Experimental

The month’s best guitar music – a hand-picked selection of the finest fretwork on wax

Before The Future LOST SOUND TAPES/SELF-RELEASED 8/10

U.S. Girls ★★★★ Scratch It 4AD. CD/DL/LP ...

With their 2022 debut album, Cardinal Black showed the world how the budding guitar hero in their ranks could thrive in a band environment. Here, Chris Buck explains how its follow-up has taken his playing and songwriting to the next level

Tracks II: The Lost Albums SONY

The Fateful Symmetry MUTE 7/10