The interplay between the two string players is as elegant as ever, but their new partners dramatically expand the range of flavours on offer. [May 2023, p.36]

This is the sound of celebration of life, and of music escaping confinement and coming to be freed. [Dec 2020, p.20]

It's a delicate balance, but the obvious sincerity of Campbell's performance overcomes any qualms about what could be an exploitative concept. [Sep 2011, p.90]

This is Cretan folk music played with a rock'n'roll intensity that is truly immersive. [Nov 2016, p.36]

An epic study of sand and celluloid. [Oct 2011, p.98]

With each track developing at an imperceptible pace, this is subtle but irresistibly compelling. [Nov 2013, p.69]

The trio are faithful to their ancient source material, while adding spacious arrangements, harmony choruses and subtle embellishments that amplify the songs' emotional punch. [Feb 2020, p.25]

Far from a series of intimidatingly empty spaces, Endless Rooms is more like RBCF’s shared mind palace, a place rich with experiences and emotion in which they’re stretching their creative legs, throwing open door after door and rushing eagerly through, to play. [Jun 2022, p.22]

While Hutchings' trademark, frantically circling sax figures are prominent, it's the album's sombre moments that prove the most powerful. [Apr 2020, p.35]

Tempers the sounds of traditional mountain music with a heady sense of experimentalism. [May 2021, p.28]

It the bits between the notes that rescue this from the status of pointless fidelity and make it so compelling. [Sep 2013, p.90]

It's the intoxicating instrumentals, "Boudica" and "In Motion Slow," that remind you of her capricious talent. [Feb 2012, p.91]

James Graham's ragged brogue remains deeply affecting, humanizing this unsettling music. [Mar 2012, p.101]

A remarkable accomplishment. [Jun 2016, p.79]

Brilliantly realised. [Oct 2021, p.31]

POTR are up to the challenge, delivering concise, dynamic performances a la Petty's Heartbreakers. [Aug 2019, p.35]

[A] feisty, psych-tinged hook up with Tim "White Fence" Presley. [May 2012, p.80]

Pelican don't look like metal kids - however, their ruminative riffology and ability to raise apocalyptic visions mark them out as practitioners of a new, reflective metallurgy alongside the likes of Sun0)))'s Stephen O' Malley. [Jan 2010, p. 123]

[Kozelek's] blend of technical excellence and emotional authority gives the album its strength. [Jul 2013, p.74]

A wealth of new material for diehard fans. [Aug 2017, p.46]

Subtle electronics and the creation of desolate, 3-D spaces is the icing on a seductively ruined cake. [Aug 2013, p.76]

The Civil Wars proves more than capable of producing its own dark drama. [Sep 2013, p.79]

A genuinely beautiful, expansive record. [Dec 2020, p.36]

Feeding The Machine operates in a bold and unorthodox way. [Apr 2022, p.34]

Thom Yorke's Suspiria might not be to everyone's taste--but it feel enough, for now. [Dec 2018, p.20]

Feels depends on a balancing act between brilliance and whimsy, and some may need convincing that a purposely childlike band... is not twee. [Nov 2005, p.110]

The Gris Gris are a challenging, intense proposition. [Jan 2006, p.113]

Lo-fi and understated, the twin vocals of Dylan Sharp and Carrie Keith are also strong throughout. [Nov 2015, p.76]