Equal parts fierce and sprightly. Excellent. [Jan 2003, p.93]

[Richard] Warren still makes great pop music--free of formula but full of character.

John Schmersal's quirky falsetto lights up this debut. [May 2014, p.96]

They're still sparkling. [May 2024, p.91]

Ghostpoet serves up his bruised, tender heart with the steely precision of a master sushi chef. [Jun 2013, p.89]

A sprawling and lengthy affair, this album rarely falters. [June 2010, p. 98]

Muted, syncopated beats, ghostly pedal steel and icy Solina string machine conspire to create the effect of a slow-motion scene: unwanted debris blowing away in the wind, with our stronger and more resolved singer standing at the centre of the wreckage. Even amid the ashes of her past, it seems, Margo Price keeps burning ever more brightly. [Feb 2023, p.80]

It doesn't matter whether we're spying through his windows when he's so clearly spying through ours, his peculiarly stilted narratives and ageless music fusing into universal images of loneliness. [Feb 2003, p.94]

A taut, fraught dalliance with '90s trip-hop melancholy vivified by spidery Sisters Of Mercy-esque guitar figures and a gruff cameo from Massive Attack's Daddy G. [Sep 2017, p.91]

His wistful songs impart wisdom quietly, but on All In My Sleep gloriously lets rip. [Nov 2020, p.90]

It's properly cosmic stuff. [Jan 2012, p.97]

The songs remain brilliantly elliptical surveys, often of contemporary America. [Sep 2015, p.103]

Among wild wanderings, Trees Speak frequently snap back to a crisp, jazzy bassline groove, making their whole far-out adventure hard to resist. [Feb 2022, p.87]

This is Swans at their most user-unfriendly and trouser soiling. [Sep 2012, p.94.]

Brown's post-production science turning these intricate guitar matrixes into something smeared, meditative and wholly transporting. [Feb 2026, p.97]

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

Mosquito is enticing. [Apr 2026, p.90]

Heartbreaking, heartwarming, Eric's still very much a contender. [Jan 2016, p.92]

Its essence remains constant, as post-punk, soul and Southern rock collide in an ever-delectable succession of hyper-melodic bangers – sunny online-trolling satire Flash Bare Ass, and faith-keeping marital romancer Light On surely count amongst JP’s career-best. [Jan 2025, p.82]

The best pieces here really are as good as their previous iterations; very occasionally, perhaps even better. [Jun 2026, p.96]

Its troubled state suits the melancholy in Hinson's soul, his broken burr laid like a wreath across lingering strings and the wistfulTexas twang of his tunes. [Jul 2010, p.104]

Full of curios and cameos, My Name Is Buddy falls short of masterpiece but is dense with wonderful music. [Apr 2007, p.100]

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

These 11 songs - several expansive - are often sophisticated indie pop with a lot going on. musically and lyrically. [Jul 2022, p.95]

A vital album for an anxious era. [Apr 2017, p.90]

Here he mines Suicide and Depeche Mode's sleazy synth overtures. [Mar 2016, p.100]

Danger Mouse asked the pair to write songs for Ike Turner and ended up producing the best album of their career so far. [May 2008, p.111]

A debut album of psychedelic gospel-tinged gems. [Mar 2013, p.94]