At its best it's irresistible.... Elsewhere, more conventional material, including bluesy Internet ruminator Atacama and the oddly inclusive, cutlery-rattling Galapagos, sound like they were more fun to make than they are to listen to. [Jul 2014, p.112]

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

It all helps to bring out a soul and spirit that is hard to deny. [Jul 2014, p.110]

At times, it's almost peaceful. [Jul 2014, p.109]

When they do stretch themselves there's much to savour. [Jul 2014, p.109]

Enclosure, his 11th solo record, is uncomfortably disjointed. [Jul 2014, p.107]

Dalle has her bite back. [Jul 2014, p.104]

Owens is still lyrically overblown and adolescent with his themes, but his band have found a way to make their progressive intentions fit their punk rock. [Jul 2014, p.104]

Their technical reach may not yet match their imagination, but that'll come in time. [Jul 2014, p.102]

This stands up as a decent album of far-out wandering in its own right. [Jul 2014, p.101]

It's difficult not to warm to any record that quotes Prefab Sprout's Cars And Girls in one breath and uses the word "phlebotomist" in the next. [Jul 2014, p.109]

A compelling record, in which the moments of sudden tenderness stand strongest. [Jul 2014, p.105]

It's not settling down as anyone else might know it, but Revelation is the unlikely but lovely sound of a plan coming together. [Jul 2014, p.119]

As on Tramp, Van Etten's lyrics remain similarly frank. [Jul 2014, p.117]

Yann Tiersen's latest is as distant from that film's {Amelie's] accordion-powered melodies as his native Brittany is from Paris. [Jul 2014, p.117]

The significance of their sonic puzzles can remain frustratingly out of reach. [Jul 2014, p.114]

Themes of displacement, disillusion, and druggy ennui speak of a band who are no longer enjoying themselves. A shame, because when singer Andrew Savage shakes himself free from the torpor, his anger becomes an energy. [Jul 2014, p.112]

It's fun for sure but perhaps not quite the game-changer everyone--or, at least, the band themselves--was hoping for. [Jul 2014, p.112]

The characters and stories that Oberst sketches out have never been so fully realised. [Jul 2014, p.112]

The result is one of his most rounded, fulfilling solo records. [Jul 2014, p.111]

It's a curious artifact for sure, but it casts a unique spell. [Jul 2014, p.111]

Their fourth album continues their stimulus for head and viscera. [Jul 2014, p.107]

This third LP for the label is both gritty and polished, sung and played with the certainty of an artist who's been doing it forever and will keep on doing it until they're stopped. [Jul 2014, p.107]

Chatham County Line's format has barely changed, but it has matured deeply. [Jul 2014, p.104]

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

While there's nothing on here that feels quite as urgent as Nichijyou, last year's track recorded with Jehnny Beth from Savages, it's still a beguiling collection of songs. [Jul 2014, p.103]

These supremely accessible, expansively produced, mostly summery pop songs often suggest a less bilious, more fleet-footed Frank Turner. [Jul 2014, p.112]

Heartstrings lacks the killer song that would bring Howling Bells the success they undoubtedly crave. [Jul 2014, p.109]