4-5 Stars
Will Butler - Generations
What unites the record is an urgent, anxious sense of unrest.
25th September 2020
4-5 Stars Album & EP Reviews
4-5 Stars
Deftones - Ohms
If any of Deftones’ previous records are guilty of lacking focus, ‘Ohms’ is certainly safe from future vitriol.
25th September 2020
4-5 Stars
Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension
Not so much a call to arms as an exploration of the individual’s ability to disassociate from the norm.
25th September 2020
4-5 Stars
Biffy Clyro - A Celebration of Endings
It offers up a brand of gut-wrenching, defiant hope.
14th August 2020
4-5 Stars
Taylor Swift - folklore
Undoubtedly one of her best.
31st July 2020
4-5 Stars
Fontaines DC - A Hero’s Death
If you thought another rollicking, rabble-rouser was on the cards, it’s time to think again.
31st July 2020
4-5 Stars
Silverbacks - Fad
An excellent example of how a debut should be done.
17th July 2020
4-5 Stars
Jarv is… - Beyond The Pale
Pushing nearly 30 years in the game, JARV IS… still an absolute one-of-a-kind.
17th July 2020
4-5 Stars
100 gecs - 1000 gecs & The Tree of Clues
A masterpiece in its madness.
10th July 2020
4-5 Stars
HAIM - Women In Music Pt. III
An irreverent middle finger to convention and expectation.
26th June 2020
4-5 Stars
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
A clear step forward.
19th June 2020
4-5 Stars
Jockstrap - Wicked City
Every second feels meticulously thought through.
5th June 2020
4-5 Stars
Lady Gaga - Chromatica
Now’s never been a better time to get lost in this new destination.
29th May 2020
4-5 Stars
Laura Marling – Song For Our Daughter
Laura’s lessons to an imaginary daughter deliver with understated power.
10th April 2020
4-5 Stars
The Strokes - The New Abnormal
The Strokes seem to have finally remembered exactly how magical they can be.
10th April 2020
4-5 Stars
Do Nothing - Zero Dollar Bill
One of the most complete EPs of 2020 so far.
10th April 2020
4-5 Stars
Mystery Jets - A Billion Heartbeats
A rallying call for change and action and a hopeful outlook on what’s to come.
3rd April 2020
4-5 Stars
Sorry - 925
A debut that makes strange magic at every turn.
27th March 2020
4-5 Stars
Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
It chronicles not just the journey but the revelations of love, life and death that comes with it.
27th March 2020
4-5 Stars
Låpsley - Through Water
A solid evolution that bodes incredibly well for wherever she swims to next.
20th March 2020
4-5 Stars
Porridge Radio - Every Bad
Each individual moment offers a new tone, a new feeling, but carries the distinct sound that Porridge Radio have made their own.
13th March 2020
4-5 Stars
Lauv - ~ how i’m feeling ~
If you’re looking for your new favourite pop album, Lauv’s got you sorted.
6th March 2020
4-5 Stars
Christine and the Queens - La vita nuova
Christine is still truly in a league of her own.
27th February 2020
4-5 Stars
Soccer Mommy - color theory
She encapsulates the spiralling mundanity of feeling blue without sugar coating it with unnecessary poetry.
28th February 2020
4-5 Stars
Sløtface - Sorry For The Late Reply
An album that’s taken the playful spark of their debut and refined it into a bolder beast.
31st January 2020
4-5 Stars
Beck - Hyperspace
That ‘Hyperspace’ is quite so seamless in its execution is an utter joy.
22nd November 2019
4-5 Stars
Blaenavon - Everything That Makes You Happy
An optimistic offering in the face of hardship.
25th October 2019
4-5 Stars
Desert Sessions - Vols. 11 & 12
Music’s coolest summer camp.
25th October 2019