And we're back, with the first episode of season 4. Make it make sense. While most years start with a stretch and a yawn, January roared to life with a series of extremely impressive releases by some new favourites and some old friends. Speaking of old friends, the amount of name drops and callbacks in this episode was ridiculous. Talk about fan service. There's no way of knowing for sure, but if the rest of 2024 keeps up like this, we're looking at one of the stronger years in new music in recent history. Albums discussed below:

21 Savage - American Dream

Boldy James & Nicolas Craven - Penalty of Leadership

glass beach - plastic death

Infant island - Obsidian Wreath

Kali Uchis - Orquídeas

Kid Cudi - INSANO

Knoll - As Spoken

Nailah Hunter - Lovegaze

The Smile - Wall of Eyes