We find all sorts of intriguing experiments. [Aug 2020, p.30]

There are some points where it skirts tweeness, and Wilkinson's voice is a little too airbrushed, but there's pleasure aplenty here. [Aug 2020, p.27]

Bryant spins vocal somersaults over a deliciously slow-burning, spartan accompaniment, while several Memphis veterans add some Allman-style rock wigouts. [Jun 2020, p.27]

A deservedly confident album. [Aug 2020, p.28]

The 2020 material is curiouser sill, a body of elegant guitar pop as abstruse as it is seductive. They've still got it. [Aug 2020, p.39]

The music is cinematic in scope, offering Armageddon and salvation in turn. [May 2020, p.25]

It creates more cohesion than on previous Chicano Batman albums, but it also has the consequence of watering down the band's dynamic aesthetic. [Jul 2020, p.29]

There's not a weak moment to be found. [Jul 2020, p.34]

There is much to love about this new, more earthen mode. [Jul 2020, p.30]

The music is bewitching enough to seduce even those with the severest crystal allergy. [Jun 2020, p.36]

Hearing these instantaneous, improvised rituals makes the world feel a little less huge. [Jun 2020, p.29]

Most crucial is a penchant for '60s chanson's soft-focus harmonies and production values. [Jul 2020, p.30]

She manages to make her chosen instrument sound like just about everything it isn't, yet the sense of sonic cohesion and unique identity she possesses never dwindles. [Jul 2020, p.33]

On Sunset demonstrates that complacency remains his greatest fear and most powerful muse. [Jul 2020, p.24]

Though it lacks the ingenuity of Holiday, the palpable tenderness of Get Lost or the rigour of 69 Love Songs, it does satisfy a need. [Jun 2020, p.36]

There's certainly a highly evocative quality to the stoned, sun-dappled soul found here. [May 2020, p.25]

They manage to retain the gravel in their throat while subtly expanding their sound on this fifth album. [Jun 2020, p.33]

There's a greater diversity of moods, tempos and instruments, supporting a more experimental mindset. [Jul 2020, p.27]

Pick Me Up Off The Floor hangs together wonderfully. [Jun 2020, p.33]

Cunningham and Stewart also know how to write a killer pop melody. [Jul 2020, p.33]

This is by some way their most fully developed and experimental set to date. [Jul 2020, p.30]

The Idiot and Lust For Life still mostly sound thrillingly bold. ... Sadly, the bonus disc of outtakes and rare tracks is thin. ... Substantial live discs. [Jul 2020, p.51]

This time the material is vivid and freakier. [Jul 2020, p.30]

Strikes a deft balance between hooks'n'riffs and meditative drifts. [Jul 2020, p.33]

He has clearly been galvanised creatively. What an excellent record. [Jul 2020, p.37]

The results are terrific; which is odd. in a way, given the stark simplicity of Johnston's songwriting and BTS's reputation for angular and faceted. [May 2020, p.25]