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Girl Ray
Girl
Like watching strangers from across a dance floor
DIY
Girl Ray
Girl
The British trio have pivoted from jangly indie to pop, but the best bits of their second album lie in the spaces in between
The Guardian
Girl Ray
Girl
Girl Ray have moved out of a place of limitations into more kaleidoscopic musicality.
The Observer
Girl Ray
Girl
This is the kind of music that is best played on the dance floors that spontaneously pop up in our friends’ living rooms over cheap wine and take out. It’s not about meeting somebody new, but cherishing those that we already have
Northern Transmission
Girl Ray
Girl
Girl Ray add new dimensions to their sound, bringing bright synths and snappy beats into the mix
The Skinny
Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders
Get The Money
Get The Money might not set the world ablaze like the rock bands to which it is clearly indebted, but it sounds like Taylor burning one while rocking on. Which means there’s still plenty here to put a smile on your face
Kerrang!
Gang Starr
One Of The Best Yet
It’s refreshing to hear a purely old school style hip hop album in 2019, especially from Gang Starr - a group that nobody thought could come back. It’s as much a powerful memorial as it is a great album
Gigwise
Gang Starr
One Of The Best Yet
It’s thrilling to hear them again, but once the glow wears off, there’s a hollowness to this posthumous project, cobbled together from unreleased Guru vocal takes
Pitchfork
Gang Starr
One Of The Best Yet
30 years since they formed, re-emerging after the tragic death of founding member Guru, the hip-hop titans have returned to remind us of their enormous influence
NME
Gang Starr
One Of The Best Yet
Featuring previously unheard vocals from Guru, who died in 2010, ‘One of the Best Yet’ has an anachronistic sound that’s a huge part of its appeal
Rolling Stone
Gang Starr
One Of The Best Yet
Though rapper Guru died in 2010, DJ Premier avoids the usual pitfalls of posthumous releases, deploying neat verses and brilliant production tricks
The Guardian
Gang Starr
One Of The Best Yet
A fluid, impeccably produced final goodbye to the god Keith Elam, and gracefully give a last curtain to a legacy group on its own term
Exclaim
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