9 November 2026
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Second album from Dallas-based slow-core trio
7.3
There are a few moments on this album where they get it so right musically, you'll probably find yourself air-punching in simple appreciation. There's no shame in that Read Review
The Texan trio have crafted a nine-track opus which is as exquisite of elegant detail as it is exemplary of skull-rumbling riff Read Review
True Widow has a traditional rock band makeup and uses traditional rock sounds, but it does something different in its minimalist aesthetic Read Review
A Texas-sized halo of drone Read Review
Jam-packed with hooks and an overall sound that should appease to fans of both the lightly melodic and relentlessly heavy Read Review
The lyrics are wrung out with the same shaved-down discipline as the music, where nothing ever topples over into over-wrought emoting Read Review
From the opening bars of spaced kick to snare it’s obvious this is not a record that will rush to the finish, and that’s exactly where the beauty lies. Read Review
These crypt dwelling Texans bring a Mogodon induced Best Coast vibe to the meloncholy hardened wastelands of judgement day rock Read Review
If it's "stonegaze" you're craving, who else are you going to get it from? Read Review
The material's resolutely sombre pace and swirling roominess is somewhat representative of the approach of darkness on a desert drive Read Review
A respectable release from a band that has still to find a real identity Read Review
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True Widow: As High As the Highest Heavens And From The Center To The Circumference Of The Earth
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
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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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