BILLIE EILISH Vinyl & CDs

Review: Los Angeles artist Billie Eilish returns with ten tracks co-written and produced with her brother FINNEAS, continuing their minimal, mood-driven approach but more compositionally fluid than before, often moving through multiple sections within a single track. 'Skinny' and 'Lunch' open the set with contrasting moods i one sparse and acoustic, the other punchier, built on layered vocal production and processed drums. 'Chihiro' stretches into loose, downtempo territory, its structure veering off-centre halfway through. Mid-album, 'Birds of a Feather' and 'Wildflower' settle into more melodic forms, carried by close-mic'd vocals and understated arrangements. 'The Greatest' and 'L'Amour De Ma Vie' are the most extended pieces here, moving from ballad to distortion-heavy breaks and fractured transitions. Toward the end, 'The Diner' and 'Bittersuite' continue that elliptical structure, leaning into abrupt shifts and tonal ambiguity. Closer 'Blue' pulls together fragments from earlier tracks, reinforcing the album's looped, circular logic. It's not a reinvention but a textural and structural refinement, delivered with precision and control.

Review: Originally only available as a digital download on Billie Eilish's D2C store, this new vinyl version which features the album's isolated vocal recordings and presents a raw and stripped-back version that highlights the power of Billie's voice. Pressed exclusively for RSD Indie Black Friday, it includes a unique inverted album cover. The original album is some of the cult pop singer's most daring work to date, exploring a blend of genres and defied trends during the creative process with her brother Finneas in Los Angeles. It made for another cohesive and emotionally impactful journey from start to finish.

Review: Billie Eilish has been uncharacteristically secretive about her upcoming LP 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' despite the past whirlwind success of her career that has catapulted her into having heaps of Grammy awards - least of all the current reigning song of the year for the Barbie movie. In truth, all we know about this album is that it's her third, that (as with everything the singer has done) her brother and fellow artist FINNEAS is the executive producer and that the album has reportedly got ten tracks, no thanks in part to a leak by magazine Rolling Stone that drew the public ire of Eilish. Part of the rollout was Eillish's public condemnation of the out-of-control music industry practice of excessive vinyl variants, which has resulted in her offering eco-only discs - though of course she will be releasing multiple variants herself, her point still stands. It's a rare opportunity to get on board with an album without the raging industry tactics behind it, just an album dropped all at once on the day - as it should be, we'd venture.

Review: Contemporary pop starlet Billie Eilish's third studio album, HIT ME HARD AND SOFT is her most daring work yet. It's a diverse yet cohesive collection of songs that work well as a listening whole from front to back, and they all live up to the album name as they deliver both hard and soft hits lyrically and sonically while bending genres and defying trends at the same time. With the help of her brother and collaborator, FINNEAS, they wrote, recorded, and produced the album in their Los Angeles hometown. Following her hugely successful first two albums WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? and Happier Than Ever, this is another great expansion of Billie Eilish's artistic universe.