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For 4,423 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 58% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 37% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.8 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 75
Highest review score: 100 Dead Man's Pop [Box Set]
Lowest review score: 10 Wake Up!
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3,769 out of 4423
  2. Mixed: 623 out of 4423
  3. Negative: 31 out of 4423
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Are We All Angels
    These 11 tracks are relentlessly melodic, channeling the soulful pop-punk of Descendents and anthemic grunge of Hole rather than any of Scowl’s pit-stomping hardcore peers. Moss’ ruthless scream makes a handful of notable appearances, such as on ‘B.A.B.E’ and titular closer, however, the main focus here is an elegant sense of rock euphony that manifests via a range of differing but cohesive songwriting approaches.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Iradelphic
    This is an album self-assured in its odd-ball-ness, yet confident enough to step out into territories typically less habitual to it's maker.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Faraway Reach
    Faraway Reach is a happy place full of group hugs and big shiny grooves.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Angles
    While The Strokes have outgrown any notions of being rock's saviours, in doing so they could just have delivered what might be their best album since Is This It. It's certainly their most diverse.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Someone New
    Some fans may be disappointed by the more subdued nature of ‘Someone New’. Yet her ability to combine woozy guitars with killer synths and endlessly catchy melodies hasn’t disappeared, only softened and matured, as the title track, the brilliant ‘Pale’, and ‘Dog’ prove.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    True Meanings
    It’s a lengthy, beautiful work, and undoubtedly a late career high from one of the most important, courageous songwriters in the country.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Superbloom
    “Mr Valentine won’t you be mine / Don’t be shy cos I’m sure you’re just my type”, she sings in the jovial boogie-belter ‘Mr. Valentine’, partly mimicking ’00s girl group pop. .... “Don’t you know who I am?” she exclaims with a touching and stoic delivery in the eponymous power ballad of almost Bondian scale.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Volcano
    It’s rich in intricately layered synths, blending swathes of influences into a more distinctive sound.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Join the Dots
    TOY get the balance exactly right here, perfectly mixing noise and melody.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Silver Cord
    Taking listeners on a trippy journey through a landscape of organic musical complexity, there are also Beastie Boys vocal nods similar to those found in ‘Sadie Sorceress‘ from last year’s ‘Omnium Gatherum‘ release. Combining techno, disco, electronic and rap, this makes for a truly special combination.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wake UP!
    With a new sharpness, Hazel English has delved into a sophistication that dynamically blends her previous music to create an oscillation of hard and soft that exudes in her tonality.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Tell Me if You Like To
    Raw, rambunctious, rollicking and rowdy, Spring King’s debut offering is further proof that the future of rock ’n' roll is achingly thrilling.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hotel Shampoo
    Hotel Shampoo shows off a simpler, stripped back Rhys - whose lyrics are placed front and centre of beautifully arranged tracks, each imbued with an infectious energy.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    What a Devastating Turn of Events
    A thrilling, needle-to-the-red experience, ‘What A Devastating Turn Of Events’ never sits in one place.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Talkies
    Primal, raw and unformed - and ultimately not an album for the faint-hearted - its lyrical content alternates between the absurd and the everyday.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Jungle Revolution
    Interjected with dusty dubplate samples, gun-finger shots and clashing MCs throughout, what Jungle Revolution lacks in variation it makes up with genuine spirit.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Spare Ribs
    A raw snapshot perfectly designed to capture the ugliest sides of Britain, it’s obvious that the duo is happy to knock at our doors once again. There’s an ongoing need for this portrayal of relevant topics, and their sharpness and humour are as strong as ever.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    I DES
    The 36 minute ambience of ‘Drone In B’ allows space to contemplate all that has come before; and the conclusion is that ‘I DES’ is a celebration of future possibilities, and a truly beautiful listen.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Strange Pleasures
    The feel is consistently of an eerie twilight, perched high above a near-future city.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lazaretto
    Coming two years after his debut ‘Blunderbuss’, a vitriol-filled purge that dropped in the wake of White’s divorce, Lazaretto does sound like a transitional step.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Heavy Heavy
    ‘Heavy Heavy’ sees them fully marry their two sides; is this a very fun album from a very serious band, or a very serious album from a very fun band? Why not both? Young Fathers can have it both ways.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Contrepoint
    Out of something very, very old has come something deliciously new.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    TOY
    A strong, self-assured debut offering, 'TOY' represents a band who are capable of channelling multiple identities without losing sight of their own.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    New Bermuda
    Deafheaven have managed to craft a lengthy, complex offering that could be considered the antithesis of their lauded second album, but also proves to their doubters that they're here to stay.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Circles
    Despite the sadness that clearly surrounds this project there is plenty of positivity: the production of the album is impeccable, and the overwhelming message that shines through is of hope for the future.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lout [EP]
    Harkening back to the days of ‘Strange House’, but also moving forward, this industrial future for The Horrors is an interesting and welcoming one. It’s just a shame it’s only three tracks long.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Big Bad
    18 thunderous tunes.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Kelly Lee Owens
    A debut that is full of depth and one that exposes the scope of electronic music beyond just the club.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ears
    A magnificent aural topography of Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith’s inspired imagination.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A Dream Outside
    This is savvy, intelligent music.
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