At times their desire to wrongfoot the listener can seem deliberately perverse, but when they properly collapse down a wormhole, as they do on second-half highlights "Magicville" and "Success In Circuit," the results are terrifically psychedelic. [Jan 2014, p.72]

It's all very pleasant, but somewhat weightless. [Jul 2017, p.26]

Six albums in, they remain fond of that very Swans pursuit of ecstasy through repetition. [Jul 2013, p.69]

Falling Off The Sky is the rare comeback effort worthy of its legacy. [Jun 2012, p.82]

A usefully pungent backstory enlivens this decent collection of head-nodders. [May 2015, p.73]

It's a mixed bag in the best, revelatory sense. [Jan 2016, p.91]

Adopt[s] a more relaxed approach than 2003's obsessively intricate Kish Kash. [Oct 2006, p.106]

Rolling Blackouts is as invigorating as their debut. [Feb 2011, p.87]

Texis sounds like a band having more fun than they have had in years. [Dec 2021, p.33

Tosca is now... a band proper as well as a studio concern, and the change shows. [Jul 2005, p.106]

The songs on You Were Right are orthodox but unusually clever, evocative of fellow wry strummers such as Nick Lowe and Old 97's' Rhett Miller. [Jan 2014, p.71]

A rewarding evolution by a band that could easily coast on their rugged laurels. [Aug 2016, p.72]

Snapping snare, pump-organ and wiry guitar frame Jenkins' mood of stoned baroque beautifully. [Jun 2006, p.122]

This psych soundworld demands full sensory immersion, but once inside there's much to enjoy. [Mar 2017, p.32]

A deftly underplayed album. [Sep 2011, p.87]

The ingrained instinct for grandiosity can grate, but Gahan has never sounded better, his voice bringing power, purpose and unity to a project that's previously delivered less than thew sum of its parts. [Jun 2012, p.83]

La Futura sounds at times overly relaxed, but never less than a fun, frill-free ride. [Dec 2012, p.79]

Somehow, Turbines suggests both consolidation and progress. [Jul 2013, p.83]

One of the missed opportunities of Cass Country is that it isn't especially revelatory about Henley, as a man in late-middle-age taking stock of his life. As a country album, it is perhaps a little too neat, a little too polished. [Nov 2015, p.68]

As a stand-alone album it's ultimately more laudable than loveable. [Oct 2009, p.92]

Arcade Fire have delivered a triumphant restatement of purpose that 2022 probably doesn’t deserve but is brightened by all the same.[Jun 2022, p.35]

Stuff is a comforting listen, startlingly consistent in mood and featuring some of Yo La Tengo's most touching moments. [Sep 2015, p.70]

Stupendously silly but... indisputably proficient. [Nov 2005, p.103]

[An] instant classic. [Sep 2006, p.84]

Their fourth studio album combinds poignant odes to former drummer Ben Eberbaugh with a joyous refusal to take itself seriously. [Oct 2007, p.83]

A surprising mutation, for anyone familiar with Dwyer at full-tilt, but Memory Of A Cut Off Head proves his magic straddles genres. [Dec 2017, p.30]

Total 15 initially feels a bit slight. The second disc more than makes up for this though. [Sep 2015, p.83]

Whether the album has scratched Stewart’s solo creative itch remains to be seen, but it’s hard to imagine a better record to finally put their own name on. [Dec 2022, p.34]