Miguel War & Leisure

3.5 stars out of 5 -- "'Pineapple Skies' punctuates its bubbly synths with speaker-rattling bass hits....While 'Now' ends the LP with Miguel's voice slicing through clouds of guitar, as he reels off a list of social ills."
"Anchored to the electric guitars he strums here more often than ever, WAR & LEISURE is more than anything a valentine to untrammeled pleasures..."
"The charismatic 32-year-old is as sensual as ever on his lush fourth album, which continues his inspired fusion of genres ranging from R&B to rock to electronic music."
4 stars out of 5 -- "This new record is stuffed with killer hooks, bouncing rhythms and breezy production..."
Paste (magazine) - "[A]gain, he's going his own way....It does find the man in a brighter, breezier place, generally speaking."
Pitchfork (Website) - "He's weaved an album that's taut and economical, like a featherweight champion landing smoothly choreographed jabs in the form of powerfully raspy harmonies and tight, lusty blues runs."
Clash (Magazine) - "[A] retroactive visage of a summer-driven record, a carousal of breezy nostalgia -- think surf-rock flourishes, Marvin Gaye soul-funk and soft psychedelia."