Reviews
April 2018
6th April
Album Review
4 Stars
Daniel Avery - Song For Alpha
A documentation of the other side of the clubbing experience.
Album Review
5 Stars
Goat Girl - Goat Girl
It’s ambitious and uncompromising, as gutsy and self-assured as they come.
Album Review
4 Stars
GUM - The Underdog
As expected, bleary-eyed psychedelic pop numbers are the main ingredient here.
Album Review
4 Stars
Hinds - I Don't Run
Firm, assured, and powerful.
Album Review
4 Stars
Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog
They’re just as enticing and attention-grabbing when practicing restraint.
Album Review
4 Stars
Kali Uchis - Isolation
This album might be called ‘Isolation’, but Kali is anything but alone.
Album Review
3 Stars
Manic Street Preachers - Resistance Is Futile
Coated in unabashedly big hooks.
Album Review
4 Stars
MIEN - MIEN
Enduringly addictive and devoid of arty pretentiousness.
Album Review
4 Stars
Teen Creeps - Birthmarks
Both timely and timeless.
Album Review
4 Stars
The Wonder Years - Sister Cities
A renewed example of just how powerful and poignant The Wonder Years can be.
Album Review
3 Stars
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Sex & Food
A bit like inviting whipped cream into the bedroom.
13th April
Album Review
3 Stars
Isaac Gracie - Isaac Gracie
Split between the raw, authenticity of his early demos, and an overly glossed-up pop product.
Album Review
4 Stars
King Tuff - The Other
An admittedly more muted and seasoned, but still measured, present-day evolution of King Tuff.
Album Review
4 Stars
Sofi Tukker - Treehouse
A gorgeous mess of a record.
20th April
Album Review
3 Stars
Alexis Taylor - Beautiful Thing
It doesn’t always quite hit those high notes, but the pair have set out to create a sometimes elusive feeling of connection.
Album Review
4 Stars
Drinks - Hippo Lite
Something new on every listen.
27th April
Album Review
4 Stars
Forth Wanderers - Forth Wanderers
This lot are shooting for the premiership of American indie.
Album Review
3 Stars
Half Waif - Lavender
Deeply arresting and vital.
Album Review
5 Stars
Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer
It might just be the record that finally elevates her to pop’s highest echelons.
Album Review
4 Stars
Speedy Ortiz - Twerp Verse
Succinct, wry, and in tune with its context, there’s plenty to unpick.
Album Review
3 Stars
Twin Shadow - Caer
A journey worth sticking to.
Album Review
3 Stars
We Are Scientists - Megaplex
Ten tracks of button-bright indie-pop.
