He thrives when bringing gravitas to the sparse blues of Soul Of a Man and extraordinary tenderness to the Low Anthem Charlie Darwin. [Jun 2012, p.105]

Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me is fuelled by issues addressed in Jeremy Bolm's furiously screamed, raw and sometimes, frustratingly po-faced vocals. [Aug. 2011, p. 119]

Clever, but not clever-clever. [Nov 2012, p98]

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

The less devout should keep a pinch of salt on stand-by. [Oct 2007, p.100]

[It has] abundant warmth, melodiousness and spontaneity--and fewer full-tilt stylistic shifts than earlier records. [Jan 2012, p.127]

Molina and cohorts turn their limited resources into an exercise in compelling minimalism. [#184, p.144]

It's... strangely coy, preferring to camp it up than give in to full-on indecency. Which isn't to say it doesn't have its moments. [Jul 2003, p.101]

At Times, Tenderness teeters on schmaltz, but Souther's way with a simple melody usually pulls it back. [Jul 2015, p.113]

While good, clean, hedonistic fun, it feels over-familiar, like somewhere you've visited once too often. [Jan 2002, p.97]

[Deluxe's] successor is equally likeable. [Oct 2017, p.108]

While there is greater subtlety at play than when he was in Gallows, he still sounds at his most thrilling on the more aggressive material. [Oct 2015, p.104]

Throbbing synth-pop from husband-and-wife duo. [Aug. 2011, p. 120]

Previous music shine through while new material inevitable has the scrappiness of work assembled posthumously with Peep's childlike drawl sprawling over markedly lighter beats than the dark pop-punk rap he coined. [Feb 2020, p.112]

It's messy, it takes time to sink in, but it's worth it. [Sep 2007, p.100]

There's almost too much bubbling up in their heads. [May 2020, p.109]

A bright and breezy sophomore that occasionally hints at darker themes. [Dec. 2001 p. 127]

Yet for all the sharp hooks and rhythmic twists, the album sags in the middle. [Apr 2008, p.127]

A collection that delves deeper than her previous albums. [Mar 2015, p.111]

Harmless fluff. [Nov 2008, p.114]

His hard-hitting electro is basic, but brutally effective dancefloor fare. [Feb 2009, p.119]

It's not to say he's workmanlike, but he does the job. [May 2015, p.110]

If Bob Dylan can do it, so can Tori Amos, whose own nod to the festive season, Midwinter Graces, is a rather more palatable, ornately arranged selection of self-penned songs and such carols as Star Of wonder and Emmanuel. [Jan 2010, p. 126]

No help coming consequently offers a welcome contrast to murder-ballad reciting neo-folkers. [Jun 2011, p.116]

Milwaukee songstress's first offering. [Feb. 2011, p. 123]

The music here only rarely matches up. [Nov 2002, p.96]

This follow-up sees them up the ante slightly. one Man Army is packed with big songs, windswept harmonies, swashbuckling choruses, and less appealingly, big guitar solos when all you wanted was a key change. [Jun 2012, p.105]

All a bit silly, but actually quite good. [Apr 2003, p.104]