17 October 2025
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Second album from the Watford-born YouTuber and rapper featuring guest appearances from Future, 21 Savage, Yungblud, Polo G, Anne-Marie, Craig David, and Bugzy Malone
5.9
KSI knows how to write serious bangers (just in time for the clubs reopening), particularly Really Love with garage royalty, Craig David Read Review
A broad, slick return, one that boasts a broad array of guests... Read Review
The YouTuber’s genre-hopping second album is let down by corny lyrics Read Review
KSI finesses his reputation as a rapper on a genre-skipping second album, while Willow Smith makes a captivating return as an emo-pop star Read Review
The YouTuber-turned-rapper attracts more impressive guests – including Future and 21 Savage – on a hit-and-miss collection that shows promise Read Review
Like its predecessor, it's a bit of fun and it's...fine Read Review
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Militarie Gun God Save the Gun
God Save the Gun isn’t about victory or transcendence. It’s about maintenance and the quiet, exhausting work of staying for others Northern Transmissions
As brutally difficult as it is cathartic DIY
The Last Dinner Party From The Pyre
Instead of switching lanes, the band develop the dramatic baroque-pop sound they first introduced themselves with on their highly anticipated second album NME
Tame Impala Deadbeat
The psych hermit-turned-pop hitmaker turns to dance music – and openly embraces his introversion and insecurities NME
Go-for-broke rock songs and total vulnerability make the Gun’s second LP their most compelling yet NME
God Save the Gun feels universal and uniting in the way the best records often do. It is an invitation for all those who have caught themselves feeling like burning their life down to release those feelings together, transmuting that negativity into something vital and deeply cathartic Under The Radar
Los Angeles outfit’s second album mixes hardcore punk and pop rock with sincerity and passion with infectious results musicOMH
Sudan Archives The BPM
‘The BPM’ is an absolute blast and deserves to be played as often and LOUD as you can. When you really crank it, you get to immerse yourself in every note, vocal and tone Clash
Ian Shelton has squared up to the tempest, his bandmates in Militarie Gun helping him brave the torrent. The sound is their weapon, making this one Gun that's actually worth saving Exclaim
The overstuffed nature of its production choices means that ‘God Save The Gun’ perhaps lacks some of the raw, impactful lucidity of the band’s debut, but it nonetheless overflows with singular, soaring and soulful energy Clash
Drawing on indie influences and high-profile collaborators for their sophomore album, the California band pushes its post-hardcore sound into something both raw and exciting Paste Magazine
The album ends suddenly and uncertainly. We’re left with plenty to mull over but, equally importantly, a great desire to hear those ginormous hooks all over again The Line Of Best Fit
All this merely confirms what we suspected but deep down already knew: The Last Dinner Party are a rare and special band, and ‘From The Pyre’ proves it emphatically Clash
American polymath creates a vibrant, energetic atmosphere on her bustling house party of a third album musicOMH
Brittney Parks’ tense and virtuosic new album documents a life in motion, blending breakups and rebounds, dancefloor euphoria and everyday anxiety Pitchfork
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Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange