Reviews
June 2019
7th June
Album Review
4 Stars
Dumb - Club Nites
Far from the fools of their name, Dumb are onto something pretty magnetic.
Album Review
3-5 Stars
Pixx - Small Mercies
Consistently fascinating.
Album Review
4 Stars
Plague Vendor - By Night
Their experimental edge has been further honed and crafted.
Album Review
4 Stars
Stef Chura - Midnight
It continues to reflect Stef’s gloriously distinct idiosyncrasies.
Album Review
4 Stars
Surfbort - Friendship Music
A compelling listen.
Album Review
3-5 Stars
Yeasayer - Erotic Reruns
A genuinely beguiling album.
14th June
EP Review
4 Stars
Another Sky - Life Was Coming Through The Blinds
A glimpse into how Another Sky are a band capable of deftly soundtracking the looming future.
Album Review
4 Stars
Bastille - Doom Days
They’ve built a conceptual world not all too different to the one we’re facing right now.
Album Review
4 Stars
Kate Tempest - The Book of Traps and Lessons
Kate continues to impress as one of the UK’s most vital voices.
Album Review
4 Stars
Mattiel - Satis Factory
A more experimental second offering.
21st June
Album Review
3-5 Stars
Bad Breeding - Exiled
A record that barely takes its foot off the gas pedal.
Album Review
4 Stars
Black Midi - Schlagenheim
It doubles down on their early promise and then some.
EP Review
3-5 Stars
Egyptian Blue - Collateral
What they do, Egyptian Blue do very well.
Album Review
4 Stars
Hatchie - Keepsake
At some point, you’ll wonder if it was Hatchie’s heartache and pain that was written about, or your own.
Album Review
4 Stars
Hot Chip - A Bath Full Of Ecstasy
Infectious escapism at its finest.
Album Review
4 Stars
Mark Ronson - Late Night Feelings
The last dance at the disco, as romances are made and dreams are broken.
Album Review
4-5 Stars
The Raconteurs - Help Us Stranger
Something if not greater, then at least as good as the sum of their considerable parts.
Album Review
3 Stars
Titus Andronicus - An Obelisk
If you’re partial to a bit of blue-collar punk, this is likely to be right up your street.
Album Review
4-5 Stars
Two Door Cinema Club - False Alarm
They’ve learnt how to harness their mainstream power while taking creative risks.
27th June
Album Review
4 Stars
Kim Petras - Clarity
A true millennial pop princess in waiting.
Album Review
3-5 Stars
Thom Yorke - Anima
Ultimately a trip down the rabbit hole worth taking.
28th June
Album Review
2 Stars
Night Moves - Can You Really Find Me
Forgettable fare.
Album Review
2-5 Stars
The Black Keys - "Let's Rock"
A depressingly unimaginative thing.
