Is by turns light, sunny and soulful, if a bit self-satisfied in places. [Feb 2025, p.34]

The playing is admirably under stated throughout, and the highlights numerous. [Sep 2025, p.29]

Rich and immersive debut. [Review of the Year 2025, p.28]

The vibe is mid-'60s grindhouse. [Jan 2026, p.25]

There's no reinventing of the wheel here; it's business as usual, but there's plenty of forward momentum left in this outfit. [Jul 2026, p.31]

[Almanac is] pleasantly dreamy for a while, but over the course of 40 minutes feels just a little insubstantial. [Apr 2013, p.79]

Finn maintains his novelist's eye for detail throughout. [Apr 2017, p.28]

Quality is spotty, though. [Feb 2012, p.106]

It is the clan's most successful production since 1996's "If You're Feeling Sinister." [Jul 2009, p.88]

Spread over two discs, it can get a little samey, but "Here Comes Revenge" and "Moth Into Flame" have plenty of bounce. [Jan 2017, p.27]

Sound Mirror pursues a roving brief set to a pop aesthetic. These are compact but restless songs. [Jul 2014, p.81]

Once you've digested the background information, tracks that seem slightly twee and aloof spring into focus. [Sep 2005, p.100]

The lyrical balance of wit and poignancy is still here... plus stronger melodies than we've heard from him in some time. [May 2005, p.96]

A couple of tracks suggest exits from the familiar labyrinth. [Oct 2010, p.88]

All in all, another album of low-key brilliance. [Sep 2005, p.114]

Caracal has the market in mind, but not at the expense of quality. [Nov 2015, p.75]

Strange Weekend drifts and delights. [Feb 2012, p.97]

Number 14 sees them rejigged as a quintet, allowing their reverb-drenched sounds to spread where they will. [Oct 2012, p.87]

Their debut reveals a talent for taut, punkish, pivot-on-a-penny songs that cemented their live reputation before they'd even recorded a note. [Apr 2013, p.74]

Often shambolic and in-jokey, it's also sensationally good fun. [May 2004, p.93]

It's unfortunate that these splendidly rumbustious tracks make the lumbering ballads even harder work by comparison. [May 2014, p.81]

It;s an easy, unchallenging ride, but a satisfying one. [May 2014, p.76]

Rarely do you sense the real pain that underpins these limp ballads and her aggressively mannered delivery. [Apr 2016, p.75]

Ignore the arch titles and you'll find some lovely psych pastiches. [Jun 2012, p.69]

The band's trademark punky abrasiveness and arty dissonance now serve a more dancefloor-friendly dynamic. [Nov 2006, p.106]

Vol 1 is reflective and rootsy, all folkish acoustic guitars, from the elegiac melancholy of "End Of The World" to the hushed vulnerability of "Rejection." [Oct 2017, p.26]

Ploughing through the second disc's "Electronic Battle Weapons" techno jams is a stifling experience, punctuated by rushes of euphoria.

Initially foreboding, its laminar abstractions give way to the stealthy textural seductions of centrepiece "Line Angel," where shards of electronic glass penetrate a wavering organ drift, and the choral minimalism of closer, "MFBK." [Jun 2016, p.78]