9 November 2026
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Fifth album and first for seven years from the English psych-rock / electronica band led by original member Richard Fearless
6.8
Impeccable influences are combined to create something new and exhilarating. Print edition only
Aurally striking, deeply sensual record. Print edition only
Tough, transcendent and sexy in a rather odd fashion, Trans-Love Energies is a fine return Read Review
An album that is musically and thematically filled with space, both roomy and outer Read Review
It's clear that Trans Love Energies has been a long time in the making, but Fearless has managed to make it sound like a fresh piece of work Read Review
In typical Death In Vegas style, Trans-Love Energies is all over the place in the best possible way Read Review
A work that, if not conceptually adventurous, at least takes its recycling seriously Read Review
At its best, the album triumphs in volume and viscerality rather than inventiveness Read Review
A master-class of pulsating euphoric electronica Read Review
Yes, this is record collection rock - but Fearless has a particularly good record collection Read Review
Dreamy, yet edgy and slightly unsettling Read Review
As the final gasps of our terminal summer make way for longer nights and darker thoughts Trans-Love Energies sounds a fitting note of decay, married with enough volume for the tinnitus to keep until spring Read Review
Electro fused psychedelic rock, hypnotic undertones, and energetic songs with more substance than most Read Review
This is a vital reimagining not a retro homage. Print edition only
Lacks the hooks of Death In Vegas’s most popular work Read Review
Seven years on from Satan's Circus, Death in Vegas' prime mover Richard Fearless doesn't seem to have moved on at all Read Review
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Death In Vegas: Trans-Love Energies
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.
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
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