Torche - Restarter
3 Stars
‘Restarter’ reverberates with a satisfying sludgy weight.
20th February 2015
Album Reviews
Drake - If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
4 Stars
By far Drake’s most dense and complex album.
18th February 2015
Mourn - Mourn
4 Stars
MOURN use intellect and talent beyond their years.
15th February 2015
Tropics - Rapture
3 Stars
A soulful, if rather bleak break-up album.
15th February 2015
Carl Barât and the Jackals - Let It Reign
1 Stars
‘Let It Reign’ is as workaday as they come.
14th February 2015
Ibeyi - Ibeyi
3 Stars
‘Ibeyi’ doesn’t quite do justice to the conceptual potency that lies within.
14th February 2015
The Wave Pictures - Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon
3 Stars
Woozy summer drives are when it’ll really find its feet.
14th February 2015
A Place To Bury Strangers - Transfixiation
2 Stars
‘Transfixiation’ demands a trance-like attention across its duration, but very little sticks once the ride is over.
13th February 2015
Marika Hackman - We Slept At Last
4 Stars
‘We Slept At Last’ gives hints of an artist who could go on for decades.
13th February 2015
Jose Gonzales - Vestiges & Claws
3 Stars
One of the most consistent figures in modern folk.
13th February 2015
Charli XCX - Sucker
4 Stars
After years of being synonymous with the prefix ‘ft.’ Charli XCX has found her voice.
10th February 2015
The Districts - A Flourish and a Spoil
4 Stars
In a journey of discovery, these affected types sound remarkably assured.
8th February 2015
Idlewild - Everything Ever Written
3 Stars
A heart-warming success.
8th February 2015
Crushed Beaks - Scatter
3 Stars
Crushed Beaks hit hard and fast in the most vital places.
8th February 2015
Kodaline - Coming Up For Air
2 Stars
They’re yet to truly claim their own territory.
7th February 2015
Trust Fund - No One’s Coming For Us
4 Stars
Self-deprecating, personal, funny and honest.
7th February 2015
Peace - Happy People
4 Stars
A record chock-full of invention, a pursuit of the new and — most importantly — gigantic songs.
7th February 2015
The Subways - The Subways
3 Stars
It’s a rough, two-fingered salute to expectation.
6th February 2015
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
4 Stars
Josh Tillman’s on track to age with grace.
6th February 2015
All We Are - All We Are
3 Stars
With grace defining their every step, they’re not far off from cracking the formula.
6th February 2015
Björk - Vulnicura
4 Stars
As uncompromising and potentially definitive as a break-up album could ever be.
4th February 2015
Title Fight - Hyperview
3 Stars
Throughout there’s control but a sense of freedom, passion but a sense of restraint.
31st January 2015
Two Gallants - We Are Undone
3 Stars
A thoroughly enjoyable listen.
30th January 2015
Shinies - Nothing Like Something Happen Anywhere
2 Stars
They’re capable of writing great songs, but this album is not the showcase hoped for.
29th January 2015
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.