Against the odds, Norris and Alkan really do possess the magic touch. [Aug 2016, p.108]

A punchy, potent return from one of UK music's most distinctive voices. [Apr 2018, p.115]

This is a set which pushes boundaries with a gripping sense of adventure. [Aug 2016, p.108]

It emerges as its own beguiling, brilliant listen. [Sep 2011, p.106]

It's when she slows down that Wiliamson really shines. [Jul 2018, p.118]

They pare their sound back to delicate guitar work, shimmering ambience and heart-tugging harmonies, making them now as easy to love as admire. [Jun 2010, p.120]

Psychedelic 12th LP from prolific garage rockers. [Aug. 2011, p. 126]

Clocks in at less than 30 minutes, but you still feel you've been somewhere when it finishes. [Oct 2005, p.115]

Sometimes they're studenty when they think they're being menacing, but there's promise and ideas aplenty here. [Sep 2002, p.109]

The folowing eight songs amount to a proper return to formm, with Middleton's always literate eye for trivial detail matched by catchy acoustic pop tunes and an underlying bleakness that is quietly gripping. [Jul 2009, p.128]

It's equally ambitious, forceful and joyous as Courtney Love's high water mark. [Feb 2011, p.118]

He's starting to look like someone who an no longer be held by the confines of his own skull. [Aug 2015, p.109]

Even now, few do it better than Wire. [May 2017, p.112]

There are moments of brilliance--the title track features a stunning guitar section, while Every Little Thing is a powerful reminder of the importance of self-forgiveness--yet First Flower occasionally fails to live up to its predecessor. [Nov 2018, p.102]

Far out stuff indeed, but very listenable. [Oct 2007, p.101]

The result is the album Roots Manuva has always threatened to make; approachable yet with real substance. [Oct. 2010, p. 113]

A true craftman's album. [Jan 2016, p.111]

Despite its occasional missteps, this is a highly impressive debut. [May 2019, p.108]

A fitting send-off. [Jul 2019, p.109]

It's pop opulence with the wires sticking out the back, high-end songwriting with a coat of lead paint, but those flaw and fixes give Shitty Hits a compelling outsider edge. [Sep 2017, p.116]

Melancholic, romantic and unashamedly emotional, his loss is our gain. [Oct 2012, p.103]

Too busy and extreme for some tastes, this is still a dizzying proposition. [Mar 2015, p.105]

Razor-sharp songs that do valiant justice to the desperate optimism of gutter-bound dreamers. [Mar 2007, p.115]

The gamble has paid off in a sometimes challenging but constantly rewarding musical odyssey. [July 2008, p.96]

A charming lightness, the airy melodies and dreamy acoustic guitars gently folding into each other. If that makes these tracks sound like they're so breezy they could float away, singer Hollie Fullbrook's way with an arresting hook keeps them grounded. [Mar 2019, p.120]

Simultaneously earthy and ethereal, pieced together in the loft of his house in the village of Cellardyke and left to fly free. [Apr 2019, p.118]

It feels like a step into a brave new world. [Oct 2017, p.108]

It's clear that MacLean and Whang have never sounded better. [Oct 2014, p.112]