / drum’n’bass / UK garage)
Best: ‘Liars Tale’, ‘Carnival’, ‘Big Bad Mo’, ‘An Ra’
Worst: ‘Cocaine Hill’
Isaiah Rashad - IT’S BEEN AWFUL - Album Review (hip-hop / trap)
Best: ‘SAME SH!T’, ‘SUPAFICIAL’, ‘SCARED 2 LOOK DOWN’, ‘HAPPY HOUR’, ‘AIN’T GIVIN’ UP’
Worst: ‘SUPERPWRS’
The Leaving - Ultimate Buzz - Album Review (synthpop / industrial)
Best: ‘Fluoxetine’, ‘Creatures’, ‘Atmosphere’
Worst: ‘Speak’
Visible Cloaks - Paradessence - Album Review (ambient / new age)
Best: ‘Slippage’, ‘Thinking’, ‘Steel’, ‘Capgras’
Worst: ‘Intarsia’
Genesis Owusu – REDSTAR WU AND THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE – Album Review (hip-hop / synth punk / neo-soul)
Best: ‘PIRATE RADIO’, ‘STAMPEDE’, ‘FALLING BOTH WAYS’ ft. Ladyhawke, ‘THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE’, ‘LIFE KEEPS GOING’, ‘RUNNIN OUTTA TIME’, ‘ONE4ALL’, ‘BLESSED ARE THE MEEK’
Worst: ‘4LIFE’
JPEGMAFIA - EXPERIMENTAL RAP - Album Review (hip-hop)
Best: ‘No Strippers In Heaven’, ‘Burning Hammer’, ‘Meet The Dealers’, ‘Mask On’, ‘Chat’
Worst: ‘Since I Met Yet’, ‘GYBB’, ‘head’, ‘New Era’
MUNA - Dancing On The Wall - Album Review (synthpop)
Best: ‘Dancing On The Wall’, ‘Eastside Girls’, ‘On Call’, ‘So What’, ‘Big Stick’, ‘Girl’s Girl’, ‘Why Do I Get A Good Feeling’, ‘Buzzkiller’
Worst: ‘Mary Jane’
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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 May 2026.
Portrayal of Guilt - …Beginning of the End - Album Review (screamo / black metal / nu-metal)
Best: ‘God Will Never Hear Me’, ‘Human Terror’, ‘Ecstasy’
Worst: ‘Chamber of Misery Pt. 4’, ‘Total Black’
Kehlani - Kehlani - Album Review (R&B)
Best: ‘Folded’, ‘I Need You’ ft. Brandy’, ‘Shoulda Never’ ft. Usher, ‘Out The Window’, ‘Cruise Control’, ‘Unlearn’
Worst: ‘Pocket’ ft. Cardi B
Kacey Musgraves – Middle of Nowhere – Album Review (pop country)
Best: ‘I Believe In Ghosts’, ‘Abilene’, ‘Loneliest Girl’, ‘Everybody Wants To Be A Cowboy’ ft. Billy Strings, ‘Hell On Me’
Worst: ‘Mexico Honey’
Kneecap – FENIAN – Album Review (hip-hop / drum’n’bass / UK garage)
Best: ‘Liars Tale’, ‘Carnival’, ‘Big Bad Mo’, ‘An Ra’
Worst: ‘Cocaine Hill’
Isaiah Rashad - IT’S BEEN AWFUL - Album Review (hip-hop / trap)
Best: ‘SAME SH!T’, ‘SUPAFICIAL’, ‘SCARED 2 LOOK DOWN’, ‘HAPPY HOUR’, ‘AIN’T GIVIN’ UP’
Worst: ‘SUPERPWRS’
The Leaving - Ultimate Buzz - Album Review (synthpop / industrial)
Best: ‘Fluoxetine’, ‘Creatures’, ‘Atmosphere’
Worst: ‘Speak’
Visible Cloaks - Paradessence - Album Review (ambient / new age)
Best: ‘Slippage’, ‘Thinking’, ‘Steel’, ‘Capgras’
Worst: ‘Intarsia’
Genesis Owusu – REDSTAR WU AND THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE – Album Review (hip-hop / synth punk / neo-soul)
Best: ‘PIRATE RADIO’, ‘STAMPEDE’, ‘FALLING BOTH WAYS’ ft. Ladyhawke, ‘THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE’, ‘LIFE KEEPS GOING’, ‘RUNNIN OUTTA TIME’, ‘ONE4ALL’, ‘BLESSED ARE THE MEEK’
Worst: ‘4LIFE’
JPEGMAFIA - EXPERIMENTAL RAP - Album Review (hip-hop)
Best: ‘No Strippers In Heaven’, ‘Burning Hammer’, ‘Meet The Dealers’, ‘Mask On’, ‘Chat’
Worst: ‘Since I Met Yet’, ‘GYBB’, ‘head’, ‘New Era’
MUNA - Dancing On The Wall - Album Review (synthpop)
Best: ‘Dancing On The Wall’, ‘Eastside Girls’, ‘On Call’, ‘So What’, ‘Big Stick’, ‘Girl’s Girl’, ‘Why Do I Get A Good Feeling’, ‘Buzzkiller’
Worst: ‘Mary Jane’
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, Portrayal Of Guilt, Beginning of the End, Kehlani, Kacey Musgraves, Middle of Nowhere, Kneecap, FENIAN, Isaiah Rashad, IT'S BEEN AWFUL, The Leaving, Ultimate Buzz, Visible Cloaks, Paradessence, MUNA, Dancing on the Wall, Genesis Owusu, REDSTAR WU AND THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE, JPEGMAFIA, EXPERIMENTAL RAP, Kehlani Kehlani reaction, JPEGMAFIA EXPERIMENTAL RAP reaction, Kacey Musgraves Middle of Nowhere
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