Holly Humberstone — Cruel World
4 Stars
Her trademark understated pop, yet with added flourishes.
9th April 2026
Labels
Polydor
Elmiene — sounds for someone
4 Stars
An extremely accomplished and deliciously addictive debut.
26th March 2026
Celeste — Woman Of Faces
4-5 Stars
A fearless, defiant display of sonic scale.
12th November 2025
Florence + The Machine — Everybody Scream
4-5 Stars
A resounding, cathartic exhalation.
31st October 2025
Etta Marcus — Devour
4 Stars
Both intimate and untamed.
31st October 2025
Good Neighbours — Blue Sky Mentality
3-5 Stars
More like a collection of their hits rather than an album with its own specific creative arc.
3rd October 2025
HAIM — I quit
4-5 Stars
Their ‘fuck it’ attitude is nothing short of palpable.
18th June 2025
Self Esteem — A Complicated Woman
5 Stars
Her most concentrated and burning record.
23rd April 2025
Sam Fender — People Watching
5 Stars
An album that undoubtedly firms up his position as one of the great songwriters of our time.
19th February 2025
Olly Alexander — Polari
4 Stars
Unsurprisingly, another queer tour-de-force.
5th February 2025
Michael Kiwanuka — Small Changes
4-5 Stars
An intimate but confident record that reveals more of its magic with every listen.
20th November 2024
The Dare — What’s Wrong With New York?
4-5 Stars
A hedonistic pop bible.
4th September 2024
Sabrina Carpenter — Short N’ Sweet
4 Stars
Naughty and fun in a way that feels genuine.
23rd August 2024
Glass Animals — I Love You So F***ing Much
4-5 Stars
Confident, self-aware, and ambitious.
17th July 2024
STONE - Fear Life For A Lifetime
3-5 Stars
An album that continues to show the band as exciting still-newcomers.
12th July 2024
Maggie Rogers — Don’t Forget Me
4 Stars
The sound of an artist beginning to sink cosily into her own skin, and enjoying herself enormously in the process.
10th April 2024
Crawlers — The Mess We Seem To Make
5 Stars
Sonically rich, musically accomplished.
14th February 2024
Baby Queen — Quarter Life Crisis
4 Stars
It finds substance in its shedding of the contrived.
8th November 2023
STONE — Punkadonk 2
4 Stars
Both earworms and a summer of flying festival pints await.
27th October 2023
The Rolling Stones — Hackney Diamonds
4 Stars
When you’ve made as deep and enduring a cultural mark as this, what’s a little lighthearted fun?
20th October 2023
Troye Sivan — Something To Give Each Other
4-5 Stars
As fun and messy as it is timelessly trendy, as silly as it is erotic.
13th October 2023
Lana Del Rey — Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
3-5 Stars
A record that plays out like a Tennessee Williams drama, with all its restless, unsure inbetweens left in.
24th March 2023
Gracie Abrams — Good Riddance
4 Stars
A gut-wrenching yet joyous journey into the thick of her every feeling.
24th February 2023
Crawlers — Loud Without Noise
5 Stars
Wildly ambitious, it works to showcase perfectly why the Merseysiders have garnered such a fervent fanbase to date – and just how far they could go.
4th November 2022