Bullion - Affection

3-5 Stars

A joyful listen from start to finish; a playful, experimental, and carefully crafted debut.

24th April 2024

Porij - Teething

4 Stars

A confident debut that acts as both the party and the comedown.

24th April 2024

Pillow Queens - Name Your Sorrow

4-5 Stars

Once again proving the four-piece as some of the best songwriters going.

17th April 2024

Cloud Nothings - Final Summer

3 Stars

There’s the occasional roar, yet the muted way in which they’re almost hidden makes for a frustrating mismatch.

17th April 2024

Lucy Rose - This Ain’t The Way You Go Out

4-5 Stars

It’s hard not to be in awe of the scale of her growth and transformation in every sense of the word.

17th April 2024

girl in red - I’M DOING IT AGAIN BABY!

4 Stars

In doubling down on her niche, this is girl in red at her most realised.

12th April 2024

Nia Archives - Silence Is Loud

4-5 Stars

Her trailblazer status has never been more assured.

10th April 2024

English Teacher - This Could Be Texas

5 Stars

The opposite of a flash-in-the-pan buzz band; they’re a group really only just getting started.

10th April 2024

Maggie Rogers - Don’t Forget Me

4 Stars

The sound of an artist beginning to sink cosily into her own skin, and enjoying herself enormously in the process.

10th April 2024

Lynks - Abomination

4 Stars

A vintage-future gay epic from one of the UK’s most fearless off-piste queer acts.

10th April 2024

BODEGA - Our Brand Could Be Your Life

4 Stars

BODEGA’s collective finger remains on the pulse, as they continue to cut their targets down to size.

10th April 2024

METZ - Up On Gravity Hill

4 Stars

A curious and (eventually) overwhelmingly satisfactory juxtaposition of dark and light. Or to be more specific, heavy and light.

10th April 2024

Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard - Skinwalker

3-5 Stars

Best enjoyed as a quick trip through pop’s past, albeit with a higher-than-average quota of batshit lyrics.

10th April 2024

Blue Bendy - So Medieval

4 Stars

A debut which rewards the time spent with it in spades.

10th April 2024

Conan Gray - Found Heaven

4 Stars

A sledgehammer of an LP that switches things up once again for maximum impact.

9th April 2024

Drahla - angeltape

3-5 Stars

A record of controlled art-rock chaos, making for a turbulent but enthralling listen.

3rd April 2024

Flyana Boss - This Ain’t The Album

3-5 Stars

A collection that doesn’t pull the pedal from the metal but is stifled by that bite-sized TikTok formula.

3rd April 2024

Lizzy McAlpine - Older

4 Stars

Shrugging off the pressures of present day virality in favour of creating something much more classic.

3rd April 2024

Gustaf - Package Pt. 2

3-5 Stars

Sequels do a roaring trade of the same, but different and again.

3rd April 2024

The Black Keys - Ohio Players

3-5 Stars

They find a sound that’s pitch-perfect — and yet seem determined to fidget away from it with mixed results.

3rd April 2024

Bob Vylan - Humble As The Sun

4-5 Stars

Still a firm middle finger up to the forces trying to keep Bob Vylan down, but one shouted gleefully from the top of the podium.

3rd April 2024

Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us

4-5 Stars

Their most accomplished album yet.

3rd April 2024

Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well

3-5 Stars

For the most part, it exists in a state of content bliss — a reset of sorts.

27th March 2024

Chastity Belt - Live Laugh Love

4 Stars

By opening up their songwriting process, the band have managed to carve out an even more singular sound.

27th March 2024