2-5 Stars
Partner - Never Give Up
A record that exudes potential but tends to canter as much as it gallops.
20th November 2020
2-5 Stars Album & EP Reviews
2-5 Stars
October And The Eyes - Dogs and Gods
There’s the unfortunate sense that this six-track release is too one-dimensional to make the newcomer’s name stick.
20th November 2020
2-5 Stars
TV Priest - Uppers
You could probably hum a fair approximation of ‘Uppers’ without actually listening to it.
5th February 2021
2-5 Stars
Paul Epworth - Voyager
Is ‘Voyager’ a trip worth taking?
11th September 2020
2-5 Stars
No Age - Goons Be Gone
There’s something slightly off.
5th June 2020
2-5 Stars
Sébastien Tellier - Domesticated
The killer instinct that defines his best work is missing here.
24th April 2020
2-5 Stars
EOB - Earth
Too indirect and underplayed.
17th April 2020
2-5 Stars
Deap Lips - Deap Lips
By each party’s style rubbing off on the other, they’ve also sanded them down.
13th March 2020
2-5 Stars
Allie X - Cape God
There are undeniably beautiful and anthemic moments here, but on the whole it falls short.
21st February 2020
2-5 Stars
Nelson Can - So Long Desire
Nelson Can have demonstrated a hitherto unseen ambition with ‘So Long Desire’.
31st January 2020
2-5 Stars
Girl Ray - Girl
Like watching strangers from across a dance floor.
8th November 2019
2-5 Stars
Liz Lawrence - Pity Party
There’s promise on ‘Pity Party’, but Liz Lawrence remains a work in progress.
25th October 2019
2-5 Stars
Of Monsters and Men - Fever Dream
A bit limp.
26th July 2019
2-5 Stars
The Black Keys - “Let’s Rock”
A depressingly unimaginative thing.
28th June 2019
2-5 Stars
Stealing Sheep - Big Wows
There’s enough sugar here to make even the sweetest tooth ache.
19th April 2019