Du Blonde - Homecoming
3-5 Stars
The sound of self-affirmation.
1st April 2021
Album Reviews
GHLOW - Slash And Burn
4 Stars
If this is what the apocalypse sounds like, then count us in.
1st April 2021
Ryley Walker - Course In Fable
4 Stars
A typically intricate affair.
1st April 2021
Bryce Dessner - Impermanence / Disintegration
3-5 Stars
A stirring reminder of the raw talent in the National fold.
1st April 2021
La Femme - Paradigmes
3 Stars
For every gorgeous moment that sticks, there’s an awkward miss.
1st April 2021
The Antlers - Green To Gold
4-5 Stars
It feels like the opening of a new chapter, rather than the closing of the last one.
25th March 2021
serpentwithfeet - DEACON
4 Stars
‘DEACON’ looks for hope in love, much like in the spirituality that birthed it.
25th March 2021
Tune-Yards - sketchy.
4 Stars
Frenetic and fizzy.
25th March 2021
Bull - Discover Effortless Living
4 Stars
A guitar-wielding force to be reckoned with.
25th March 2021
Ben Howard - Collections From The Whiteout
4 Stars
Melancholy, meticulous and achingly grand.
25th March 2021
Citizen - Life In Your Glass World
3-5 Stars
The band have landed between the dense atmospherics of what has come before and a newfound desire to seriously up the energy.
25th March 2021
Death From Above 1979 - Is 4 Lovers
3-5 Stars
An album which sees the pair attempt to build upon the mythology of their past — and reclaim a little of it, too — it’s a move that largely pays off.
25th March 2021
L’Impératrice - Tako Tsubo
3-5 Stars
The Parisian intergalactic pop voyagers communicate a retrofuturism that’s rooted firmly in the present.
25th March 2021
Xiu Xiu - OH NO
4 Stars
It’s unlikely to win them any new followers, but existing fans won’t be disappointed.
25th March 2021
Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over the Country Club
3-5 Stars
The confidence feels diminished, the rich production of its predecessor replaced by something thinner, sadder.
19th March 2021
Chad VanGaalen - World’s Most Stressed Out Gardener
4 Stars
His cartoonish appetite for invention remains intact.
18th March 2021
Black Honey - Written & Directed
4 Stars
It sees the quartet evolving into the rock outfit they’d always threatened to be.
18th March 2021
William Doyle - Great Spans of Muddy Time
3-5 Stars
What is constant are its dazzling, spontaneous qualities.
18th March 2021
Middle Kids - Today We’re The Greatest
2-5 Stars
A little bit middle-of-the-road.
18th March 2021
Genesis Owusu - Smiling With No Teeth
4 Stars
He plays well with dark and sinister, throwing theatrical voice in a musical hall of mirrors with real versatility.
4th March 2021
Adult Mom - Driver
4 Stars
If it were as easy as Adult Mom makes it sound to write pop gems this endearing in their honesty, everybody would be doing it.
4th March 2021
Zara Larsson - Poster Girl
4 Stars
Pure pop escapism.
4th March 2021
Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark
4 Stars
The vivid, often lurid portraits Aidan Moffat paints of the society around him feel more vital than ever.
4th March 2021
Kings of Leon - When You See Yourself
3 Stars
An album that, though not without its fillers, feels like they’re having more genuine fun than they’ve had in years.
4th March 2021
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.