It's not an instant listen, but there's wisdom and loveliness to spare. [Jul 2014, p.110]

It's not a bad album, but In The Warzone lacks the broad allure of what made Transplants interesting in the first place. [Aug 2013, p.106]

Some of the more straightforward rockers show signs of fresh thinking. [Jul 2013, p.97]

It's the album's dream-like middle section where the real alchemy happens. [Sep 2013, p.102]

The attention does wander over two CDs... but vigorous renditions of Bring It On and Get Myself Arrested are reminders that Gomez's psych-blues revivalism really was quite special. [Aug 2005, p.128]

These songs are insufficiently distinctive and there is a surfeit of ballast in need of jettisoning. [Apr 2007, p.108]

The unruly palette endures throughout, with dirges, ersatz country and cracked pop variously suggesting Clinic, Throbbing Gristle and Blackpool cults Ceramic Hobs. Lyrically, trigger warnings may be necessary. [Feb 2016, p.110]

It's business as usual for Bad Religion, the US punk rock stalwarts recently restored to full power with the return of guitarist Brett Gurewitz. [Sep 2007, p.100]

Ghostpoet's empathy for his characters scarcely makes the narrow emotional bandwidth less oppressive. [Apr 2015, p.109]

Not quite a greatest hits then, but not short of a few crowd-pleasers either. [Jun 2018, p.106]

It's hardly surprisingly that it's less interesting musically than it is lyrically. ... That said, there's not a dull moment here. [Jul 2018, p.111]

The performances reflect his wind-down way. [Apr 2014, p.96]

Hoop's magic-realist folk idiom can veer a little too close to being the work of that free spirit who helps out at the health-food co-op, but here, the delicacy and subtlety of her songs is laid bare. [May 2014, p.111]

The band's ability to properly play together more than justifies the album's title, an archaic English word for feeling pleased. [Jun 2013, p.109]

This time around, though, she's more introspective, less shouty and the result is her most absorbing album since 2005's "Kidnapped By Neptune." [Mar 2010, p.106]

He's more class than charisma. [Jul 2015, p.111]

While he boasts none of the verbal dexterity of Eminem, he takes America's Dumb & Dumber obsession and has mighty fun with it. [Jan 2002, p.102]

Their sonic structures remain complex, and experiment still take precedence over entertainment. [May 2010, p.115]

Warped and touching, this is an LP for both higher and lower selves. [Oct 2018, p.119]

There is a danger it might all drift away in a haze of gossamer-light stylishness if it weren't for the interesting places they nudge these gentle songs. [Nov 2018, p.112]

Add some successful diversions and you'll find a gloriously grown-up spectacle here. [Jul 2012, p.108]

Between the unfinished and the clumsy, Pollard produces diamonds such as the wracked Give Up The Grape and sweetly breezy Boxing About. [Jan 2007, p.150]

A curious document, but one that serves as a reminder of Hegarty's ability to catch the light live. [Sep 2012, p.97]

At times the experimentation verges on the unlistenable but there's enough promising material here to make this an enjoyable debut. [Feb 2009, p.119]

There's nothing here to suggest Holtkamp should think about giving up his day job anytime soon. [May 2014, p.111]

They've taken their time, but this fine record suggests it may not be too late. [May 2011, p.124]

It's simple fare, true, but wholly enjoyable for it. [Jun 2010, p.124]

Immaculately crafted, and with a smattering of good songs, it's also disappointingly samey, with all too little standing out and demanding to be heard. [May 2010, p.125]