Album Reviews
by Chris White
Dialling up the strangeness to produce a restlessly energetic record that constantly shifts in mood and tempo
by Ross Horton
A Taylor Swift album in the midst of five great songs, five decent tracks and 12 give-or-takes. That, in today’s artistic climate, is tantamount to...
by John Murphy
An album of heartbreak and break-ups showcases the prolific songwriter’s way with a winning couplet
by Sam Shepherd
Their 10th album revels in a constant tension that makes these songs worth revisiting time and again
by Steven Johnson
The Twitter listening party host, label boss and sometime Charlatan makes a record very much for these times
by John Murphy
The follow up to Cosmic Wink has a timeless quality, with lush production and nods to a very earthy type of folk
by Sam Shepherd
Maria Lindén embraces the power of slowing things down
by Christine Hannigan
London-based Dane’s debut album features collaborations amongst a set with something for everyone
by Ben Hogwood
An acceptance that, 27 years on, not only is everything still wrong, but that a redoubling of efforts is required
by Nicoletta Wylde
A cultural landmark, a record of what we’re all going through together, and something to show our grand-kittens
by Chris White
A retrospective of seething, resolutely unfiltered snapshots of contemporary urban British working class life and all its iniquities
by Ross Horton
The Mael brothers’ latest hilarious, focused future classic features tales of Stravinsky and iPhone addiction
by Ross Horton
For Stephin Merritt, this time the focus is on brevity
by Ross Horton
Mike Hadreas’ creative streak is comparable to very few artists of his generation
by Martyn Young
Assured and classy follow-up to Australian singer-songwriter’s 2015 debut Night Swim
by Ben Devlin
Moody follow-up to SweetSexySavage comprises mellow ditties about the ups and downs of romance
by Sam Shepherd
Hot on the heels of his memoir/biography Sing Backwards And Weep comes an album of sheer honesty
by Chris White
A cathartic response to grief, with icy, pulsating synthesisers, dramatic vocals and lyrics combining spiritualism with emotional fragility
by Steven Johnson
A sustaining, literate mystique and warmth like an open fire in winter prove positives can flow from separation
by Ross Horton
Will Toledo is just the kind of maverick we need in 2020, but this is just the kind of album we didn’t expect
by Ben Hogwood
So complete are her reinventions that Joan Wasser has made these covers sound like her own work
