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Widowspeak  Roses Rouge Ecomix

The duo’s seventh album is a paean to romance, filled with ethereal indie-rock songs where love and daydreaming are an escape from the daily grind Pitchfork

Tara Clerkin Trio  Somewhere Good

The result is a sense of dreamlike disorientation, terrible events unfolding in a state of divine, fragile calm. Print edition only Mojo

Tara Clerkin Trio  Somewhere Good

With a sound rooted in Bristol's sonic DNA, Tara Clerkin Trio return with their most assured record to date The Skinny

Tara Clerkin Trio  Somewhere Good

A gorgeous and truly hypnotic listen, ‘Somewhere Good’ is a truly original, absolutely heavenly work Clash

Tara Clerkin Trio  Somewhere Good

The Bristol band’s latest is inventive and restrained, blending influences from trip-hop, folk, and pop for a subtle, uncanny sound that’s all their own Pitchfork

Tara Clerkin Trio  Somewhere Good

Not too many groups took this kind of dark trip during the trip hop era, maybe none of them and that was why they genre soon faded out. Tara Clerkin Trio bring it back here with a vengeance and give it the kind of imaginative, dark, moody, and meaningful reboot it desperately needed All Music

Bill Orcutt & Mabe Fratti  Almost Waking

One of those rare fully satisfying collabs that amplifies the strengths of both individual artists: Orcutt’s guitar explorations get an injection of alluring extra stimuli, whilst Fratti focuses on the melodic prowess that occasionally felt submerged amidst the sensory overload and sudden shifts of Hagen The Line Of Best Fit

Bill Orcutt & Mabe Fratti  Almost Waking

On their joint debut album, two wildly prolific artists unite their compositional singularities for a suite of eight texturally rich pieces Paste Magazine

Bill Orcutt & Mabe Fratti  Almost Waking

The cellist and guitarist collaborate on a set of relaxed, generous music that conjures ghosts of British folk and Pacific Northwest indie rock Pitchfork

Bill Orcutt & Mabe Fratti  Almost Waking

The Guatemalan newcomer and US veteran find striking common ground on an intimate collaboration full of agitation, complexity and uncanny chemistry The Guardian

Bill Orcutt & Mabe Fratti  Almost Waking

Almost Waking crosses genres, generations, and cultures, serving as a testament to the beauty of true collaboration No Ripcord

Paul McCartney  The Boys of Dungeon Lane

With its warm, welcome rejection of apathy and cynicism, The Boys of Dungeon Lane is an inviting, accessible and surprisingly memorable listen Exclaim

Vince Staples  Cry Baby

This may be something different than what fans wanted or expected, but it's a project full of things that undoubtedly need to be said and heard Exclaim

Kurt Vile  Philadelphia's been good to me

Philadelphia’s Been Good to Me fits neatly and easily into Kurt Vile’s catalog, another comfortable guitar rock record played loose and breezy. Spectrum Culture

Modest Mouse   An Eraser And A Maze

The seminal indie band Modest Mouse go independent for their eighth LP, delivering some stimulating statements alongside undercooked ideas PopMatters