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  • Summary: The debut full-length release from Scottish singer-songwriter (and touring vocalist for The Pogues) Iona Zajac was produced with Dani Bennett-Spragg.
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  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
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  1. Mojo
    Dec 5, 2025
    80
    Zajac's gnomic lyrics make the direct bits hit that bit harder, and if there are swamp-fuzz debts to J.J. Harvey, it is still a powerful piece of personal witness-bearing. [Jan 2026, p.85]
  2. Record Collector
    Jan 6, 2026
    80
    Complements her poetic lyrics with intricate, arpeggiated folk guitar to haunting effect. [Jan 2026, p.103]
  3. Dec 5, 2025
    80
    Bang is a truly original debut album that burns bright with emotion and wild imagination, confirming Zajac as one of Scotland’s most fearless and intriguing new voices.
  4. 80
    Bang is a great album, but more crucially, it’s an important one.
  5. Uncut
    Dec 5, 2025
    70
    Her own material is far less raucous [than The Pogues], but the introspection is laced with dark humour and spurred on by her storytelling instincts. [Jan 2026, p.36]