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- Summary: The fourth full-length release from New York alt-pop artist Melanie Martinez was produced with CJ Baran.
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- Record Label: Atlantic
- Genre(s): Pop, Alternative, Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Apr 17, 2026“Hades” is a stinging, powerful and important statement against the horrific state of much of the world, and a fiery musical commentary on it.
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Apr 17, 2026Cuts like "Possession," "Grudges," and "The Last Two People on Earth" have a cavernous, late-'80s and early-'90s alt-rock majesty, as Martinez frames her cracked porcelain vocals in shimmering, reverb-heavy guitars and synths, broken-glass percussion, and orchestral strings.
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Apr 17, 2026What Martinez has is a bottomless supply of ideas — and there’s perspective and insight as she navigates her thoughts on technology and the digital age, even on the weaker moments of the album.
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Apr 17, 2026A punishingly long 18 tracks that are almost all uniformly about Very Important Things. .... Hades does succeed when Martinez relieves herself of the need to make hamfisted woke pop.