9 November 2026
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Third album under this pseudonym from New York singer-songwriter Meredith Godreau
6.5
Arty folk-pop where no two songs follow the same formula Read Review
Successful at balancing flavours, soaring from feather-light whimsy to more emotive territory with flair Read Review
Godreau's voice is sweet and girlish. Print edition only
A thing of ghostly magic and quietly exotic beauty. Print edition only
A strange, distantly familiar set of songs Read Review
Leche exhibits a number of parallels with Múm ... and Godreau's delicate, expressive and almost childlike voice lends itself completely to the sort of skewed melodies and sentiments paraded by both Read Review
Reveals a more adventurous songwriter, bending the song forms and lacing the lyrical matter with darker themes Read Review
The consistency of Godreau’s songwriting is stellar Read Review
You're left with the sense that Elliott Smith may be gone but there;s still some bruised poets carrying his torch. Print edition only
Sometimes mysterious, often simply pleasant, there will probably be something here for most listeners Read Review
There are two or three songs that just don’t work but there are also several that stand comparison with any spawned by the likes of Nick Drake or Robyn Hitchcock Read Review
Although it fails to produce something wholly new to the table, it does assemble a collection of quant and enjoyable songs Read Review
For all its brief swoops of beauty and quirky intrigue, there is something ultimately unsatisfying about Leche Read Review
Godreau is a huge talent who needs a polite shove out of her comfort zone Read Review
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Leche’s rickety allure is also its downfall: a half-finished record in essence, these songs ultimately instigate more frustration than enjoyment Read Review
Her success is mindblowing and frustrating Read Review
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Gregory and the Hawk: Leche
Django Django Doveland
Django Django would appear to have refreshed their approach and challenged themselves to try out previously unconsidered melodic avenues The Arts Desk
Print edition only Uncut
Gilla Band Pugnello
Somewhere amidst the anarchy of Pugnello, there are gems waiting to be found. Unearthing them is well worth your time Still Listening
Greg Freeman All Set The Bone
Existentialism has a sound (and it’s hard to ignore) with Greg Freeman’s introspective All Set The Bone Still Listening
U2 Carnaval de Luz
Carnaval De Luz finds U2 50 years after their formation with the same four members and the same desire to shake things up. The album provides a convincing answer to the question of why they keep doing what they do XS Noize
Fontaines D.C. Dopamine Chamber
Fontaines D.C. push deeper into synthetic territory on Dopamine Chamber, balancing stadium-sized melodies with restless experimentation and darker texture Record Collector
They sound ambitious and engaged in their 50th year, swinging for the fences and hitting more targets than not. There’s still some gas in the tank Record Collector
La Roux Old Flames
Print edition only Record Collector
Back with her first new music in six years, La Roux's new sound explores facets of R'n'B and Europop to varying degrees of success The Skinny
La Roux turns to 90s R&B on a fourth album shaped by the end of a 17-year relationship, finding room for new beginnings beneath its layered production Still Listening
Print edition only Rolling Stone UK
Devastating moments are dressed up with warm production and kinetic 00s R&B in the now quiff-less singer’s grownup fourth album The Guardian
Elly Jackson returns with heartfelt pop songs about breaking up, resentment, vulnerability and all that entails musicOMH
Ditching erratic experimentation for an ambient concept, the indie shapeshifters' sixth album is their most coherent in years musicOMH
Doveland sounds less like a reduction of Django Django’s musical vocabulary than a more relaxed demonstration of how much they possess PopMatters
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