“Post Malone‘s fifth studio album, ‘Austin’ starts with a tragic love song. An acoustic guitar magnifies Malone’s vibrating vocals as he admits, “I don’t understand why you like me so much / Cause I don’t like myself” just before the strings come in, introducing the live instrumentation that pervades the entire album. It’s a haunting first glimpse at Austin Richard Post’s namesake collection, hinti”
“Austin Post “Malone” has an astonishing eight singles that have each sold 10m units (ie streamed 1.5bn times) in America. Alas, Circles, the most recent, is four years old, which may explain why Austin pivots away from the melodic, rap-adjacent aesthetic the Texas artist has perfected. As always when a musician gives an album their Christian name, it’s supposed to signify this is the real me, and ”
“With a focus on guitar-centric pop-rock, Posty’s latest record is a passion project that feels overstuffed and undercooked.”
