At odds with the folk-pop quirk of her 2012 debut Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose and the angular, raw and rocky approach of albums two and three. [Jun 2021, p.85]

Via radio hiss and cut-glass samples of the long dead, worlds beyond are accessed. [Oct 2023, p.89]

Cosmic roots reassert themselves; best on New History and the Mercury rev-ish Waves, Breaking. [Oct 2018, p.94]

The band use trad tools... and trad tricks... But there's nothing trad about their cock-your-head tunings and lose-your-balance rhythms. [Dec 2005, p.100]

New Puritans sound best when living up to that Fall-derived name. [Feb 2008, p.113]

If beauty and ambition be the defining values of that album title concept, they're served up here in spades.

Surprisingly much more accessible than the idea first sounds. [May 2003, p.106]

A stripped-back stroll through the summer of the '80s. [Jun 2004, p.106]

This 20-song set delivers high octane versions of their greatest hits. [Nov 2013, p.85]

Vessel creates a sense of immersion and collapsing boundaries. [Jan 2018, p.89]

An album of intelligent genre hopping. [Mar 2014, p.95]

Who Is The Sender? is effectively a set of moving, funeral-paced closing tracks addressing familiar themes--political disillusionment, morality and spiritual wonder. [Jun 2015, p.92]

It's no double-set, however, its sprawl contained within 10 tracks and 42 minutes. [Dec 2017, p.91]

Her textured roar means even the less melodic songs have traction. [May 2005, p.103]

A more nuanced approach than generally prevails on his records with The Hold Steady. [Oct 2015, p.90]

If You Asked For A Picture is a zig-zagging combination of gentle (the opening Thumbtack is acoustic guitar plus reverb-y, quivering vocals before muffled drums kick in halfway through) and tempestuous. [Jul 2025, p.79]

There's a punkish, uncompromising bravery to tracks like Raging Earths--piledriving beats and a gathering storm of swelling synths--that's strangely compelling. [Jun 2019, p.95]

With standards so consistently high, picking further peaks is a tough call but the surging wah squel of 'Over It' and 'I Don't Wanna Go There's' stellar guitar squall also score way up at the top of the scale. [Jul 2009, p.105]

This third disc, to be blunt, pisses over the competition. [Apr 2009, p.106]

A convincing musical narrative for young life in the UK today. [May 2011, p.104]

Emotional yet chilled, this is an album to see you through winter's darkest, coldest days. [Mar 2012, p.99]

His songs are simple and instantly seductive. [Mar 2012, p.99]

Snaith's upward trajectory shows little evidence of slowing. [Nov 2012, p.87]

Something of a disappointment after 2008's Pot Of Gold. [Apr 2013, p.98]

Walsh's facility for approximating his soft-rock heroes is impressive; likewise DLM's sensitivity to the sport's uniquely philosophical undertow. [Aug 2013, p.89]

Double Exposure feels like his best yet. [Nov 2013, p.85]

The thrill-packed Mudflowers--as unlikely as it seems--will be high on 2015's American best-of lists. [Sep 2015, p.88]

No. 4 is a warmer, more cohesive work than 2015's No. 3. [Jun 2018, p.93]