Album Review Archives

Album Review: Newton Faulkner – Interference (Of Light)

Surfer dude who plays breezy, harmless, acoustic music; we have Newton Faulkner pretty much sussed right? Wrong. With Interference (Of Light), Faulkner is making clear that he’s far more than, plucky guitars, a...

Album Review: Rejjie Snow – Baw Baw Black Sheep

Rejjie Snow’s follow up to his 2018 debut, puts the rapper firmly in a world of his own, as the approach to the tricky second album is tackled. Baw Baw Black Sheep follows a three year pause, punctuated by t...

Album Review: Wolf Alice – Blue Weekend

By the time a third album comes along, you often hope the artist has mixed it up a bit, taken a risk. Wolf Alice have not done so on Blue Weekend. But what the London band have done (and done masterfully), is f...

Album Review: James – All The Colours Of You

Since the release of 'Sit Down', one of the most seminal tracks of the nineties, James have released a staggering 15 studio albums – an especially impressive feat when you consider the band had a six-year hiat...

Album Review: Squid – Bright Green Field

With Bright Green Field, Squid wipe the slate clean, destroying any preconception of them as a 'post-punk' band, before shattering the slate entirely to create an uncompromising mosaic of influences and excitin...

Album Review: Pale Waves – Who Am I?

Pale Waves ditch the eighties style guitar riffs and sleek synths of their debut, and instead turn to the 2000's heyday of pop punk for its follow-up, Who Am I? Despite the record largely parroting this era...

Album Review: Beabadoobee – Fake It Flowers

Beatrice Laus better known as Beabadoobee has had a career path that would leave most heads spinning. This career path began from ‘Coffee’ the first song she wrote which went viral after being uploaded to Sound...

Album Review: Cabbage – Amanita Pantherina

Cabbage's previous releases were filled with rocket-rage, consisting of tracks that left your head fuzzy and your brain spinning. Their second studio album Amanita Pantherina with its delayed release, sees the ...

Album Review: Róisín Murphy’ – Róisín Machine

Ten years in the making, Róisín Murphy’s fifth studio album, Róisín Machine is Murphy's sharpest record to date created in partnership with the Sheffield based producer, Parrot, aka Crooked Man, aka Richard Bar...

Album Review: IDLES – Ultra Mono

Ultra Mono has been released into a universe far removed from when IDLES released the acclaimed Joy as an Act of Resistance (our record of the year in 2018). As the world around them has plunged further into ch...