There's nothing here to stop her rise. [Nov 2021, p.87]

Bleak but often gripping stuff. [Oct 2021, p.97]

Results range from the radio-friendly but obvious to the obscure but not a word out of place. [Oct 2021, p.96]

The excellent concept sometimes outshines the music, but if everyone's a tourist, this is the trip to go on. [Nov 2022, p.88]

The sound of a man stretching out... What breadth of vision McCaughan has. [Nov 2021, p.86]

A big-sounding record, it feels like a step forward for Segall. [Nov 2021, p.91]

Gorgeous and achingly candid. [Nov 2021, p.93]

Never sounds less than game. [Nov 2021, p.87]

The gently ticking, lightly compressed acoustic instrument arpeggios will be familiar to fans of both songwriters, but it's the pair's half-whispered vocals blend that enchants. [Nov 2021, p.88]

Bonkers idea. ... Stranger still, the whole thing works a treat. [Nov 2021, p.87]

Beyond such vivid, often thrilling caricatures, however, the acrid smoulder of The Donkey, the mysterious haunt of Legal Ghost and the nuanced pop of New Romeo Agent prove that Tropical Fuck Storm have yet to succumb to glib nihilism, and that tenderness and poetry are still within their grasp. [Nov 2021, p.87]

Should rightly have fans and newcomers alike punching the air in solidarity. [Nov 2021, p.88]

A lugubrious but fresh, genre-bending take on modern club music. [Nov 2021, p.91]

A 50/50 new/old split: reworkings, questing solo turns and a rare all-out rocker. [Nov 2021, p.94]

Inspired by Elena Ferrante's dense domestic dramas, wears its complexity lightly. [Nov 2021, p.94]

Local Valley has no lows, nor any thrilling highs, but it's an even, easy pleasure from start to finish. [Oct 2021, p.91]

Throughout, the Brothers' riotous dustbowl carnival sounds and Ian's pointed deadpan make for a consistently entertaining cocktail. [Oct 2021, p.92]

By embracing the space between, Taylor has created a meditative, magical record. [Oct 2021, p.91]

It's intimate but also voyeuristic. [Oct 2021, p.86]

It's a wilful shuffle through the space-time continuum, where powerful pearls of wisdom about memory, the future and black justice pierce the sonic murk. [Oct 2021, p.90]

It's an uncannily beautiful listening experience. [Oct 2021, p.92]

Nine wordless, shape-shifting essays. [Oct 2021, p.93]

Critically, Dark Matters evokes, rather than merely simulates, the band's hallmark quirk and strangeness, lending integrity to the ongoing endeavour. [Oct 2021, p.97]

A great summer indie pop album. [Oct 2021, p.99]

Chilled, down-home charms remind of Duckworth and early dc Basehead. [Oct 2021, p.99]

I've Been Trying to Tell You works wonderfully on many levels. Those harsh first impressions give way to something altogether more beautiful. [Oct 2021, p.94]

It's almost too strenuous in its attempts to top its predecessors, 20212's Big Inner and 2015's Fresh Blood, but once inside White's all-enveloping world, there's no space to worry too much. [Oct 2021, p.98]

The other 48 selections feel forced or too like karaoke homework. [Oct 2021, p.92]