James Blake - Assume Form
4 Stars
An album that blows James Blake’s musical and personal horizons wide open.
18th January 2019
Album Reviews
Deerhunter - Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?
4 Stars
A breezy distraction from the chaos outside.
15th January 2019
Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow
4 Stars
It surely confirms her position as one of her generation’s most compelling voices.
15th January 2019
Maggie Rogers - Heard It In A Past Life
4 Stars
Maggie has certainly found her own voice.
15th January 2019
The Twilight Sad - It Won/t Be Like This All The Time
4 Stars
Even more intense.
15th January 2019
Lost Under Heaven - Love Hates What You Become
4 Stars
Music for the here and now.
15th January 2019
Steve Gunn - The Unseen In Between
3 Stars
He’s opted to take it easy this time around.
15th January 2019
Toro Y Moi - Outer Peace
3 Stars
A transitional work perhaps, but whichever fork in the road he follows next, you feel he’ll continue to adapt.
15th January 2019
You Tell Me - You Tell Me
3 Stars
Delicate vocals with an indie pop sensibility.
11th January 2019
Ex:Re - Ex:Re
4 Stars
Fully-formed, rich and incredibly affecting.
30th November 2018
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
5 Stars
A bombastic, immaculately put together portrait of modern life.
20th November 2018
Smashing Pumpkins - SHINY AND OH SO BRIGHT, VOL. 1 / LP: NO PAST. NO FUTURE. NO SUN.
3 Stars
Picking up where Billy left off with ‘Ogilala’.
16th November 2018
Mumford & Sons - Delta
2 Stars
They’re back flogging another set of empty epics.
16th November 2018
The Good, The Bad and The Queen - Merrie Land
3 Stars
Often too foggy and nostalgic for a reality that’s very dark and very present.
16th November 2018
Muse - Simulation Theory
3 Stars
If a Muse album isn’t meant to make you laugh, gasp and double-take in its ridiculousness, then we don’t wanna hear it.
8th November 2018
Architects - Holy Hell
4 Stars
Powerfully honest and refreshingly unfiltered, beautifully crafted and distinctive.
8th November 2018
Laura Jane Grace & The Devouring Mothers - Bought to Rot
4 Stars
There’s an unmistakable Americana twist across much of the record.
8th November 2018
J Mascis - Elastic Days
4 Stars
Who could have predicted that he’d one day end up sounding quite this melodic.
8th November 2018
Vince Staples - FM!
4 Stars
A drawing board of the rapper’s influences, collaborators and lifestyle, played out on drive time radio.
5th November 2018
Bill Ryder-Jones - Yawn
3 Stars
Bill’s fragile whisper of a croon only adds to the aura of lethargic night times spent alone.
2nd November 2018
The Prodigy - No Tourists
3 Stars
While this isn’t vintage Prodigy, it gets pretty damn close.
2nd November 2018
Miya Folick - Premonitions
4 Stars
The LA musician is nothing but dynamic.
26th October 2018
Robyn - Honey
4 Stars
It finds its peace in a quieter, more open space.
26th October 2018
Thom Yorke - Suspiria
4 Stars
He’s clearly thrived from the pressure and expectation, creating something truly exceptional.
26th October 2018
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.