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Fat White Family
Forgiveness Is Yours
There is certainly the sense of Forgiveness Is Yours as a feet finding record, an undeniable result of losing one of the essential reasons Fat White Family are what they are
The Line Of Best Fit
Fat White Family
Forgiveness Is Yours
The band creates an undercurrent of anxiety with mismatched rhythms, drum fills, and subtle dissonance
Slant Magazine
Iron & Wine
Light Verse
Finds Beam doing what he does best, refining those songwriting touches and instrumental backdrops that are present in his most captivating work
Under The Radar
Iron & Wine
Light Verse
You might assume, given the title, that beam's seventh full-length album as iron & Wine is lightweight and whimsical. Actually it's pretty magnificent. Print edition only
Mojo
Iron & Wine
Light Verse
Light Verse rejoices in its playful details. Print edition only
Uncut
Iron & Wine
Light Verse
If not one necessarily to win over new fans, this will delight longtime fans who have been along for the ride
Clash
Iron & Wine
Light Verse
Quirky yet profound, playful but often deeply moving, Light Verse is a record to savour in one sitting, its ten tracks comprising a seriously impressive whole that’s considerably more potent than the sum of its unfailingly impressive individual parts
The Line Of Best Fit
St. Vincent
All Born Screaming
A clearly cathartic album that further proves Annie Clark to be a brilliant and multifaceted musical force. Print edition only
Mojo
St. Vincent
All Born Screaming
Taut, funk-fuelled and innately human
The Irish Times
Pet Shop Boys
nonetheless
Nonetheless feels airy and welcoming, qualities that have sometimes eluded its more recent predecessors, it resonates emotionally in ways that befit elder statesmen who can look to the future while comfortably acknowledging the past
The Line Of Best Fit
Pet Shop Boys
nonetheless
The duo work with James Ford on this lush, impressive collection that continues upholds their status as pop greats
NME
Pet Shop Boys
nonetheless
Tennant takes on a new performance persona that gloriously mixes Butlins Red Coat, stern children’s fiction headmaster and Frankie Howerd
The Arts Desk
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