A very professional job, then, even though it feels as if Levi's wilder instincts have been tamed. [Apr 2017, p.115]

Imagine the anarcho-grime of Fat White Family coalescing with a tripped-out Thee Oh Sees--then peel slowly and see. [Apr 2017, p.112]

Memories Are Now is an inventive nine-song affair. [Apr 2017, p.112]

Fans will find few surprises on this full-length debut, which opens with Silhouette's emo-soul ballad and throughout maintains a mood pitched somewhere between tortured and despairing. [Apr 2017, p.111]

Too much of the rest comes dangerously close to ordinariness. [Mar 2017, p.115]

His songs draw on his folk-rock roots, only to detour down mysterious and memerising byways. [Jan 2017, p.111]

However much they conjure up campfire laments, you're rarely more than a few minutes from kick-ass riffs and percussive abandon. [Mar 2017, p.115]

They are a band still in search of that one killer track. [Mar 2017, p.108]

A moving reflection of his own life, family and home, it's the sound of Dave Hause getting to grips with himself. [Mar 2017, p.111]

Too many of the album's more poignant moments suffer from a slick but formulaic production. ... Graham is at his best when he delivers it straight. [Mar 2017, p.114]

The title track and Just Me stand out for their bubbly rhythms, but otherwise this feels grey an mopey. [Mar 2017, p.108]

There's an Iberian undertow to the gorgeous You Sigh and the upbeat Answers. Yet, when he goes for beauty, he strikes gold and propelled by an earworm melody, Lights Out distills all that's right about Cunningham. [Mar 2017, p.107]

Garden of Spirits up singular aural magic from today's mood of global dread. [Mar 2017, p.113]

It feels like an exercise in stretching the spirit of the first album as far as it will go, its urgency and menace dissolving into static down a long-distance line. [Mar 2017, p.111]

What really elevates the songs though, is the underlying weave of Latin-influenced percussion and subtle string arangements which draw deftly on Garzon-Montano's French-Colombian roots. [Mar 2017, p.108]

A broken heart has long been the conductor for Adams's talent--it's a testament to the quality here that he sounds so thoroughly broken this time. [Mar 2017, p.107]

It's a well-deserved victory lap for the trio and ample proof that growing up doesn't have to mean losing your edge--or your anger. [Mar 2017, p.115]

An enjoyable conflation of nose-rock influences, mostly tracking back to the post-hardcore scene of the late '80s. [Mar 2017, p.112]

It's clear where this record's from, but where it's at remains an alluring mystery. [Mar 2017, p.112]

Sounds like a natural follow-up to the original Ommadawn. [Mar 2017, p.112]

It's a pleasing collection of multi-layered poo songs in a manner that at times recall Sufjan Stevens. [Feb 2017, p.119]

Out of disappointment and distress, Elbow have crafted another brilliant album. [Mar 2017, p.104]

It's an album that weaves in and out of domestic life and musical ambition, and somewhere in the knot of them lies something rather special. [Mar 2017, p.108]

It's an album that suggests You Me At Six are trapped between three, possibly four, different idea of who they want to be. [Mar 2017, p.115]

As entertaining as it is impressive. [Mar 2017, p.115]

In short, electrifying. [Mar 2017, p.115]

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

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