I understand that, but best new music starts at what, 8+ ? 9.3 is OK Computer level of best new music. That's album of the year level.
And there has been quite a few BNM reviews recently, actually, while there can be months without any. I'm not sure Pitchfork really has a BNM quota/minima...
But well, I'm well aware that my initial question was stupid, there's no real answer to that ; people who agree that it is too much will shit on the Pitchfork rationale, people who think it's warranted will praise the music, and nothing in all this will make me "get" the music any better. I guess it was rethorical, more than anything.