Half Waif - Mythopoetics

4-5 Stars

Both more freeing and deeply personal.

8th July 2021

Lucy Dacus - Home Video

4-5 Stars

A musical representation of the intricate jigsaw of life.

24th June 2021

Greentea Peng - Man Made

4-5 Stars

An impressively accomplished, ever-giving record that rarely fails to enchant.

4th June 2021

Bachelor - Doomin’ Sun

4-5 Stars

Each song pirouettes on the emotional chasm between intimate, physical union, and lonesome psychological vulnerability.

27th May 2021

MAN ON MAN - MAN ON MAN

4-5 Stars

The duo cement the simplicity of love in otherwise complex circumstances.

6th May 2021

Squid - Bright Green Field

4-5 Stars

Squid always seemed destined to have an epic album in them, and they’ve delivered just that.

6th May 2021

girl in red - if i could make it go quiet

4-5 Stars

Ultimately, though, girl in red’s charm lies in her wide-eyed excitability.

29th April 2021

Brockhampton - Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine

4-5 Stars

A record that packs an emotional punch while finding the collective as accomplished and explorative as ever musically.

9th April 2021

The Antlers - Green To Gold

4-5 Stars

It feels like the opening of a new chapter, rather than the closing of the last one.

25th March 2021

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Carnage

4-5 Stars

A jewel in the Cave-Ellis cannon.

26th February 2021

Julien Baker - Little Oblivions

4-5 Stars

A soundtrack for those searching for hope in difficult times.

25th February 2021

Ghetts - Conflict of Interest

4-5 Stars

It’s pure; neither shunning the light or the dark across the 16 tracks. He lets it all show.

18th February 2021

Hayley Williams - FLOWERS for VASES / descansos

4-5 Stars

A record which further proves that the strength of Hayley Williams — as a songwriter, a vocalist, a woman — is still awe-inspiring.

4th February 2021

Taylor Swift - evermore

4-5 Stars

Both albums showcase Taylor as an unrivalled lyrical force.

14th December 2020

Rico Nasty - Nightmare Vacation

4-5 Stars

It will chew you up and spit you out, and you’ll love every minute of it.

3rd December 2020

The Cribs - Night Network

4-5 Stars

A study in elegance in the face of adversity.

19th November 2020

Gorillaz - Song Machine: Season One - Strange Timez

4-5 Stars

The LP fizzles with a self-made, impromptu energy.

22nd October 2020

Adrianne Lenker - Songs / Instrumentals

4-5 Stars

The title ​‘songs’ betrays overwhelming modesty on Adrianne Lenker’s part.

22nd October 2020

Touché Amoré - Lament

4-5 Stars

Touché Amoré continue to reinvent the very foundations of hardcore.

8th October 2020

Will Butler - Generations

4-5 Stars

What unites the record is an urgent, anxious sense of unrest.

24th September 2020

Deftones - Ohms

4-5 Stars

If any of Deftones’ previous records are guilty of lacking focus, ​‘Ohms’ is certainly safe from future vitriol.

24th September 2020

Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension

4-5 Stars

Not so much a call to arms as an exploration of the individual’s ability to disassociate from the norm.

24th September 2020

Biffy Clyro - A Celebration of Endings

4-5 Stars

It offers up a brand of gut-wrenching, defiant hope.

13th August 2020

Taylor Swift - folklore

4-5 Stars

Undoubtedly one of her best.

3rd August 2020