It's just so inoffensive and pleasant sounding that it barely registers.

Vocals, sparse acoustic backings, gentle snare brushing, the occasional stab of a mellotron all create a very pristine listening experience.

Area 52 is hands down the duo's most grandiose, outlandish opus yet.

Something is like a grand, multi-branched, ageing tree of 80s synth-pop, encompassing every variance of style and genre and recreating each classic movement with honour and aplomb.

His current tactic of quantity at the price of quality control does mean songs with less impact end up on record.

The positives are overshadowed by petulant observations to politics which is hard to take seriously when dire lyrics like "Yabba dabba do one, Son."

A thick as muck yet intelligent pop album.

The first half is exciting, accomplished and compelling--but then it wanders absent-mindedly into nondescript territory after the midway point and doesn't navigate its way back home.

Both varied and beautifully evocative, Voyageur is the perfect listen for merging wintery wistfulness with ethereal wonder.

Tribes are simply proving that they have an ear for writing brit-poppy rock, and in summary, Baby is a complete belter.

You're left with an album that would be great fun live but needs reining on record.

Filtered through a dispersing wall of glistening synths and trippy haze, Ester is a sonically rich debut.