Middle Kids - Today We’re The Greatest
2-5 Stars
A little bit middle-of-the-road.
18th March 2021
2-5 Stars rated Albums & EPs
TV Priest - Uppers
2-5 Stars
You could probably hum a fair approximation of ‘Uppers’ without actually listening to it.
4th February 2021
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - New Fragility
2-5 Stars
It toggles between social awareness and slack harmonies in an interplay that never fully attains the unity it craves.
28th January 2021
Partner - Never Give Up
2-5 Stars
A record that exudes potential but tends to canter as much as it gallops.
19th November 2020
Paul Epworth - Voyager
2-5 Stars
Is ‘Voyager’ a trip worth taking?
10th September 2020
No Age - Goons Be Gone
2-5 Stars
There’s something slightly off.
4th June 2020
Sébastien Tellier - Domesticated
2-5 Stars
The killer instinct that defines his best work is missing here.
23rd April 2020
EOB - Earth
2-5 Stars
Too indirect and underplayed.
16th April 2020
Deap Lips - Deap Lips
2-5 Stars
By each party’s style rubbing off on the other, they’ve also sanded them down.
12th March 2020
Allie X - Cape God
2-5 Stars
There are undeniably beautiful and anthemic moments here, but on the whole it falls short.
20th February 2020
Nelson Can - So Long Desire
2-5 Stars
Nelson Can have demonstrated a hitherto unseen ambition with ‘So Long Desire’.
30th January 2020
Girl Ray - Girl
2-5 Stars
Like watching strangers from across a dance floor.
7th November 2019
Liz Lawrence - Pity Party
2-5 Stars
There’s promise on ‘Pity Party’, but Liz Lawrence remains a work in progress.
24th October 2019
Of Monsters and Men - Fever Dream
2-5 Stars
A bit limp.
26th July 2019
The Black Keys - “Let’s Rock”
2-5 Stars
A depressingly unimaginative thing.
28th June 2019
Stealing Sheep - Big Wows
2-5 Stars
There’s enough sugar here to make even the sweetest tooth ache.
19th April 2019
Kings Of Leon – Mechanical Bull
2-5 Stars
Nothing more than Kings of Leon by numbers.
18th September 2013
Shone - Heat Thing
2-5 Stars
Shone got so caught up in the creation of hype, tension and suspense, they forget to deliver anything but.
24th August 2013
Laura Veirs – Warp & Weft
2-5 Stars
Deliberately slow paced, to its detriment.
17th August 2013
DIANA - Perpetual Surrender
2-5 Stars
In many ways ‘Perpetual Surrender’ is the average British weather forecast; patchy, dull and cloudy with occasional sunny spells.
16th August 2013
Johnny Borrell - Borrell 1
2-5 Stars
‘Borrell 1’ isn’t a great album. It’s probably not even good, but it’s definitely committed.
25th July 2013
Trigger Effect - What’s Left To Eliminate?
2-5 Stars
Ultimately it all feels a little bit artless.
2nd July 2013
The Blood Arm - Infinite Nights
2-5 Stars
A comfortable blend of sunny indie pop lacking any real imagination.
26th June 2013
Dinosaur Pile-Up - Nature Nurture
2-5 Stars
Not Moët, but Panda Pops at best.
18th June 2013
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.