Unafraid to be both beautiful and sad. [May 2012, p.95]

He fashions an album that's playful and dewy-eyed, without being juvenile. [May 2011, p.109]

Haunting debut from post-dubstep pioneer. [March 2011, p. 113]

This push 'n' pull between pop and rock, sweet and sour, is a motif throughout but, crucially, Suck It And See also comes with a spacedust kick. [July 2011, p. 104]

Furman's collage approach and his Joanthan Richman-styled variations are charming, full with both life and with tunes. [Aug 2015, p.106]

A heartening set of high speed melody, humanism and pessimism.

They need to do this again. [Mar 2017, p.112]

They offset their cosmic silliness with molten rock surges and spacey interludes. [Dec 2012, p.99]

An awe-inspiring experience. [Sep 2012, p.100]

The Deconstruction doesn't deviate wildly from his trusty blueprint, being a mix of rattling '60s-ish pop songs and lovely, aching ballads. ... As ever, these sweeten the sadness and hard truths of the lyrics. [May 2018, p.108]

The electro-inspired beats and declamatory rhymes are just as uncompromising and unorthodox as before. [Oct 2013, p.107]

It's hugely impressive stuff, and in the midst of all the musical pyrotechnics, there's still room for standout melodies. [Jun 2018, p.114]

Understated is a great album, but that's what we've come to expect from Edwyn Collins. [Apr 2013, p.97]

These considered songs are slow to blossom but, like Junip, they're worth the wait. [May 2013, p.104]

Stellar fifth album is a determined attempt to push back the genre's long-established boundaries, folding in everything from glitchy electronica and lysergic Americana to gnarled pop into their full-frontal noise. [Aug 2019, p.108]

This lean, tightly structured follow-up ramps up the intensity. Built around raw, electronic productions, it also showcases his ability to rhyme with devastating candour over wildly varying beats. [Aug 2017, p.111]

Once I Was An Eagle is entirely Laura Marling's trip--beautiful, heartfelt, searching, sublime, and thrillingly open-ended. [Jun 2013, p.92]

A white guy singing "de" instead "the" might reek uncomfortably of minstrelsy for some, but if you can get past that, any fan of Tom Waits or Dr. John ought to get a kick out of Gon' Boogaloo. Cracking. [Aug 2016, p.117]

Starcrawler might be known as a great live band, with de Wilde spitting, screaming and high-kicking her way through their confrontational gigs, but with Devour You prove they're every bit as impressive on record too. [Nov 2019, p.116]

It's a real showcase for their strengths. [Dec 2016, p.115]

Television Themes is entertaining on every count. [Nov 2018, p.102]

A welcome surprise. [Jul 2012, p.113]

This is essential listening. [Mar 2017, p.112]

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]

A sweet and heartfelt love letter to his own adolescence, mining a long-gone era of poodle hair and shiny Spandex for inspiration. ... Aficionados will have fun spotting the references, but there's emotional heft beneath the screaming solos. [Jul 2020, p.112]

His creative fires still showing no signs of dimming, David Byrne remains as playful and brilliant as ever. [Apr 2018, p.114]

Grown Up is a personal diary magnified to the scale of an IMAX screen. [May 2017, p.103]

McMahon has found new ways to expand his wild-eyed sound, thickening the psychic murk with electronic textures but keeping the emotional edges bright. [May 2018, p.104]