18 March 2025
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Courting Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story
The Liverpool foursome’s joyful, floor-filling rock on album No 3 finds a band maturing into greatness The Observer
Steven Wilson The Overview
It is an album meant for headphones or surround sound. It is also an album to enjoy from beginning to end Spill Magazine
Throwing Muses Moonlight Concessions
A great addition to the Muses back catalogue God Is In The TV
Another reliably compelling missive from the rare talent that is Kristin Hersh musicOMH
If Moonlight Concessions doesn't quite hit the heights of Clear Pond Road, Sun Racket, and Black Pearl, it's still a worthwhile listen -- and reaffirms just how high the bar is when it comes to Hersh's music All Music
For their 11th album in a nearly 40-year career, the alt-rockers switch focus to acoustic guitars and cello – but their tumultuous tales are still charged with elemental power The Guardian
"South Coast" and "Albatross", especially, are the sound of a band growing no less peculiar and wonderous for their familiarity. Print edition only Uncut
Lust for Life is weirdly joyous and joyously weird, and it's marvelously entertaining either way; it's the band's strongest and most cohesive work yet All Music
There's a lot going on here in composition, performance, and production, but it's always focused, never excessive, and always accessible; in some places, it actually approaches the profound All Music
We are left with several fragmented bits and a couple of fleshed out numbers in between. Had Steven expanded them more would have led to a very immersive project, just as complex as the concept undertaken Sputnik Music (staff)
Lady Gaga Mayhem
Lady Gaga’s official return to pop isn’t quite the grand return one might’ve hoped for — and it’s never, as the title suggests, “mayhem” Spectrum Culture
SASAMI Blood On the Silver Screen
On her third album, the Los Angeles songwriter pivots to pop. When she leans into outsized production and campy hooks, she soars—but more often, her anemic songwriting falters Pitchfork
Circuit des Yeux Halo On The Inside
On Halo on the Inside, Fohr has found freedom in the perverse. She’s the growling goat-god of our nightmares. In her newly bestial form, she’s never sounded so regenerated and spiritually integrated – so terrifyingly animal and alive Crack
Edwyn Collins Nation Shall Speak Unto Nation
This is not an album fearing old age and death, this is an album full of optimism, and that’s absolutely wonderful to hear God Is In The TV
Coheed and Cambria The Father of Make Believe
The latest instalment in the saga of revenge and warfare is enjoyably colourful — but is it prog? The FT
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"Early contender for album of the year, Divorce are jumping to the front of the next-big-thing-queue" (10/10 - The Skinny). "Rare to find a debut album that exudes as much honesty" (9/10 - Clash)
Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past twelve years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange