Fans of self-possessed art-pop are directed here. [Apr 2020, p.91]

An album of unashamed emotional purgation. ... Swamp's late renascence is wonderful. [Apr 2020, p86]

I Quit subtly pushes their boundaries. [Aug 2025, p.80]

The album... is one of such remarkable beauty. [Oct 2004, p.96]

It is a pleasure to report that nothing has changed. [Jun 2004, p.108]

This fourth album proper is a stunning return to mind-melting form. [Nov 2008, p.118]

The deadbeat look befits an album that travels from slacker pop to a kind of desolate, beautiful blues in a series of quite astonishing songs. [Oct 2011, p.104]

A joy to behold. [Sep 2021, p.81]

Astronaut..., then, could be King Creosote's finest hour yet. [Oct 2016, p.93]

Resin Pockets plays like a found notebook of rapturous Proustian melancholy, everyday moments of dreamlike revelation assembled into weakly-strummed, frailly-sung almost-pop songs that embrace the beauty of transience and imperfection. [Jul 2017, p.87]

This is a different sounding Billy Childish. Not Radically different, but enough to notice that something's going on. At the root is personal tragedy: he had a nervous breakdown last year, and lyrics, written more like prose than punk missive, deal with mortality and the passing of time. [Sep 2019, p.88]

Go some way to subverting stodgy blues-rock gender cliche on an LP that takes off on the Tom Petty-ish title track. [Aug 2020, p.94]

Baffling excursions into exotica also make Fantasy Island different enough to reignite their "wow" factor. [Nov 2021, p.91]

Charming. [Sep 2022, p.95]

There are 10 songs here, most of them slow; with a smoky nightclub intimacy that makes it a great late-night album. [Jun 2023, p.88]

Death Mask makes for a visceral, at time abrasive listen. [Jul 2025, p.85]

It struts with confidence. [Nov 2025, p.85]

Post Pop Depression is every bit as startling, both in sound, and end-of-days openness. [Apr 2016, p.86]

It's brevity, meanwhile, ensures this sweetly, powerful group don't wear out their welcome. [Aug 2015, p.93]

A blast from start to finish. [Aug 2006, p.102]

A mature work from a fascinating man. [Oct 2005, p.110]

These mostly instrumental voyages speak loudly of no known universe. [Mar 2017, p.98]

The band's sixth album, while still oddly uneven, features some of their finest work to date. [Mar 2019, p.92]

Cooler Returns proves Kiwi Jr have the skills to match their smarts. [Feb 2021, p.86]

While it's the Oldham-penned title track... which will rightly grab all the headlines, Staton's mastery of more traditional material is no less imposing. [Apr 2006, p.88]

Though succinct segues Housing (In) and Housing (Out) have something of the filler about them, State Hospital and December's Traditions are bleakly beautiful portraits of Broken Britain, Hutchinson's fervent vocal letting it all hang out. [Mar 2013, p.86]

Hellfire, for all its sporadic intensity, is less harsh than previous Black Midi records. [Aug 2022, p.83]

'Just Breathe,' 'Amongst The Waves' and 'The End' make this one of Pearl jam's most satisfying albums. [Oct 2009, p.96]