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Ada Lea
What We Say In Private
Unexpected and quietly ambitious. Print edition only
Uncut
Ada Lea
What We Say In Private
There's an artful intricacy to her lo-fi pop. Print edition only
Mojo
Ada Lea
What We Say In Private
By welcoming the world into her record, Alexandra Levy has created something much more whole and warm than perhaps it might have been
The Skinny
Ada Lea
What We Say In Private
Not a single moment is out of place. Everything is crafted to induce a reaction
The Line Of Best Fit
Tycho
Weather
At just eight low-stress tracks, this isn't so much a headlong dash for horizons new as it is a gentle evolution, but you could do far worse than kick back and enjoy the weather
The Skinny
Purple Mountains
Purple Mountains
Purple Mountains is the sound of that guy starting to come to terms with his reality, and maybe building a new emotional architecture in the wreckage. In any case, keep ’em coming. The journey is worth it
Rolling Stone
Penelope Isles
Until The Tide Creeps In
Though it needn't define them, with Until The Tide Creeps In Penelope Isles have built a strong foundation on familial dynamics and the criss-crossing of sibling perspectives with elegant and catchy songwriting, springboarding them in to the many sets of arms ready to welcome them
The Line Of Best Fit
Pere Ubu
The Long Goodbye
Thomas lurches from surrealist poetry to impressionistic short stories, like a hybrid of Captain Beefheart and Ernest Hemingway. Print edition only
Uncut
Pere Ubu
The Long Goodbye
Even by their standards, this is a wild and challenging album - coming full circle rarely sounds this exhilarating
All Music
Pere Ubu
The Long Goodbye
Thankfully for fans of their truly unique music, Thomas has apparently responded well to treatment and he’s no longer sure that this will be his last album. The thought that it might have been, however, appears to have been a driving factor in reimagining Pere Ubu’s sound for this remarkable release
The Quietus
Pere Ubu
The Long Goodbye
Pere Ubu's The Long Goodbye is an amazing achievement that accomplishes its mission of encapsulating a 45-year career with wit and aplomb
PopMatters
Pere Ubu
The Long Goodbye
Like paintings hung in a gallery – the gallery, in this case, being The Long Goodbye, masterpieces take a strange and unnerving light
God Is In The TV
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