Haiku Salut deepen and widen their electro-pastoral sound on this mostly sublime third album. [Nov 2018, p.30]

A follow-up that is more knowing and nuanced, although the expansive dance grooves remain uninhibited. [Nov 2018, p.32]

Their best for a while. ... An extended, uncharacteristically rocking release. [Nov 2018, p.34]

It's all done with a wry, matter-of-fact wit rather than self-pitying sadness, and the spirit and sound of Pulp hang over much of the album. [Nov 2018, p.37]

Overall it's a box-ticking collection unlikely to broaden her mainstream fanbase. [Nov 2018, p.37]

The joyously unhinged waltz "Better In My Day" is an amusing piss-take of nostalgic bigotry; while Bernholz's whispered vocals on tracks like "Hobby Horse" come with an undercurrent of menace. [Nov 2018, p.29]

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]

Her interest in medieval and early music offers her compositions both a somnolent beauty and a melancholy grasp of simple, slow melody that's refined and tender. ... They're stunning. [Nov 2018, p.27]

It's hard, though, to be sure of such depth aid the often imprecise lyrics, gently sweet vocals resembling a semi-skimmed Jonathan Donahue, and muffled, ambient brass and sax swells. [Oct 2018, p.30]

On >>>, you get carried along by BEAK>'s sheer enthusiasm--cut adrift from their past, sealed off from expectation, existing entirely in the moment. [Oct 2018, p.25]

These 10 songs are intimate, graceful and surprisingly hooky. [Oct 2018, p.24]

The austere brand of retro-rustic Americana sometimes sounds overly tasteful, but there are spine-tingling beauties here too. [Oct 2018, p.30]

A set of 12 original compositions steeped in his ongoing addiction to muscular '60s blues-rock. [Oct 2018, p.24]

It's a lean, thrillingly muscular set from a genuinely distinctive talent. [Oct 2018, p.26]

All up, it's a quiet knockout. [Oct 2018, p.37]

A series of disconnected ideas rather than one concentrated work. [Oct 2018, p.24]

Its expansive ambition abetted by fellow travellers including Wayne Kramer and Peter Perrett. [Oct 2018, p.27]

Their garage-rock stylings have flourished. [Oct 2018, p.29]

He has produced his most sonically consistent album in years. [Oct 2018, p.35]

An engaging exercise in psychedelic computer music that sees him exploring a more satisfying style of production after the itchiness of 2016's Unstepping. [Oct 2018, p.26]

That these 15 vignettes sound effortless does nothing to detract from their elegance. [Oct 2018, p.29]

Lyrically, he hasn't lost the Archer's edge--the sonic tenderness through which such sentiments are conveyed, however, is reflective of a wisdom that comes with hindsight and forgiveness. [Oct 2018, p.24]

In The Blue Light might thus be a rather tardy, and expensive, way of going with his initial instincts. [Oct 2018, p.22]

The textures are deliberately synthesised, but the songs themselves couldn't be realer. [Oct 2018, p.34]

Another Szunny delight. [Oct 2018, p.34]

It sounds both timeless and brand new. [Oct 2018, p.43]

13 Rivers is a sparse, raging and noisy record. [Oct 2018, p.37]

The cumulative effect is upbeat jubilation. [Oct 2018, p.30]