Sza Ctrl [Explicit Content] (150 Gram Vinyl, Colored Vinyl, Green, Gatefold LP Jacket) (2 Lp's) 114 Sailor Poon

Sailor Poon

brutal & rough around the edges but with a refinement that reveals itself further with each successive listen — and QOTSA founder Joshua Homme’s lyrics are as witty and withering than ever

A band that has seen both over-the-top hype and its inevitable backlash

The Heads let their hair down a bit more here than on REMAIN IN LIGHT

the band was dispensing even heftier ammo from their hook-laden cartridge belt

Sza Ctrl [Explicit Content] (150 Gram Vinyl, Colored Vinyl, Green, Gatefold LP Jacket) (2 Lp's) 114 Sailor PoonSolana Rowe's proper debut album, due to its title, invites comparisons to Janet Jackson's 1986 personal and commercial breakout. It's an individual statement, however, one distinct from even the contemporary likes of Kehlani's SweetSexySavage. Placed beside only Z, its three year old prelude, Ctrl is the work of a considerably less inhibited songwriter. Rowe likewise truly fronts these frank songs that wield power as they lament lonesomeness,