3.5 star-rated albums and EPs

3-5 Stars3.5-star rated Album & EPs

3-5 Stars

M(h)aol - Attachment Styles

When their fury hits the spot, it really hits.

3rd February 2023

3-5 Stars

Sam Smith - Gloria

Exploring self-acceptance and self-growth with soul-tinged pop.

27th January 2023

3-5 Stars

Måneskin - Rush!

You certainly can’t doubt their ambition.

20th January 2023

3-5 Stars

Italia 90 - Living Human Treasure

Energetic, furious and deeply lamentful.

20th January 2023

3-5 Stars

Ladytron - Time’s Arrow

The sheer beauty of every detail is impressive, if not a little tiring.

20th January 2023

3-5 Stars

Belle and Sebastian - Late Developers

There’s enough joy here for all the dreamers and believers that have flocked to the band over the past three decades.

13th January 2023

3-5 Stars

Billy Nomates - CACTI

There’s still that personable rawness to her production, but her vocal offers warmth.

13th January 2023

3-5 Stars

††† (Crosses) - PERMANENT.RADIANT

n one hand, Chino Moreno’s unmistakeable vocals are always welcome, but the band dart around styles a little too much.

9th December 2022

3-5 Stars

Upsahl - Sagittarius

he problem with starting your EP with two utterly sublime pop songs is that you’ve only got yourself to blame when your other three don’t quite reach their heights.

9th December 2022

3-5 Stars

Humour - Pure Misery

‘Pure Misery’ has lots in it to love - even more so when Humour go all out and stand firm in their own lane.

25th November 2022

3-5 Stars

Brockhampton - The Family

Billed as the band’s final album, ‘The Family’ is an alluring, Kevin Abstract-heavy affair. But as ever with the group, is this truly the end?

17th November 2022

3-5 Stars

These New South Whales - TNSW

Rousing, rallying and raucous, These New South Whales are, for the most part, having a whole lot of fun.

18th November 2022

3-5 Stars

Bleach Lab - If You Only Feel It Once

Where Bleach Lab really come into their own is where they evoke a million feelings in one.

4th November 2022

3-5 Stars

Mount Kimbie - MK3.5: Die Cuts | City Planning

An often unwieldy and curiously warming project that sees both contributors embrace discomfort in their art.

4th November 2022

3-5 Stars

Okay Kaya - SAP

The album is ultimately intravenous - its ideas pump slowly through its branch-like veins through carefully considered sound.

4th November 2022

3-5 Stars

Julien Chang - The Sale

Ultimately, enjoyment of ‘The Sale’ will rest on one’s affinity for the musically erratic.

4th November 2022

3-5 Stars

Molly Payton - Compromise

An energetic, rollicking collection of songs.

28th October 2022

3-5 Stars

Broken Bells - Into The Blue

Like the pair swapping mixtapes; a little ‘60s psych here, some ‘70s soul there, with a smidge of ‘80s R&B between.

7th October 2022

3-5 Stars

WILLOW - <COPINGMECHANISM>

With fewer hands stirring the pot, she’s come even more into her own.

23rd September 2022

3-5 Stars

Sorcha Richardson - Smiling Like An Idiot

It takes as much from the healing powers of time and reflection as it does from the starry-eyed heat of the moment.

23rd September 2022

3-5 Stars

Santigold - Spirituals

Not so much reigniting the spark that drew so many to her sound first time around, but a decent job of drawing a line from old to new and updating it.

9th September 2022