Album Reviews
by Chris White
Sometimes bleak, frequently compelling album by an artist with an unflinching eye for society’s dark underbelly and the characters that inhabit it
by Matt Cotsell
Portugal’s elusive pied pipers offer an immersive and often iridescent path into the romantic heart of darkness
by Sam Shepherd
Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn make the case for anger being the energy we need
by Tim Lee
Their second is a great album, from whatever angle you look at it
by Steven Johnson
A discreetly versatile album from the German duo, equally capable of lifting moods and settling minds
by Chris White
A secret cherished by a select few, but those who seek out James Wallace’s idiosyncratic odyssey will undoubtedly enjoy the trip
by John Murphy
In times that demand comfort and succour, a fine reminder of just how legendary a songwriter this Gibb brother is
by Steven Johnson
Music with the wind very much in its sails, an album defined by an expansive, upwardly mobile sound
by Matt Cotsell
Sebastian Murphy and co return with a ramshackle wad of low-end guitars that spit and burn like chip pan fires, boisterous intoxicated vocals and undulating...
by Steven Johnson
An exuberant and heartening spin of the songwriting wheel and a valuable addition to his catalogue that should provide happiness to many
by Ben Devlin
With an eclectic and star-studded guest list and one foot in the plunderphonic tradition, this is an emotional rollercoaster, a lovingly put-together tapestry
by Steven Johnson
An album of elegantly assembled francophone chamber pop that revels in simple musical joys
by Chris White
While being there in person would doubtless be even more memorable, joining from the comfort of your sofa an experience well worth having
by Chloe Johnson
Her second album of 2020 deals with the human condition to hope, want and dream
by Matt Cotsell
Densely enigmatic renderings of space to rouse you from the deepest of slumbers, or, should you so desire, place you comfortably into one
by Matt Cotsell
History has not been generous to them, but this crazy melodic record will go some way to restoring them as kings and queens of the...
by Chris White
Having featured on Björk’s Utopia album and guested on her Cornucopia tour, the Icelandic choral craft masters here offer up a unique experience
by Steven Johnson
A quietly trailblazing amalgam of sounds, a projection of well-founded confidence from an increasingly exciting operator
by Matt Cotsell
Recorded live with Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Steindór Andersen and Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir, it captures them reconciling their genius with the praise heaped upon them
by Matt Cotsell
A truly striking record built for introverts and flaneurs alike, one whose delights you’ll quickly succumb to
by Lewis Oxley
Eerily mind-bending noise from another planet that is too unsettling to entirely understand, almost too abstract to criticise, and too hard to commend
