Mumford & Sons - Delta
2 Stars
They’re back flogging another set of empty epics.
16th November 2018
2 Stars rated Albums & EPs
Santigold - I Don’t Want: The Gold Fire Sessions
2 Stars
A natural extension from what’s come before rather than a bold move forward.
12th October 2018
Bondax - Revolve
2 Stars
For something that has the promise of hitting bullseye, too many of the darts miss the board entirely.
28th September 2018
Girls Names - Stains On Silence
2 Stars
Experimental for experimental’s sake.
15th June 2018
Ash - Islands
2 Stars
It’s a shame most of ‘Islands’ doesn’t have anything to grab hold of.
18th May 2018
of Montreal - White Is Relic / Irrealis Mood
2 Stars
A rich but straggling album.
9th March 2018
Titus Andronicus - A Productive Cough
2 Stars
Completely without inspiration.
2nd March 2018
MGMT - Little Dark Age
2 Stars
A record that could do with clawing a bit of their magic back.
9th February 2018
N.E.R.D - No_One Ever Really Dies
2 Stars
Not nearly as profound as it thinks it is.
15th December 2017
Morrissey - Low In High School
2 Stars
This charming man? It looks like these days it’s more a case of bigmouth strikes again.
17th November 2017
Slaughter Beach, Dog - Birdie
2 Stars
A frustratingly disappointing album from a writer we’ve all heard do so much better.
27th October 2017
Jessie Ware - Glasshouse
2 Stars
She knows her niche inside out.
20th October 2017
Hurts - Desire
2 Stars
It’s been done better elsewhere, and recently, too.
29th September 2017
Prophets Of Rage - Prophets Of Rage
2 Stars
They’ve undercut their own power by playing it safe.
15th September 2017
Arcane Roots - Melancholia Hymns
2 Stars
Buffed-up and overly layered.
15th September 2017
Girl Ray - Earl Grey
2 Stars
Not just a quaint look back, but a lukewarm cup of twee.
4th August 2017
VÉRITÉ - Somewhere In Between
2 Stars
A moderately decent, if slightly been-done-before collection of songs, or a bit of a predictable letdown?
23rd June 2017
All We Are - Sunny Hills
2 Stars
An album that isn’t sure what exactly it wants to be.
9th June 2017
Day Wave - The Days We Had
2 Stars
The magic that he’s so often woven into his songs has largely come unravelled.
5th May 2017
Clean Cut Kid - Felt
2 Stars
It fails to capture what made them an exciting prospect in the first place.
28th April 2017
Cold War Kids - L.A. Divine
2 Stars
There’s logic to what’s going on here but it still feels unnatural.
7th April 2017
Karen Elson - Double Roses
2 Stars
Perhaps it’s turned out to be a case of too many cooks spoiling the broth, because ‘Double Roses’ feels weirdly half-baked.
7th April 2017
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - The Tourist
2 Stars
Far from the journey its designer hopes it to be.
24th February 2017
The Flaming Lips - Oczy Mlody
2 Stars
Rarely as satisfying as it is strange.
13th January 2017
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.