With his first record in nearly four years, Taylor Bennett reestablishes himself as an artist who can synthesise disparate sounds into potent emotional statements. On Coming of Age, the Chicago native moves between genres as effortlessly as if he were triggering sounds on a sampler, lapsing into pop-punk and silky R&B or slotting technically precise rap verses between runs of emotive singing. Like his older brother, Chance the Rapper, Bennett understands how growing up can be as painful as it is exhilarating—the ennui, the nostalgia, the friends gained and left behind. And yet the dominant thread is one of celebration: see the tranquil “Fall Short”, the tender Mr. Hudson collaboration “Don’t Wait Up” or the resolute “Outro”, where Bennett sounds truly comfortable in his own skin.