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  • Summary: The debut full-length release from British art-rock band Modern Woman was produced by Joel Burton and mixed by Oli Barton-Wood.
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  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
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  1. May 12, 2026
    85
    Showcases a band that are both innovative and unafraid to bend their influences with precision to create something entirely their own.
  2. Record Collector
    May 12, 2026
    80
    There are some wrong turns, but there's ample fierce flair here to suggest Modern Woman could join the likes of English Teacher at the top of the 2020s class. [May 2026, p.103]
  3. Mojo
    May 12, 2026
    80
    A Dirty Three, free-folk weirdness takes Sophie Harris's vocal theatrics somewhere darker. [Jul 2026, p.93]
  4. May 12, 2026
    80
    Often riveting and never boring, and with credit to the band's charismatic leader, the album makes for an exciting and noteworthy debut.
  5. May 12, 2026
    70
    The curiously evocative and often soaring vocal of original ‘modern woman’, Sophie Harris, there may be a slight hint of knowingly tapping into the full breadth of their creative gamut across the record, but in delivery it suggests more a case of never wanting to tie themselves – or the album as a whole – down.
  6. May 13, 2026
    70
    The operatic Johnny’s Dreamworld offers a range of sounds, from post-punk to art-rock to chamber pop, which, though often exciting and impactful, suggests a band looking for an aesthetic that they don’t quite find. Once they do, however, Modern Woman will be a force to be reckoned with.