Understated, lovely. [Feb 2017, p.98]

Catchy, undemanding, irksome. [Feb 2018, p.99]

Wen It Comes is a mood piece on which Gavanski appears to chronicle living through a waking dream. [Jun 2022, p.89]

The pace plods on some mid-tempo tracks, but overall this is a personal, politically-charged mix of dark thoughts and good vibes. [Aug 2019, p.88]

She still meanders between electronic-infused pop, Eastern-tinged R&B and AOR balladry, but crisp production and Spektor's pliant, atypically measured vocals keep things focused. [Nov 2016, p.89]

Widow City is the Furnaces' punchiest set to date. [Nov 2007, p.104]

Diego Garcia has fallen hard for Interpol's diagonal guitar/bass chimes, but his band's debut also suggests The Cure's pop-conscious first album rather than Joy Division. [Jan 2005, p.102]

Courageous eccentricity it is, then. [Jun 2005, p.106]

The Austin Doors ramp up the psych-pop tunes. [Oct. 2010, p. 97]

There's no desperation here, just the sound of a fortunate man having a huge amount of fun. [Oct 2010, p.95]

Coherent but properly crackers, this is easily the most delicious post-Trux gumbo so far. [Feb 2012, p.98]

The result is ZZ Top's Eliminator meets The Best of Chic. [Jun 2003, p.112]

An album which makes his previous excesses seem conservative.... Dazzling though this bombardment is, it's a draining experience. [Jul 2001, p.97]

Modern without being self-conscious, metal without being stupid. [Mar 2004, p.106]

lang's expansive delivery makes the album sound overblown in a few places. [Oct 2004, p.102]

Depending what side you take in the Heartbreaker v. Gold debate, you'll like some tracks more than others. [Oct 2002, p.92]

Only problem is, he also wants us to love him for his mind, so he has declared this a concept album. [Nov 2006, p.116]

Off With Their Heads deftest creations may fall just short of the Kasier Chief debut's ruddy-faced string of exhuberant big hitters, 'Never Beat A Beat,' 'Addicted To Drugs' and the huge 'Like You Too Much' are still sizeable cut above some of "Yours Truely's" tepid misfires. [Nov 2008, p.104]

A little too relaxed for its own good. [Apr 2007, p.108]

Scialfa's writing wipes away any celeb-gossip patina through the universality of convincing detail. [Oct 2007, p.92]

More so than on predecessor The Spell, the Procession's ominous, gothic-baroque sound now suggest angular German Expressionist cinema and the raven wing atmospheres of Edgar Allan Poe as readily as The Bad Seeds. [Dec 2009, p. 94]

It rarely rises above a sloth-like pace. [Dec 2012, p.86]

Much of the rest is background music of a high standard and, although shorn of imagery and narrative, has an existential heaviness Camus would appreciate. [Jun 2015, p.86]

There are enough off-kilter moments to stop complacency setting in. [Jul 2018, p.90]

While not completely immunised against country cliche--I Thought You'd Never Leave has the audacity to reference a pick-up truck--his songwriting is what strikes hardest. [Aug 2019, p.95]

The whole album unfolds at a pace somewhere between stately and glacial. [Oct 2015, p.93]

Pugnacious indie squares up to all-comers. [Feb. 2011, p. 106]

The North feels like a shuffle back into soft focus. [Jan 2013, p.98]