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The latest in the Suede reissue series show a band that remained creative and worthy in the wake of what could have been a fatal loss.

Artist: Suede

Album: Coming Up [Deluxe Edition] / Head Music [Deluxe Edition] / A New Morning [Deluxe Edition]

Label: Demon

Pitchfork 7.9 / 7.4 / 7.0

Meticulously written and arranged, the wistful Americana of the sophomore album from this Oklahoma group feels organic and lovingly crafted.

Artist: Other Lives

Album: Tamer Animals

Label: TBD

Pitchfork 7.4

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Bellafea's Heather McEntire leaves the spartan postpunk of that band in favor of more traditional folk, country, and gospel sounds on this new project.

Artist: Mount Moriah

Album: Mount Moriah

Label: Holidays for Quince

Pitchfork 7.8

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Duo behind the eclectic psych-pop group Lights offers this debut under its new moniker, rife with 70s power-pop, 80s sheen, and slack 90s rock.

Artist: Cliffie Swan

Album: Memories Come True

Label: Drag City

Pitchfork 7.3

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The Hamburg duo's sophomore album adds bromance to the blog-house of 2007 debut Idealism, a house-rock hybrid recalling Justice or Simian Mobile Disco.

Artist: Digitalism

Album: I Love You, Dude

Label: V2 / Downtown / Cooperative

Pitchfork 4.4

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