Album Reviews
Holly Humberstone returns with highly anticipated 3rd album ‘Cruel World’
The pop singer releases an otherworldly 12-track album — and it will end up on your playlist.
★★★★★
The Maine finds ‘Joy Next Door’ on their 10th studio album
The Arizona alt-rockers are making joy sound familiar, intimate and electric, all at once.
★★★★★
Monosynths and melancholia: The synth pop highs of ‘Hannah Lew’
The Californian artist excels in her electronic, eponymous debut, supplying synth pop-a-plenty while paying tribute to the genre’s icons.
★★★★☆
Thundercat’s ‘Distracted’ proves that his talent is only growing
Tame Impala, Mac Miller and WILLOW are among the artists featured on his most distinct album yet.
★★★★½
Arlo Parks’ ‘Ambiguous Desire’ is a melancholic-soaked masterpiece
Arlo Parks takes on a more electronic-driven sound on her latest album.
★★★★☆
The Dandy Warhols crack open the vault on covers LP ‘Pin Ups’
The group’s first full-length covers album sees galvanising new alt takes on familiar classics from the ‘60s and beyond.
Fcukers thrive on debut album ‘Ö’
The band bring a mix of club-ready house, indie sleaze attitude and glossy pop instincts on their first release.
★★★★☆
Rowan & Friends share new album ‘Go On! Roll That Old Boulder Away’
The York band share their new album.
★★★★★
Sophie May delivers exceptional debut album ‘Stars and Teeth’
The Londoner doesn’t miss a single beat on her delicate debut.
★★★★★
Snail Mail returns with triumphant 3rd album ‘Ricochet’
The musician follows up her 2022 album ‘Valentine’, after taking time away to recover from surgery.
★★★★★
Ovven drops debut album ‘Gnawing At The Chord’
The Nashville musician delivers his first full-length.
★★★★☆
Lala Lala releases new synth pop album ‘Heaven 2’
The new album is the ideal blend of dreamy and melancholic perfection.
★★★★★
The Orielles return reborn after four years with their gritty 4th LP ‘Only You Left’
The album follows 2022’s ‘Tableau’.
★★★★☆
Start Your Engines! Carpenter Brut’s supersonic new album ‘Leather Temple’
The pioneering darksynth musician, whose collaborations include Ulver, Ghost and League of Legends, promises action-star anthems in 4th album.
Between madness and a dream: GUM’s latest album ‘Blue Gum Way’
The multi-instrumentalist and member of Tame Impala’s touring band releases his seventh studio album to date on King Gizzard’s label.
★★★★☆
Mitski struggles to justify her premature transcendence to fame on ‘Nothing’s About to Happen to Me’
Identity, love and freedom all play themes on Mitski’s new record.
★★★★☆
The Lovely Basement channel Lou Reed and English folk on 4th album ‘Lowlands’
The album sees the Bristol four-piece fusing alt-Americana with proto-punk rock.
Hemi Hemingway does it all in 2nd album ‘Wings of Desire’
Punk meets Western in the new heartbreak album.
★★★★☆
Charli xcx’s cinematic score fuels Wuthering Heights’ fantastical interpretation
The pop superstar follows in the footsteps of Daft Punk and Prince as mainstream artists to creative film scores.