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For 3,422 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 55% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 41% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.9 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 74
Highest review score: 100 Superbloom
Lowest review score: 20 Let It Reign
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,498 out of 3422
  2. Mixed: 911 out of 3422
  3. Negative: 13 out of 3422
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Held
    It's one of the most powerful records to be released in a very long time.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Short n' Sweet
    Even on ‘Short n’ Sweet’’s less standout moments, Sabrina is still the spicy kick at its centre, ready to deliver a cheeky wink at every turn.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Bulldozer
    It's not as acoustic and stripped back as some will expect but it does not disappoint (unless you were waiting on eleven 'Ballgames').
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Struggler
    There’s a little less edge than on debut ​‘Smiling With No Teeth’, but a softer lens offers more variety, and Genesis Owusu sails the spectrum of human experience with ease to make something just as weighty as the literature that inspired it.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Beautiful Stories
    The Beautiful Stories is their liveliest effort to date.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Indie Cindy
    It doesn’t so much as show them in a new light, more picks up where ‘Trompe le Monde’ left off all those years ago. But, as the saying goes, if it ain't broke, don’t fix it.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Chrissybaby Forever
    There’s a real sense of optimism and summer to the record.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Freedom
    Persuasive, pummelling, precise, Refused may have--quite literally--set the agenda with ‘The Shape Of Punk To Come’ but here they’re proving that they can still translate the blueprints regardless of how much time has passed.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Render Another Ugly Method
    Mothers have taken their tactics of constant instrumental juxtapositions into another realm, somehow finding a middle ground between the pleasant and the discordant, where Mothers have comfortably found their niche--it’s not always uplifting, but it consistently delivers.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fall Into the Sun
    Fall Into the Sun is the best Swearin’ record yet; that Allison and Kyle have not just reformed the band, but actually brought the creative best out of each other in doing so, is a powerful advert for reconciliation.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Crushing
    Unpacking messy feelings over delicate guitars, Crushing may have been born from a place of confusion, but Julia Jacklin’s voice sounds clearer than ever.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    SAYA
    A vivid and vulnerable album, brimming with emotional depth, occupying its own distinct lane.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
    When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? is a supremely exciting, innovative first move from a pop voice that feels utterly fresh and modern.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Love is Dead
    Celebratory, rich and more confident than ever before, they’re yet again the finest versions of themselves.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sticky
    ‘Sticky’ is music for living life in full colour, and until you listen, you won’t know how much you needed it.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    All Systems Are Lying
    Cut with the wonky, off-kilter darkness of standout tracks such as ‘Polaris’ and siren-like synth whirrs of the title track too, the new record slots neatly into the expansive Dewaele puzzle; a vibrantly textured, shapeshifting, and inquisitively diverse return.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Dream
    ‘The Dream’’s strength is in packing not just alt-J’s usual futuristic twist, but a heavy side serving of nostalgia too. It’s a perfect, subtle, and unpretentious combo.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Peace & Truce of Future of the Left
    Yhis is a band tight enough and confident enough to know they can take anything, and anybody, on.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Working Out
    It's nothing we haven't heard before, but it's delightfully packaged, making it feel unique in its own way.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Love Is Magic
    Love Is Magic feels like a victory lap. Frequently boundary-pushing, side-splittingly funny and anything but safe, John Grant’s fourth LP is a rip-roaring thrill ride that’s immensely danceable to boot. Magic really does work in mysterious ways.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Come Ahead
    A group refusing to stand still, this is another chapter in a band priding themselves on forward movement while celebrating their storied past.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Love Keeps Kicking
    Whether trying to find solace in community while battling your deepest demons, or after an uninhibited jig to some of the catchiest indie-pop around, Martha still have your back.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pilgrim, Their God and the King of My Decrepit Mountain
    ‘The Pilgrim, Their God and the King of My Decrepit Mountain’ is an escapist dream, and immersive story.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Polari
    ‘Polari’ is a feat of punchy alt-pop that embraces the resilient and immortal histories of the queer community, encapsulating Olly Alexander’s alluring, informed artistry as a solo performer.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Quiet the Room
    With this near-mystical storytelling ‘Quiet The Room’ leans heavily on folk, yet in style it embodies something entirely different. Seemingly on the edge of collapse, it tells a fraught tale of fragile memories that exist on the very brink of reality.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Car
    ‘The Car’ is Alex and crew’s most soundtrack-like work so far, flowing together in one long movement made cohesive by Bridget Samuels’ lush orchestral arrangements which adorn it.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Soil
    The title of serpentwithfeet’s debut full-length soil is perhaps literal then: a return to his roots and a celebration of finally having found his feet.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Nabuma Rubberband
    On this record, their drum-and-synths minimalism is more refined, the bass-lines more prominent, the hooks almost embarrassingly memorable.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Bermuda Waterfall
    While Savage remains the same bleary-eyed and soft-hearted crooner he always has been, Bermuda Waterfall feels far more widescreen than anything he’s done before.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fabriclive 93
    As might be expected from a mix with such sheer diversity, there’s occasionally a jump or a straight cut that’s a little bit of a jarring leap in sound, even for a club mix. A few occasional seconds of tonal whiplash are a small price to pay to go on this roller-coaster ride with Daphni.
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