This album reveals something new with each spin. [Sep 2024, p.69]

Griffin’s wit, empathy and penchant for a simple folk tune remain life-affirming qualities. [Nov 2024, p.72]

Charming result. [May 2025, p.74]

As soon as that marvellous voice opens up on the gorgeous chorus of this album's Don't Lose Sight you already know he's fashioned another one [great record]. [Oct 2025, p.72]

What resonates is how creatively potent he remains. [Dec 2025, p.75]

Can reliably wrangle an engaging, chart-friendly rock-lite tune, yet don't sound anything like their irresistibly evocative name would suggest. [Dec 2021, p.75]

A break from the band’s soundtrack work, ironically, Every Country’s Sun sounds, like a brilliant soundtrack in its own right. To what is up to you.

Quiet Town and Runaway Horses exhibit tender lyrical themes, and there's brief respite in the dreamy haze of Sleepwalker and Pressure Machine. However, nostalgia and the shattering of childhood idylls reoccur through In the Car Outside and In Another Life. [Oct 2021, p.78]

Louche rumbles such as Death And Destruction echo the furious rockabilly assault of a Jim Jones, without the obligatory quiff or preacher schtick, but that doesn’t stop leader Adam Weiner sing smouldering piano ballads such as Forever and Montreal.

Swamp certainly has a knack for the genre's heartbreak. [Apr 2020, p.89]

Jerky, visceral, complex, cerebral, a deep joy. [Apr 2020, p.89]

While the album is destined to remain underground, you just know Childish is in his element right there amid the grit and grime. [Sep 2019, p.84]

While Larkin Poe are worthy, though, they’re never dull. [Jun 2020, p.87]

Magical. [Jun 2023, p.74]

This album is a vindication of the instinct that less is more. It’s a magnificent testament to a man who has been scarred and damaged by his journey, but whose lust for life remains gloriously intact.

An album of depth and impact that merits luxuriant poring over. [Feb 2019, p.88]

Arguably the most exuberant guitar pop alum of 2020. [Mar 2021, p.87]

While the more mellow moments may turn off some of the more alt fans of alt. country, most longtime fans will find this one just dandy. [Mar 2019, p.90]

COVID fog has infected even our sharpest minds. Thank heaven so much of Ultra Vivid Lament sounds like a mirror ball at the end of the tunnel. [Sep 2021, p.78]

While wonderfully idiosyncratic, Oddfellows finds them at their most accessible to date. [Apr 2013, p.95]

Long may they stay young. [Mar 2020, p.92]

Wild, weird and wonderful, Dark Matter/Dark Energy is a lysergic punk triumph.

This album is all heart, the camaraderie is immense, and Williams assures listeners that's it's not dark yet. [Summer 2023, p.78]

This is an album that refuses to sit still and stagnate. [Jun 2013, p.87]

They lose their way when they amble in pub-rock fashion on the gormless Hard Case, but for the most part they’re as focused as they’re inspired.

No longer on the run, Mother Nature is instead "pushing Earth in a baby carriage." This recurring theme in Young's work is echoed in the equally powerful yelp of Shut It Down and the altogether more downtempo Green Is Blue. [Nov 2019, p.80]

If you've ever gone clubbing on heavy-duty painkillers, expect flashbacks. [Apr 2020, p.83]

The sound is basic, raw, bitingly sarcastic. [Summer 2021, p.82]