Friendly Fires — Inflorescent
3-5 Stars
Akin to gobbling an entire pack of Fruit Pastilles; colourful, maybe a little sickly, but you sure as hell want to experience it again.
16th August 2019
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Mabel — High Expectations
3 Stars
Effortlessly cool.
2nd August 2019
Kaiser Chiefs — Duck
2 Stars
To bemoan their seventh LP for the confused stinker that it is is not an easy pop, but a real lament for a band that used to be so much more.
26th July 2019
Billie Eilish — When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
4-5 Stars
A supremely exciting, innovative first move from a pop voice that feels utterly fresh and modern.
29th March 2019
James Blake — Assume Form
4 Stars
An album that blows James Blake’s musical and personal horizons wide open.
18th January 2019
Maggie Rogers — Heard It In A Past Life
4 Stars
Maggie has certainly found her own voice.
15th January 2019
Years & Years — Palo Santo
5 Stars
An overwhelmingly intimate record that makes you wonder just what Years & Years could be capable of next.
6th July 2018
Tove Lo — Blue Lips
4 Stars
Which other pop star would sing about having hard nipples and puppet fornication?
17th November 2017
Haim — Something To Tell You
4 Stars
Worth spending some time (or rather, Haim?) with.
7th July 2017
Feist — Pleasure
4 Stars
Her most haunting work to date.
28th April 2017
Clean Cut Kid - Felt
2 Stars
It fails to capture what made them an exciting prospect in the first place.
28th April 2017
Tei Shi — Crawl Space
4 Stars
A bold first album from an artist likely to stick around for the long haul.
31st March 2017
Tove Lo - Lady Wood
4 Stars
Non-conformist anthems, rage and uncertainty make up the Swedish star’s second album.
25th October 2016
Michael Kiwanuka — Love & Hate
4 Stars
Did somebody say Mercury? This is a landmark album for a previously forgotten musician.
21st July 2016
Shura — Nothing’s Real
4 Stars
On her long-awaited first work, Shura packs her debut full of potential and pop #bangers.
4th July 2016
James Blake - The Colour In Anything
4 Stars
Blake’s personality is encased within ‘The Colour In Anything’.
9th May 2016
Guy Garvey — Courting The Squall
3 Stars
His solo work casts an intriguing light on the songwriter’s day job, but stands up on its own as a fine piece of work.
30th October 2015
Lana Del Rey — Honeymoon
4 Stars
In a world where the biggest pop acts construct their own universe, hers could be the most distinct and untouchable.
21st September 2015
Years & Years — Communion
4 Stars
Years & Years bring that all important human touch to their massive pop anthems.
10th July 2015
Laura Welsh — Soft Control
2 Stars
‘Soft Control’ disappoints in the fact that a clearly talented singer/songwriter seems strayed from the path.
6th March 2015
La Roux — Trouble in Paradise
4 Stars
Five years on, that pop appeal is still at the forefront, but ‘Trouble Is Paradise’ feels warmer, cheekier and more mischievous.
18th July 2014
Lana Del Rey — Ultraviolence
4 Stars
She’s a Wes Anderson character that’s wound up in a David Lynch film, and she knows it.
13th June 2014