Inevitably some of the surprised factor has worn off for their second album but it's still an exhilarating collision of ideas. [Sep 2012, p.105]

There are moments of real pathos. [Feb 2016, p.108]

A notch above an off-cuts collection. [Aug 2006, p.116]

While 'New King' and 'Time Can Be Overcome' are heartland country-rock classics, the funk-flecked 'Trans Canada' and feedback-frazzled 'Shower Of Stones' take a cue frrom dub-punk icons Fugazi. [Oct 2008, p.141]

A genuinely quirky record. [Oct 2009, p.112]

Euphoric and uncompromising, Folly us up there with KOD's best work. [Nov 2013, p.109]

Meditative yet pulsing, awkward yet affecting Suuns' contrasting waves deliver an eerie, engaging adrenalin rush. [Apr 2013, p.111]

His fourth album is another trough, low on songs and over-reliant on meandering guitar jams. [Apr 2008, p.112]

These songs aren't in line with much contemporary R&B, but reach for something more retro, and on tracks such as Teach You, a kind of Broadway grandeur. The strange result is that they in fact sound refreshingly modern. [Apr 2019, p.113]

This collections reveals that you can make music as clever or as conceptual as you like, but back it up with magnificent songs, and the people will flock. [Jan 2012, p.132]

As much as The Back Room is a victory for style, it also strikes a blow for substance. [Aug 2005, p.135]

Mulvey is very much his own man on this highly intriguing debut. [Jun 2014, p.117]

They may be too post-modern for some tastes, but Thurston Moore has his sonic menace back. [Apr 2013, p.97]

Their second album may not pack many surprises, but vocalist Haley Shea proves engaging company. [Apr 2020, p.113]

It's a trawl through pop's murky subconscious, all mangled electronics, lurching beats and warped mantras. [Nov. 2010, p. 116]

A true leap forward for an artist maybe only just coming into his own after 25 years. [Jul 2019, p.110]

Once the listener gets beyond the references, Clarietta really hits the mark, with a high strike rate of knockout tunes. [Jun 2013, p.94]

The broader palette suits him. [Nov 2017, p.107]

Although III doesn't offer anything to rival [2014's Beggin For Thread] in songwriting stakes, it does manage to mine thrills from an adventurous production. [Aug 2019, p.108]

By turns soothing and jarring, the tone suggests Death In Vegas with the neurosis replaced by a mood of ennui.

The occasional bit of mannered filler slows things up slightly, but elsewhere all is groovy and enigmatic hauteur. [Dec 2002, p.107]

A fair bit of filler... [Sep 2001, p.106]

While this falls short of the momentous A Few Small Repairs, it's still something to treasure.

Though low on hooks, the ragged and faster songs are sweetened by the vocal interplay between Hersh and Donelly. [Apr 2003, p.104]

Sounds like a recently awakened Aphex Twin in warm snooze mode. [Oct 2004, p.133]

The Canadians [Badbadnotgood] deliver in spades.... Even when Ghostface doesn't bring his A game, he gets by with a little help from his friends. [Mar 2015, p.108]

Another of Cooder's worthy experiments. [Apr 2007, p.117]

While Introspection and Ocean Flow Zither pluck strings in infinite caverns of echo and temple bells, elsewhere things are more earthbound, though still transcendent. [Dec 2017, p.106]