Reviews
September 2014
1st September
Album Review
4 Stars
Indiana - No Romeo
A deeply atmospheric record, but a fickle one at that.
Album Review
4 Stars
Pulled Apart By Horses - Blood
A dynamic album which shows a band used to screaming their lungs out also have the ability to deliver their sound in a different way.
Album Review
3 Stars
The Vines - Wicked Nature
While there is a flawless garage album hidden away in here somewhere, it’s buried within an unnecessarily long double album.
Album Review
4 Stars
Twin Peaks - Wild Onion
The most important step in their journey of discovery so far.
8th September
Album Review
3 Stars
Avi Buffalo - At Best Cuckold
While ‘Avi Buffalo’ was a believable if self-indulgent debut, its successor doesn’t quite sit right.
Album Review
3 Stars
Ballet School - The Dew Lasts An Hour
When ‘The Dew Lasts An Hour’ is good, it is very good.
Album Review
4 Stars
Banks - Goddess
At the core of Banks’ sound is a lyrical honesty that colours every cool, trickling twist with unmistakable ownership.
Album Review
4 Stars
Death From Above 1979 - The Physical World
Two for two, flawless victory — this is still the perfect band.
Album Review
3 Stars
Famy - We Fam Econo
A collection of spirited songs that given their gung-ho mentality sometimes come out flawed but charming all the same.
Album Review
4 Stars
Interpol - El Pintor
The trio find a gear they’ve not risen to in over a decade.
Album Review
4 Stars
Karen O - Crush Songs
‘Crush Songs’ is, essentially, charming.
Album Review
4 Stars
Mazes - Wooden Aquarium
Without a doubt Mazes’ most triumphant LP to date.
Album Review
3 Stars
Ryan Adams - Ryan Adams
Thematically this is the Ryan Adams we have grown to love, all dusty highways, smoky bars and moments of gentle personal introspection.
EP Review
4 Stars
Spring King - Demons
They’re either going to crash headfirst into the nearest hazard, or they’ll speed by into stardom.
Album Review
4 Stars
Tops - Picture You Staring
It’s all a bit too good to be true.
15th September
Album Review
4 Stars
Gnarwolves - Gnarwolves
Track after track of skate punk perfection.
Album Review
4 Stars
Jaws - Be Slowly
Even more guitar tastiness to greedily wrap our fins around and sink our teeth into.
Album Review
4 Stars
This Will Destroy You - Another Language
The kind of no-holds-barred heavy rock sound that Mogwai made their own, but taken a step further.
22nd September
Album Review
4 Stars
Alt-J - This Is All Yours
On board the Odd Cruise, full steam ahead.
Album Review
4 Stars
Aphex Twin - Syro
Not a second goes by without something new and borderline batshit falling into view.
Album Review
4 Stars
Goat - Commune
Pass round the sign up sheets, pack up bags, and join the commune.
Album Review
3 Stars
GRMLN - Soon Away
A search for spiritualism leaves behind a gaping void, one that cries out for vigour and invention.
Album Review
4 Stars
PC Worship - Social Rust
Those open-minded enough to explore Frye’s dystopian world of disgust and despair will find themselves ultimately wearing a shit-eating grin by the time it’s all over.
Album Review
4 Stars
Perfume Genius - Too Bright
Heady and potent, ‘Too Bright’ is an astonishingly brilliant album.
Album Review
2 Stars
The Drums - Encyclopedia
The use of more electronic instrumentation is both what separates ‘Encyclopaedia’ from its forebears and also what makes it somewhat disappointing.
26th September
Album Review
4 Stars
Thom Yorke - Tomorrow's Modern Boxes
If this is indeed a mere experiment, it’s one which sparks beautiful results.
29th September
Album Review
3 Stars
Christopher Owens - A New Testament
It sounds, at times, like the kind of music from which the Coen Brothers could hinge a plot.
Album Review
4 Stars
Lower Than Atlantis - Lower Than Atlantis
If this was a plane, it would be a bomber – a B‑52 in a world of model spitfires.
Album Review
4 Stars
SBTRKT - Wonder Where We Land
A blindingly brilliant album.
Album Review
3 Stars
The History Of Apple Pie - Feel Something
Clearly well rehearsed, the finished product feels a bit too squeaky-clean.
Album Review
3 Stars
The Vaselines - V For Vaselines
The in one ear and out the other of albums.
