10 November 2026
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This duo, comprising of recently divorced couple Ivan Howard and Kelly Crisp, release their fifth LP in eight years of folky indie rock
6.7
Losing love and finding love are equally potent muses, and The Rosebuds are adept at turning both into seriously catchy songs... but they still apply in full force Read Review
An ode to the minor key, a sense of unease unites all 10 tracks Read Review
If this is the last we ever hear from the Rosebuds, then we’ll remember them for carving out a career that has bent from youthful bliss to heartache, and finally to acceptance: of a relationship that can’t be saved Read Review
The atmosphere is thoroughly melancholy, which is understandable, but at times the album sounds acutely oppressive Read Review
Overall, Loud Planes Fly Low sees The Rosebuds trying something new with their sound; adding more layers but simultaneously keeping it simple Read Review
Ivan Howard and Kelly Crisp set their breakup sighs to a Greek chorus of lo-fi keyboards, singing things they can't bring themselves to say Read Review
This transition record adds to the bands solid catalog Read Review
This album is graced with aptitude, experience and sensibility, bound up by rejection, loss and survival Read Review
Has heart and soul to it Read Review
An album that sounds like it was difficult to make...and that difficulty yields some of their most beautiful moments on record yet, even if it also gets in the way of the songs sometimes Read Review
An album that’s generally good while being limited in its emotional scope and thus utterly disappointing in the long run Read Review
[A] collection of songs which fall flat, offering nothing more than a one-paced hollow imitation of what once was Read Review
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The Rosebuds: Loud Planes Fly Low
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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