9 August 2026
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Man/Woman/Chainsaw Cannonball
It’s vibrant, emotionally engaging, and at times, downright funny, but what Cannonball proves most is that Man/Woman/Chainsaw aren’t simply another band from the UK capital with buzz around them, they’re a genuine force to be reckoned with Far Out
Arty South London upstarts evolve into an inescapable 12-legged beast on expansive album to make you dance, smile tremble and weep NME
An album full of genuine ideas, genuine energy, and genuine feeling DIY
There is plenty of promise here when the excess is reined in. Print edition only Record Collector
A precision-cut debut that's built to last. Print edition only Mojo
At its core, Man/Woman/Chainsaw's debut LP is a darling collection of love songs; some danceable, others perfect to sit and have a sulk to The Skinny
After four years of releasing interesting and inventive but overlooked art rock tunes, the group managed to bring all of their influences together into one fantastic experience that’s finally getting them the attention and love that they deserve The Line Of Best Fit
On their debut LP, the London sextet seem to treat each disparate facet of their sound—the dreamy piano ballads, the clattering post-punk—with equal reverence Paste Magazine
The Londoners' trademark kinetic energy has translated to an audacious debut record that's crammed with enough ideas to make you dizzy musicOMH
Ravyn Lenae Blue Island
Bold production can’t disguise an album too hesitant to commit Slant Magazine
Lenae’s influences, disseminated throughout this album, works as a statement: she is joining the lineage of groundbreaking Black artists of the past – Janet Jackson, Santigold, Res – and if she must bear scrutiny, so be it The Line Of Best Fit
Reuniting with Dahi for velvety, ’80s-inspired pop, rock, and R&B, the singer explores a widening repertoire that unlocks new melodic possibilities. Pitchfork
Evoking an astonishing range of artists, the US singer follows up her huge hit Love Me Not with stylistic diversity – and lyrics that defy her doubters The Guardian
Following a mainstream breakthrough, the Chicagoan embraces her ever-broadening musical palette, weaving between indie-rock angst and 1980s power ballads with pit stops in psychedelic funk and trappy electronic abstractions Paste Magazine
The record points clearly towards the future, one in which the Chicago singer is an obvious leader in pop, R&B, alt-anything, and whatever else she decides to lay claim to Rolling Stone
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"How do you follow up the album that made you a star – and a caricature? In classic Charli style: with a pivot to guitar and a meta masterpiece about the instability of identity" (10/10 - The Guardian
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