Esoteric but oddly compelling record. [Oct 2016, p.110]

How To Be A Human Being shows a band who know how to Frankenstein a song together, but can't bring it to life. [Nov 2016, p.107]

Krell's exploration into inner space working best when opening the door wide enough to let a little light in. [Dec 2018, p.108]

This is pop music with a pint in its hand and joy in its heart. [Jun 2019, p.112]

They're less assured on the more experimental numbers. [Aug 2020, p.109]

Hamilton's languid, Hope Sandoval-style cooing occasionally struggles to keep pace.... But when they're aiming true, Widowspeak strike gold. [Mar 2013, p.111]

Finn is sometimes let down by a ploddy production. [May 2017, p.103]

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

By the time disc one wraps with the anthemic Halo On Fire, Metallica have already produced the excellent album expected of them. [Jan 2017, p.109]

Unlike their forebears, they are never guilty of over-stretching their songs, ensuring Syd Arthur supply lushly brocaded pleasure throughout. [Jul 2014, p.102]

A welcome change of gear. [Jun 2005, p.118]

At 25 minutes, Minotaur is slight but still a fine distillation of the band's deceptive charms and retains the sense of something very unsettling lurking at its core. [Oct 2010, p.105]

While the depth of the band's musicianship and production skills continues to impress, Road To Rouen feels emotionally blank. [Sep 2005, p.111]

Caracal proves a more stealthy beast than its predecessor.... It's indeed the songs, though, which really shine. [Oct 2015, p.105]

Opener Drifting In And Out, a shimmering piece of dream pop, is beautifully realised, but the other nine songs fail to live up to its promise. [Feb. 2012, p. 110]

Wild World is the right album at the right moment. [Oct 2016, p.112]

Their 14th album sees them once again focusing on stripped down Nuggets-era garage rock. [Oct 2012, p.107]

180 captures all the exuberance of the sweatbox gigs they've held in its basement, while showcasing them as a scorching rock'n'roll band. [Mar 2013, p.106]

Splendidly queasy listening. [May 2004, p.100]

Another dicey sell for the moshers probably happier to indulge in the record's belligerent breakdowns and build-ups. [Dec 2012, p.109]

In places it lacks the character to make Horse Thief truly stand out, but this first outing is a fine enough place to start. [May 2014, p.111]

The album comes to life with the radio-friendly, dancefloor-ready banger Operator (He Doesn't Call Me), but only one track, Love Is Blind, errs on the side of the saccharine and straightforward. [Apr 2016, p.109]

Music [that is] deeply evocative of sitting on a magic rug. [Jun 2012, p.99]

Intriguing as this glimpse behind the curtain is, it's hard to imagine many purchasers playing the entire EBW disc more than once. The same might even be said about Brotherhood itself. [Oct 2008, p.156]

Immersive and enigmatic, it's the work of a singular talent. [Sep 2017, p.116]

An absorbing, exuberant flourish of outwardly incompatible genres. [Apr 2005, p.122]

Despite its grandiose title [the album] is actually more concerned with sound than ideas, an experiment which proves more intriguing as a concept than it does as a complete listening experience. [Jun 2012, p.100]

It's an intriguing scrapbook of ideas and frequently enjoyable, but could use a banger or tow. [Apr 2016, p.112]