Reviews
February 2018
2nd February
Album Review
3 Stars
DZ Deathrays - Bloody Lovely
Another solid Deathrays outing.
Album Review
3 Stars
Field Music - Open Here
A deeply astute pop album that’s also often brimming with fun.
Album Review
4 Stars
Hookworms - Microshift
It bristles with life and never sits still.
Album Review
4 Stars
Rae Morris - Someone Out There
A fun, full-of-heart pop record.
Album Review
4 Stars
Stef Chura - Messes
A propulsive, brilliantly catchy indie-rock record.
Album Review
4 Stars
The Soft Moon - Criminal
The most complete result of his vision he’s committed to record thus far.
9th February
Album Review
3 Stars
Brian Fallon - Sleepwalkers
The singer widens his palette, showing he’s just fine on his own.
Album Review
4 Stars
Ezra Furman - Transangelic Exodus
Timely and uncompromising, it feels like a record of real importance.
Album Review
3 Stars
Franz Ferdinand - Always Ascending
Maybe this new set-up just needs time to find their own MO?
Album Review
2 Stars
MGMT - Little Dark Age
A record that could do with clawing a bit of their magic back.
16th February
Album Review
3 Stars
Born Ruffians - Uncle, Duke & The Chief
This particular nostalgia trip is a pleasure to embark upon.
Album Review
4 Stars
Marlon Williams - Make Way For Love
Nuanced, subtle and evocative.
Album Review
4 Stars
Ought - Room Inside The World
Their richest, greatest work yet.
Album Review
4 Stars
Poliça & s t a r g a z e - Music for the Long Emergency
Poliça are suddenly sounding much more languid than we’ve heard them before.
Album Review
3 Stars
Superchunk - What A Time To Be Alive
A record which wears its heart on its sleeve.
Album Review
3 Stars
The Orielles - Silver Dollar Moment
It lacks the punctuation marks needed to really hit hard.
Album Review
3 Stars
US Girls - In A Poem Unlimited
For a dark protest record, ‘In a Poem Unlimited’ is instantly danceable.
23rd February
Album Review
4 Stars
Frigs - Basic Behaviour
Even as they strain between varying poles, Frigs still manage to find moments of great, if sombre, beauty.
Album Review
4 Stars
Lo Moon - Lo Moon
A towering debut.
Album Review
4 Stars
Public Access TV - Street Safari
A big and brilliant step out of the box.
Album Review
3 Stars
SHIRT – Pure Beauty
Big things haven’t been delivered yet, but that doesn’t mean to say big things can’t be.
Album Review
3 Stars
Table Scraps - Autonomy
One with more than its fair share of potential.
Album Review
4 Stars
Turnstile - Time &; Space
A comprehensive thrash.
