Walk The Moon - Walk The Moon
2-5 Stars
They’re drifting between The Killers and Two Door Cinema Club in a sea of meaningless tunes with no depth whatsoever.
8th October 2012
2-5 Stars rated Albums & EPs
Boys Noize - Out Of The Black
2-5 Stars
‘Out Of The Black’ serves only to remind us how quickly EDM genres grow old.
8th October 2012
Lavender Diamond - Incorruptible Heart
2-5 Stars
‘Incorruptible Heart’ is a frustrating listen.
8th October 2012
The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth
2-5 Stars
The majority of the album is not different or progressive enough to be exciting — and it’s not enjoyable enough to make up for it.
6th October 2012
Tilly And The Wall - Heavy Mood
2-5 Stars
There’s a lack of progression from previous albums that makes ‘Heavy Mood’ a bit of a disappointment.
5th October 2012
The Features - Wilderness
2-5 Stars
This is less like the wilderness, and more like an overgrown garden.
13th September 2012
Tender Trap - Ten Songs About Girls
2-5 Stars
Spoken-word sections? Tambourines? C86-style guitar twanging? Please.
11th September 2012
The Noisettes - Contact
2-5 Stars
Packed with untapped potential.
26th August 2012
Archive - With Us Until You’re Dead
2-5 Stars
Their overwrought presence seem like forced attempts to solder a bit of soul on to the machinery.
25th August 2012
Helen Boulding - Calling All Angels
2-5 Stars
A disappointment when you consider just how much better it could have been.
29th July 2012
Et Tu Bruce - Suburban Sunshine
2-5 Stars
When it’s nice, it’s nice.
15th July 2012
The View - Cheeky For A Reason
2-5 Stars
Unfortunately the sound remains too glossy overall.
9th July 2012
Reverend & The Makers - @reverend_makers
2-5 Stars
At the very least it marks a new chapter of diversity for the band.
16th June 2012
Giant Giant Sand – Tucson
2-5 Stars
‘Tucson’ feels life an afterthought, lacking in the kinetic intensity and corrosive experimentalism of earlier releases.
11th June 2012
Maximo Park - The National Health
2-5 Stars
You won’t be disappointed, but you won’t be itching for more.
11th June 2012
Dent May - Do Things
2-5 Stars
Maybe we preferred Dent May with the ukulele after all.
11th June 2012
Cats & Cats & Cats - Catsalogue
2-5 Stars
‘Catsalogue’ is not totally unlike listening to a band your fifteen-year old brother has thrown together with his mates.
29th May 2012
Sea Of Bees - Orangefarben
2-5 Stars
Don’t be fooled by the initial vanilla flavour of this folk album.
13th April 2012
Lostprophets - Weapons
2-5 Stars
A bloated cobweb of cliches symptomatic of creative stagnancy plagues much of this release.
3rd April 2012
Air Castles - Lights
2-5 Stars
Air Castles have attempted to soundtrack teenage introspection; instead, it’s more likely to soundtrack trolley-pushing at Tesco.
26th March 2012
Feeder - Generation Freakshow
2-5 Stars
A simple rehash of their dynamic pop-grunge opus ‘Echo Park’.
24th March 2012
Ceremony - Zoo
2-5 Stars
‘Zoo’ is a change in style. Unfortunately, it feels as though such a change was made simply for the sake of it.
4th March 2012
Kap Bambino - Devotion
2-5 Stars
‘Devotion’ is patchy, but does the best it can with the limited space it’s been given.
27th February 2012
The Ting Tings - Sounds From Nowheresville
2-5 Stars
It’s the sound of band stuck in the middle of nowhere mindlessly aiming for every direction possible.
26th February 2012
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.