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

The opening three songs

and his first vinyl since 1990’s MacDougal Blues

that's where we begin

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,