The purposeful "Fast Asleep" or swirling "Dirtmouth" - featuring labelmate/saxophonist James Brandon Lewis - might loosely suit Parker's Chicago collective too. But "Solanin" with Brandee Younger, boasts a lush Cinematic Orchestra elegance, while Daedalus lends "(If You Don't Leave) The City Will Kill You" an irresistibly propulsive energy. [Sep 2023, p.27]

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]

Previous weighty concepts have been scrapped in favour of intense focus. [Jul 2019, p.37]

Wittily expressed and beautifully sung. [May 2023, p.31]

Bullion's smooth, rounded sound burnishes what is a dynamic collection of songs. [Jun 203, p.26]

Though some of its textures could do with a little more edge, the result is undeniably poignant, with HArdy's voice elegant and expressive as ever. [Jun 2018, p.28]

Hard-swinging tales of misadventure. [Jun 2020, p.34]

These cuts are fresh'n'funky with a strong Seventies soul influence. [Feb 2002, p.113]

An album that reveals fresh layers on every listen. [Jul 2019, p.33]

It's often closer to the music the group made during their 2000 comeback. [Apr 2015, p.69]

The album is filled with fascinating earworms. [Jun 2012,m p.69]

Lifeblood seems closest in tone to Everything Must Go, although the sound is lighter, less bombastic, more soothing. [Dec 2004, p.148]

This is quicker, sleeker and punkier [than Water On Mars]. [Oct 2014, p.77]

A restorative step, perhaps, and we await his next move with interest. [Jan 2014, p.78]

A dynamic young talent improving with every release. [Apr 2019, p.39]

Inventively produced by Jacknife Lee, All The Colours Of You is a winning synthesis of James’ anthemic tendencies and their more instinctive weirdness. [Jul 2021, p.27]

Shook might not possess the vocal range of kindred spirits Lydia Loveless or Nikki Lane, but she clearly a force to be counted. [May 2018, p.26]

Charms abound. [May 2015, p.73]

If the tunes and attitude don't grip as strongly as they did in either man's era-bending pomp, both parties still sound better for getting together. [Mar 2024, p.27]

The songs are worthy heirs to that heritage [Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd]. [Aug 2025, p.79]

Perhaps closest to his spiritual essence. [Dec 2022, p.29]

Overall it's a slow-burn success. [Jun 2012, p.74]

[Electric Trim] features conventionally structured songs that underline his country-folk and Americana interests, while amping up the psych-pop and orchestral alt.rock. [Oct 2017, p.36]

It is a wispy thing, not always easy to grip. But its more soulful moments can be quietly transcendent. [Aug 2013, p.74]

Bring On The Sun is a sprawling collection, encompassing everything from euphoric zither washes to jazzy beat poetry, without ever losing sight of its mood of sunny positivity. [Nov 2017, p.30]

Beyond some odd interjections, like the junglist mania that ruptures the middle of "Divide Now," here Willner does his usual, glorious thing. [Nov 2018, p.29]

The fragility in her performances is delivered with just the right amount of internal integrity. [Oct 2014, p.79]

Each song plays like a breath exhaled. Steve Shelley's production, too, is wonderfully sympathetic. [May 2023, p.36]