The Vaccines - Pick-Up Full Of Pink Carnations
3-5 Stars
This isn’t necessarily one to win The Vaccines a new generation, but for those already won over, it’ll prove worth the listen.
10th January 2024
Album Reviews
Bill Ryder-Jones - Iechyd Da
4 Stars
A truly cathartic listening experience.
10th January 2024
Folly Group - Down There!
4 Stars
The authenticity and vulnerability on show makes them feel like a bunch of mates.
10th January 2024
Sprints - Letter To Self
5 Stars
Musical exorcism at its very best.
3rd January 2024
Tate McRae - Think Later
3-5 Stars
Tate risks a familiarity that masks how interesting she can be left to her own devices — that said, it’s faultless in its mimicry.
8th December 2023
Wings of Desire - Life Is Infinite
3-5 Stars
By the end of this opening instalment, Wings of Desire have demonstrated plenty of promise. Now to go forward and build upon it.
6th December 2023
HEALTH - RAT WARS
3 Stars
An album that can wash past with as much staying power as candyfloss in a puddle.
6th December 2023
Neil Young - Before And After
4 Stars
The songs are rarely improved upon, with the fidelity to ruggedness giving the songs the feel of half-finished demos, but the songwriting itself is, of course, stellar.
6th December 2023
Spector - Here Come The Early Nights
4 Stars
Acutely aware of their strengths from the off, where it soars in sound is where it does so metaphorically.
22nd November 2023
Danny Brown - Quaranta
3-5 Stars
Unsurprisingly, the beats on ‘Quaranta’ match the introspective lyrical tone.
17th November 2023
PinkPantheress - Heaven knows
5 Stars
As if a Y2K Shakespeare were musing on sticky sweet star-crossed love amid metaphors for abandonment on a bedazzled Motorola Razr.
10th November 2023
Jelani Blackman - The Heart Of It
5 Stars
One of the great British debuts of 2023.
8th November 2023
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Fronzoli
3-5 Stars
It’s easy to get swept up in the Aussies’ world.
8th November 2023
Baby Queen - Quarter Life Crisis
4 Stars
It finds substance in its shedding of the contrived.
8th November 2023
Chartreuse - Morning Ritual
3 Stars
At points it does seem as if the Midlanders are aware of their own ability to be consumed by their own mellow.
8th November 2023
Oscar Scheller - Coming Of Age
3-5 Stars
A thoroughly 2023 record.
8th November 2023
Kevin Abstract - Blanket
2-5 Stars
There are bright spots, but these are few and far between.
3rd November 2023
Tkay Maidza - Sweet Justice
4 Stars
A crowning achievement.
3rd November 2023
Storm Franklin - Loneliness In The Modern World
4 Stars
The duo aren’t trying to reinvent the wheel, but they’re two connoisseurs of it.
3rd November 2023
bar italia - The Twits
3-5 Stars
All those who lapped up ‘Tracey Denim’ will be satisfied here. ‘The Twits’ may yet charm a few more besides.
3rd November 2023
CASISDEAD - Famous Last Words
4-5 Stars
Compelling and engrossing.
27th October 2023
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - The Silver Cord
4 Stars
Often magnificent and always supremely fun.
27th October 2023
Poppy - Zig
2 Stars
Weak and boring are never words we’d have ever thought apply to Poppy’s music, but alas here we are.
27th October 2023
Gaslight Anthem - History Books
4 Stars
An album that personifies their magic all over again.
27th October 2023
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.