9 November 2026
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Second album of orchestral pop/modern folk in the from 20-year old Londoner Alessi Laurent-Marke.
6.9
An album which rarely dips below excellent and the old school songwriting and airy, summery production will leave you utterly spellbound Read Review
Singing like a cross between Hope Sandoval and Björk, Laurent-Marke has made a record of deceptive simplicity Read Review
The understated arrangements suggest you're listening to a woman with impeccable taste. Print edition only
It takes several plays to appreciate all the small touches that make up each delicate piece Read Review
While her voice is sweetly girlish and breathy, her songs – weightless, but deftly made folk songs – are very grownup Read Review
A precious mix of childlike insouciance and adolescent anxiety Read Review
While Time Travel is mostly a sedate, bucolic affair, there are welcome moments of musical and lyrical aggression Read Review
Laurent-Marke’s candied and wobbly tones wash over you with such ease and elegance Read Review
Has some stellar moments but is not quite the album to make a star of Alessi’s Ark Read Review
A rather lovely album - full of folky coming-of-age tales Read Review
A solid album of pleasant, though slightly conventional, country pop songs Read Review
Woozy waltz rhythms and languid guitars abound. Print edition only
Her mostly drum-free songs are as winsome and engaging as those of Laura Marling and Mumford & Sons. Print edition only
The London singer revels in the safe, mid-paced arrangements thickly, and far too generously, spread across the record Read Review
Alessi's Ark: Time Travel
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
Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past twelve years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.
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Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Rosalía Lux
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Hayley Williams Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways