A second album of devilishly delicate songs. [Sep 2020, p.82]

Ultra Mono is the almighty sound of the do getting done. [Oct 2020, p.82]

Getting back in touch with his anger hasn't come at the cost of Mould's innate tunefulness. [Oct 2020, p.86]

This adrenalised debut's handful of instant classics is way above par throughout. [Sep 2020, p.88]

It's early days yet, but Fenne Lily might just be a major talent in the making. [Oct 2020, p.89]

The ragtime version of Wild World is perhaps a re-imagining too far. ... Father And Son remains monumental and intensely moving, however. [Oct 2020, p.93]

It doesn't work when she wails and chants her way through the closing Sun, but she's absolutely fearless, as rigorous as The Moody Blues circa Days Of Future Passed and as adventurous as Can circa Future Days. [Jul 2020, p.82]

An extraordinary 80-minute concept album. [Oct 2020, p.91]

Hectically enjoyable LP. [Oct 2020, p.87]

Baudelaire & Piano isn't instant, but it lingers like a vivid dream. [Oct 2020, p.89]

At times the effect is sinister, at others soothing and hypnotic, like fog-borne siren songs, or the ghosts of liturgical choirs caught high in the cathedral vault. [Oct 2020, p.91]

She walks us through iconic and barely known songs from her repertoire, inspired by the city. [Jun 2020, p.93]

The odd sappy lyric is mediated by a resonant Jim James-ish baritone. [Oct 2020, p.94]

Regular producer Dan Austin teases atmosphere, buries mysterious sampled speech and navigates the piano-led title track bank into Hacienda territory. What kept them? [Oct 2020, p.90]

If we force ourselves inside American Head, we find it full of intimate details that eschew social distancing. Breathe it in. [Sep 2020, p.86]

It's moving, cathartic and achieves new levels of sophistication. [Jun 2020, p.94]

The guests never distract from or overshadow the Malians. [Oct 2020, p.88]

Tricky's 14th long-player somehow matches anything in his catalogue. [Oct 2020, p.91]

A late-onset triumph. [Oct 2020, p.92]

Since 2010's Old Punch Card, he's added opulent modular synthesis to his armoury, a pursuit that reaches an accessible apotheosis here. [Aug 2020, p.89]

She ensures these songs keep it together. [Sep 2020, p.88]

A resounding and concise restatement of core values. [Jun 2020, p.93]

While the guitarist's chops are impeccable and his tone as fiery as ever, the stiff, unyielding charts tend to stifle him, hindering his spontaneity and that of his fellow fine musicians. [Jun 2020, p.95]

Great punk-funk (Faith), but the real triumphs are her alliance of Le Tigre-level sass and superior tunes. [Oct 200, p.94]

A charm offensive, rewarding casual observer with a supreme precis of Pollard's genius: the bombastic rock anthem rationalised into naive-pop jewellery. [Sep 2020, p.92]

Penn returns with a rare album, mightily played and poignantly sung. [Oct 2020, p.86]

Callahan's cast on Gold Record are notable for their kindness, and for the dignity of their discretion. [Oct 2020, p.85]

Shaman! strays from predecessor An Angel Fell's dark politics to explore more sprawling, introspective territory. [Oct 2020, p.87]