Dusty is nice.

damn. 0.2 higher than his last album tho

Huge happy birthday ed

Thus far, the reviews/scores have been interesting:

1. The Telegraph: 100/100
2. Metro: 90/100
3. Variety: 81/100
4. The Daily Mail: 80/100
5. The Guardian: 80/100
6. The i: 80/100
7. RIFF Magazine: 80/100
8. Rolling Stone: 80/100
9. The Sydney Morning Herald: 80/100
10. The Times: 80/100
11. Clash Music: 70/100
12. The Irish Times: 70/100
13. The New York Times: 70/100
14. AllMusic: 60/100
15. Evening Standard: 60/100
16. The Financial Times (FT): 60/100
17. The Independent: 60/100
18. musicOMH: 60/100
19. New Musical Express (NME): 60/100
20. The Observer: 60/100
21. The Scotsman: 60/100
22. whynow: 60/100
23. Insider: 54/100
24. The Needle Drop: 52/100
25. The Line of Best Fit: 40/100
26. Pitchfork: 38/100
27. Slant Magazine: 30/100
28. Sputnikmusic: 30/100

The average critic score: 65/100 (C+)
(based on 28 reviews: 13 positive, 12 mixed, 3 negative; ~67.86%).

the only way i can imagine not liking this album is if you never liked ed sheeran to begin with
cause this really is him in a pure form

Ed fans eating

This is the best album of all time.

Announcement tomorrow …

New album/project

It was only in May this year that Ed Sheeran released -, an album inspired by the winter of the singer-songwriter’s life. It was an outpouring, as Sheeran processed the death of his best friend, depression, and anxiety—and the discovery that his wife had a tumour while pregnant with their second child. Just three months later, Sheeran is moving into a new season with Autumn Variations, a surprise follow-up of 14 tracks made alongside - producer (and Taylor Swift collaborator) Aaron Dessner of The National.

After the stormy yet intimate songs on -, the cover of Autumn Variations hints that Sheeran is still navigating the aftermath of those world-shattering events but that, even if he isn’t quite moving on, he is perhaps moving up. Because, as the hand-drawn images that make up the album art suggest, amid “heartbreak,” “moments of sadness,” “rough tides,” and “bad news,” there are also always “moments of hope,” “friendship,” “serenity”—and the certain knowledge that, eventually, better times come.

Autumn Variations, the magnum opus, coming this Friday