waterbaby — Memory Be A Blade
4 Stars
A body of work that feels unsettled in the most compelling way.
4th March 2026
Labels
Sub Pop
Hannah Jadagu — Describe
4 Stars
A compelling, colossally dynamic pop record.
22nd October 2025
Debby Friday — The Starrr Of The Queen Of Life
4 Stars
Continuing Debby Friday’s twisted, raving fantasy.
30th July 2025
Frankie Cosmos — Different Talking
4 Stars
Packed with chilled, short songs, which reinforce its diary-like feel.
25th June 2025
Tunde Adebimpe — Thee Black Boltz
4 Stars
As much a rebirth as it is a document of survival.
16th April 2025
Clipping. — Dead Channel Sky
4-5 Stars
An epic masterpiece.
12th March 2025
Suki Waterhouse — Memoir Of A Sparklemuffin
3-5 Stars
Much like a late noughties Tumblr given the same name.
11th September 2024
Girl and Girl — Call a Doctor
4 Stars
Nothing if not immersive.
22nd May 2024
METZ — Up On Gravity Hill
4 Stars
A curious and (eventually) overwhelmingly satisfactory juxtaposition of dark and light. Or to be more specific, heavy and light.
10th April 2024
Pissed Jeans — Half Divorced
3-5 Stars
The sound of a band at boiling point.
1st March 2024
J Mascis — What Do We Do Now
2-5 Stars
Fans will hear echoes of his best work, but for most this is a stale, uninspired outing for the legendary figure.
31st January 2024
Bully — Lucky For You
5 Stars
A near-perfect album if there ever was one.
31st May 2023
Hannah Jadagu — Aperture
4 Stars
The album bridges the gap between adolescence and adulthood.
17th May 2023
Debby Friday — GOOD LUCK
4 Stars
Barely a misplaced beat throughout.
24th March 2023
Quasi — Breaking the Balls of History
4 Stars
A feast of exuberance.
10th February 2023
Weyes Blood — And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
4 Stars
It may be dark, but Weyes Blood is still aglow.
18th November 2022
Kiwi Jr — Chopper
4 Stars
The band wear their influences well, flitting between the melancholic indie-pop of The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart and the gleeful abandon of Jonathan Richman.
12th August 2022
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever — Endless Rooms
4 Stars
An album that paves a sonically brighter and broader future ahead.
6th May 2022
CHAI — WINK
3-5 Stars
Sonically, they’re testing out a whole new palette.
20th May 2021
Chad VanGaalen — World’s Most Stressed Out Gardener
4 Stars
His cartoonish appetite for invention remains intact.
18th March 2021
TV Priest — Uppers
2-5 Stars
You could probably hum a fair approximation of ‘Uppers’ without actually listening to it.
4th February 2021
Kiwi Jr — Cooler Returns
4 Stars
The sound of Kiwi Jr moving forwards, planting their own flag in the power-pop ground.
21st January 2021
Clipping — Visions of Bodies Being Burned
4 Stars
They’ve taken all of their most powerful trademarks and pushed them to breaking point, and the result is nothing short of spectacular.
22nd October 2020
METZ — Atlas Vending
4 Stars
A record that feels both raw and refined.
8th October 2020