Like other scary experiences, it's also frequently exhilarating. [Mar 2004, p.107]

It's strong medicine for sure, but also an astonishing record that will haunt you long after it's finished playing. [Aug 2013, p.98]

[Fuzzy Logic] has aged well. [Dec 2016, p.117]

Jamie Treays has come back fighting and fighting brilliantly. [Nov 2014, p.117]

More expansive, darker and that much more intriguing. [Feb 2020, p.109]

There's a new-found clarity and sense of purpose here. [Feb 2020, p.113]

Overseen by Butch Vig, there's a continuity to Sonic Highways, in spite of its on-the-road creation. At the same time, the band stretch themselves. [Dec 2014, p.117]

Garden of Spirits up singular aural magic from today's mood of global dread. [Mar 2017, p.113]

An epic, genre-defying sonic stunt indeed. [Dec 2012, p.114]

Challengers, their fourth album, sees the band and its three main songwriters at the top of their game. [Sep 2007, p.99]

It marks a huge leap forward, with much of their previous discordant awkwardness replaced with a more focused approach. [Nov 2007, p.141]

The British collective's first album in 12 years reopens their conduit for nocturnal electronic, modern classical and tempestuous jazz, all in an engaging wash. Credit their bold selection of vocalists. [May 2019, p.108]

There's a richness here that's been absent from previous Jicks records. [Jul 2018, p.115]

Elegant strings and bass, recorded by pianist and composer Hauschka, creep like ivy around this all-consuming debut. [April 2012, p.90]

Grey Britain is at once more accessible than its chaotic predecessor, "Orchestra Of Wolves." but also harder hitting. [Jun 2009, p.122]

It's a delight. [Jun 2015, p.110]

High Voilolet features 11 tracks; five are good, six extraordinary. [Jun 2010, p.116]

An exquisite, unexpected gem. [Jun 2012, p.102]

A lesson in untouched simplicity, raw groove and my-woman-done-left-me throat wobbling. [Jun 2003, p.94]

Scott can't help but overcook things occasionally but fans will gorge on this rich feast of country, soul and downhome rock'n'roll. [Oct 2017, p.111]

It's cleverly and passionately done. [Nov 2019, p.112]

Similar in spirit to [Primal Scream's] Exterminator or Death In Vegas's The Contino Sessions, his third album tools up a live rock band with dance music's sonic armoury... it's a claustrophobic listening experience, challengingly thick with ideas.

This follow up to Psychic Chasms displays similarly exhilarating aural ambitions. [Nov. 2011, p. 139]

Big Music's bold title matches the bold music within. [Dec 2014, p.118]

He sing-raps stream-of-consciousness tales that, coupled with instrumentation from his brother Josiah and Doug McDiarmid, create contagious songs. [May 2008, p.141]

[An album] that's up there with its maverick creator's best.[Feb. 2012 p. 105]

Mutable Set is best at its most surreal. [Jul 2020, p.110]

The real relevation, though, is guest rapper Sway, who ditches his cheeky pop persona in favour of a prowling delivery perfectly suited to the title track's rolling bass and Eastern-tinged 'Jewels And Gems.' [May 2009, p.113]