Alexander Balfanz

The album's instrumentals shift and flow like magma, and the high-concept production works so well that it doesn't feel like an experimental imposition — it just is.

Keem falters on The Melodic Blue, trying to include countless ideas without giving thought to how they ultimately coalesce.

Donda almost comes across like a haunting posthumous album, rushed with a bloated tracklist and various features, but exciting nevertheless.

Released July 23, Spiral is a near-perfect masterpiece, taking the band’s genre-bending psychedelic rock sound to a new level.