Little Boots - Tomorrow’s Yesterdays

3-5 Stars

Dipping between moods with a devil-may-care nostalgia that delivers on its sequin-glinting, platform-shoed modus operandi.

18th March 2022

The Mysterines - Reeling

3-5 Stars

Musically speaking, this band’s baby teeth are not far off falling out.

11th March 2022

Rex Orange County - WHO CARES?

3-5 Stars

It delicately posits escapism as a human need, not a choice.

11th March 2022

BODEGA - Broken Equipment

3-5 Stars

The outfit play mostly the same old tricks as last time, for mixed results.

11th March 2022

Peach Pit - From 2 To 3

3-5 Stars

These songs come to life in terms of warmth and richness.

4th March 2022

DITZ - The Great Regression

3-5 Stars

‘The Great Regression’’s bravest moments reap the most rewards.

4th March 2022

Mom Jeans - Sweet Tooth

3-5 Stars

An upbeat offering from a band proving they’re not just one trick ponies.

25th February 2022

Lady Bird - WE

3-5 Stars

Kitchen-sink yarns of bleak prospects and unjust poverty.

25th February 2022

Gang of Youths - Angel In Realtime

3-5 Stars

Heartfelt songs based in place and time, with a few fist-to-the-chest moments.

25th February 2022

Sea Power - Everything Was Forever

3-5 Stars

Their trademark pop-rock melodies still have the power to exhilarate.

18th February 2022

White Lies - As I Try Not To Fall Apart

3-5 Stars

Progress, after a while spent spinning their wheels.

18th February 2022

Beach House - Once Twice Melody

3-5 Stars

For those who persevere there’s still a lot going on beneath the waves.

18th February 2022

Alice Glass - PREY//IV

3-5 Stars

An album defined by a sort of constant itchiness, a wish to rid itself of trauma by occupying it so fully.

16th February 2022

Foxes - The Kick

3-5 Stars

Foxes’ return comes with a purpose.

11th February 2022

Bastille - Give Me The Future

3-5 Stars

Bastille’s choral, digestible power pop DNA is present, but grittier than usual.

4th February 2022

MICHELLE - After Dinner We Talk Dreams

3-5 Stars

Flecked with hints of pop greatness.

28th January 2022

Amber Mark - Three Dimensions Deep

3-5 Stars

As slick as velvet from start to finish.

28th January 2022

Palace - Shoals

3-5 Stars

A far more existentially reflective side of Palace.

21st January 2022

Kyla La Grange - While Your Heart’s Still Beating

3-5 Stars

A natural and elegant evolution of character.

21st January 2022

Orlando Weeks - Hop Up

3-5 Stars

An irresistibly likeable album.

14th January 2022

EERA - Speak

3-5 Stars

‘Speak’ casts a macroscopic lens on the human experience.

3rd December 2021

spill tab - BONNIE

3-5 Stars

A modish onslaught of dance-pop, rife with hip collaborators and TikTok-able moments.

10th November 2021

Halfnoise - Motif

3-5 Stars

An altogether curious record which lets the world rest assured that, in spite of everything, at least Zac is having a happy time.

3rd November 2021

FUR - When You Walk Away

3-5 Stars

FUR keep things very much in the same ballpark all the way through.

3rd November 2021