Lucy Rose - Work It Out
4 Stars
A brilliantly fun pop record.
5th July 2015
Album Reviews
Saint Raymond - Young Blood
3 Stars
Immature, carefree and most of all fun.
5th July 2015
Bleachers - Strange Desire
4 Stars
Where fun. were bombastic, Bleachers is explosive.
4th July 2015
Ezra Furman - Perpetual Motion People
4 Stars
There aren’t many musicians like Ezra Furman.
3rd July 2015
LA Priest - Inji
3 Stars
This is a pop artist finding his feet.
26th June 2015
Refused - Freedom
4 Stars
Persuasive, pummelling, precise. Refused are no longer fucking dead.
26th June 2015
Son Lux - Bones
3 Stars
When Ryan Lott and co. really hit their stride, ‘Bones’ is haunting, arresting, and unlike anything else.
22nd June 2015
Leon Bridges - Coming Home
3 Stars
This debut sets a nice, if mostly safe, blueprint.
21st June 2015
Creepoid - Cemetery Highrise Slum
4 Stars
Disorienting and satisfying in equal measure.
20th June 2015
Wolf Alice - My Love Is Cool
5 Stars
The flag waving spearhead for a whole bunch of young British bands.
19th June 2015
Desaparecidos - Payola
4 Stars
This is an album designed to move people.
19th June 2015
Meg Baird - Don’t Weigh Down The Light
4 Stars
An effervescent and modern third LP from underrated San Franciscan folk presence.
19th June 2015
Jaakko Eino Kalevi - Jaakko Eino Kalevi
4 Stars
‘Jaakko Eino Kalevi’ is a reminder that pop can be both for your head and your feet.
14th June 2015
Everything Everything - Get to Heaven
5 Stars
Pop explorers Everything Everything have finally discovered their utopia.
14th June 2015
Outfit - Slowness
4 Stars
Theatrical and dramatic without being too pretentious.
13th June 2015
Gengahr - A Dream Outside
5 Stars
‘A Dream Outside’ dwarfs expectations.
13th June 2015
Hudson Mohawke - Lantern
4 Stars
This is the power of Hudson Mohawke, coming soon to a discotheque near you.
12th June 2015
Sauna Youth - ‘Distractions’
4 Stars
The London four-piece deliver an utterly incensed and highly intelligent second record.
7th June 2015
FFS - FFS
3 Stars
‘FFS’ plays like some kind of musical Breakfast Club.
6th June 2015
Prinzhorn Dance School - Home Economics
4 Stars
‘Home Economics’ is a bolshy swagger through the urban landscape that shaped it.
6th June 2015
Of Monsters And Men - Beneath The Skin
4 Stars
A lush master-class in pop sensibilities and folk storytelling.
5th June 2015
Pins - Wild Nights
4 Stars
‘Wild Nights’ feels like a step forward for Pins.
5th June 2015
No Joy - More Faithful
3 Stars
No Joy’s fastest, heaviest and most complex record to date.
5th June 2015
Christopher Owens - Chrissybaby Forever
4 Stars
An incredibly poignant return to form.
1st June 2015
Featuring Finn Wolfhard, FLO, Jungle, Mystery Jets and more.