It's more melodic, dynamic and accessible than before. [Jul 2012, p.102]

A very professional job, then, even though it feels as if Levi's wilder instincts have been tamed. [Apr 2017, p.115]

With measured assistance from pianist Huw Warren and melodeon Maestro Andy Cutting, it seems almost rude to suggest it's probably too one-paced and cheerless to really warm to. [Mar 2011, p.115]

This second LP falls slightly short of its predecessor. [Jul 2015, p.105]

It sounds as you would expect: a desolate dreamscape punctuated by nervous drum machines. In other words, it's a bit Kid A. [Aug 2006, p.110]

Mischievously sexy. [Aug 2013, p.94]

They sound leaner and more quietly aggressive than ever--a streamlined, seething version of themselves. [Feb 2014, p.118]

As the set progresses, the trademark Nirvana sound begins to take shape. [Dec 2004, p.152]

The music is as compelling and versatile as Polachek's voice. [Mar 2012, p. 97]

There's barely a wasted note on these nine tracks. [Aug 2014, p.104]

Here, at last again, is the Ryan Adams of Heartbreaker - creating a uniformly strong collection of songs, singular in mood, each articulated by a voice that, whilst more lived in, remains a lovely instrument. [Nov. 2011, p. 137]

They'll have to evolve quickly to avoid being tarred with the copyist brush, but for now it's just dandy. [May 2008, p.135]

Inventive Londoner plunders all corners of the dancefloor. [Aug. 2011, p. 123]

Opener Into the Night sets the tine with its robotic glitterball soul music, while Undecided fantastically tweaks the Roland 303 to Olympian levels of ecstasy. [Mar 2012, p.111]

Though twee-o-phobes may baulk at the confessional tone, wit and self-deprecation win the day. [Oct 2012, p.105]

At times, stellar. [Jun 2014, p.112]

[There are] some great songs lurking in the darkness of their debut. [Jan 2016, p.111]

The results are ferociously good. [Feb 2018, p.106]

Swedish popstrel on fine form, midway through her trilogy. [Nov. 2010, p. 114]

Without scaling any great heights, it's a sweetly engaging mix of lo-fi indie-rock and '60s girl group innocence. [Sep 2010, p.122]

Both vocals and music here shimmer with a weird radiance... to dizzying, intoxicating effect. [Aug 2012, p.108]

Their juggernaut third album is the sound of a band becoming ever more defiantly themselves. [Sep 2020, p.104]

Some tracks still sound ripe for Christmas rom-coms. But the best see veteran producer T-Bone Burnett, Tom Wait's guitarist Marc Ribot and Krall's husband Elvis Costello rough up her seductive keys with some electric Americana fuzz. [Nov 2012, p.99]

His best record in more than a decade. [Dec 2017, p.104]

Wilderness quickly makes it clear that the passing of time hasn't dampened down their taste for the macabre mysteries if existence. [Jul 2013, p.105]

This second installment is immaculate, an artful, emotional tour de force that underlines their "American rock's Radiohead" status. [May 2008, p.130]

The threesome's Orcadian tribute is a remarkable modern-yet-ancient mini-musical. [Jul 2012, p.105]

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