Sov's downfall is the occasional repetitiveness on songs like 'Pennies,' where cyclical beats and lyrics begin to grate. [May 2009, p.96]

Laidback, dreamy third album. [Jul 2020, p.84]

Over nine more filmic songs, a quaint magic unfolds. [Aug 2019, p.93]

The album is loaded with plenty of sonic winks and nods for record collector types. [Nov 2009, p.94]

A confidently tuneful if nostalgic set. [Aug 2020, p.87]

[The album has] the loose, zonked-out flangey FX/claivnet/Rhodes piano vibe of Goats Head Soup, with strong flavours of Flying Burritos country songcraft. [Jul 2012, p.82]

[The album] features twisty, full-produced beats, but sounds more like a set of disjointed songs than a cohesive album. [Aug 2014, p.96]

Genre-curious in its sparkle and allure, and most certainly not for everyone. [Feb 2022, p.102]

Their music palette may be limited but their style knows no bound. [Dec 2016, p.92]

Listeners who have enjoyed the prolific jazz pianist;s preoccupation with moody rock material will be delighted and unsurprised at his choices of vehicle here. [Oct 2012, p.82]

Truly devoted fans will certainly savour such standouts as the glistening, blissed-out "Ballad In Urgency" and feel-good bluegrass nugget "Downtown Money Waster," but less patient Crowe-watchers may find this a rather long, just occasionally indulgent goodbye. [Sep 2010, p.98]

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

Lovely music, no agendas. [Dec 2008, p.102]

Golds is rich with wry psych-pop nuggetry of a kindred humour to Robyn Hitchcock. [Jun 2015, p.92]

What started out as playful downtime in the studio soon blossomed into a set of poetic urban folk songs. [Jun 2012, p.86]

At times, its lumbering gait palls somewhat, but This World's rousing yacht rock twinkle proves that Kalevi has some aces hidden up his sleeve. [Nov 2018, p.91]

NxWorries spread their undoubted talents thinly across an offering several chillies shy of the full enchilada. [Dec 2016, p.93]

The album isn't defined by what is on the record but what's missing, and sometimes less is just, well, less. [Oct 2014, p.94]

There's much to be enjoyed here, but The Concretes, like a packet of Fruit Pastels, are best appreciated in fairly small doses. [Apr 2006, p.108]

The London singer's stark acoustic covers album works best when furthest removed from the original. [Mar 2021, p.91]

Tightly wound but eminently danceable songs with an earnestness that can seem a bit po-faced. [Apr 2020, p.96]

Glow's most enduring memory might just be the grand '80s synth-pop---think Pet Shop Boys or Alphaville--of things To Say. [Apr 2014, p.93]

Danger et al stamp their authority on the genre, with a collision of claustrophobic lyrics, charm and playful innocence. [Aug 2012, p.90]

Hooks and choruses still pour out of White Lies, but there's a lack of cohesion that stops Night Light blazing quite as it should. [Dec 2025, p.81]

She's got soul all right. [Sept. 2011, p. 94]

Zig Zaj corrals its celebrity cameos within a strictly ring-fenced aesthetic. [Oct 2011, p.98]

If it has little earth under its nails, with any background maid or shepherd perfectly cast and choreographed, there are still plenty of lovely, curious tableaux - among them David Byrne's dreamy appearance on Moondog's High On A Rocky Ledge, or Nina Simone-inspired Cotten Eyed Joe, featuring Chaka Khan. [Jul 2023, p.89]

This second album build on the same template [as 2016's Cradle With Humanity]. [Jul 2020, p.82]