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Wisp  If Not Winnter

A shoegaze star born on TikTok scales up her sound with a full-length debut that’s beautiful on the surface but uninterested in challenging the genre’s priors Pitchfork

Wisp  If Not Winnter

Natalie Lu, the mysterious 20-year-old behind Wisp, found unexpected TikTok fame. Her debut is a surprising first record, packed with her distinctive, beloved heavy distortion, but now featuring some poppier influences and unique genre blending Paste Magazine

Wisp  If Not Winnter

At its best, it’s pure, soul-soothing escapism. And yet, this is only the start – as she grows, she'll evolve and mould everything she’s absorbed into an even more individual sound Kerrang!

Wisp  If Not Winnter

If this is the next wave of shoegaze, then the legacy of my bloody valentine, Slowdive et al is in creative hands Clash

Wisp  If Not Winnter

The work of an artist who thinks and dreams big, and it secures Wisp's place as one of the acts defining the sound of shoegaze in the 2020s All Music

Wisp  If Not Winnter

Natalie Lu’s debut album sheds the mystique, revealing her strongest songwriting yet NME

Reneé Rapp  Bite Me

The pop singer’s second full-length LP is an uneven, sometimes frustrating listen, where fleeting sparks are buried beneath an unfocused sound and loose vision. Even the strongest moments feel off-center Paste Magazine

The New Eves  The New Eve Is Rising

The Brighton band are unconcerned by modern trends, building their own singular free-spirited world where they make the rules NME

Reneé Rapp  Bite Me

The TV and theater star’s powerhouse vocals and abundant personality don’t entirely make up for the uneven material and sometimes maudlin production of her second album Pitchfork

Reneé Rapp  Bite Me

Throughout BITE ME, Rapp serves up plenty of wry pop charisma, which is more than enough to sink your teeth into All Music

Tyler, The Creator  Don't Tap the Glass

The Californian rapper’s ninth solo album is even more unexpected than usual The FT

Paul Weller  Find El Dorado

The Jam and Style Council singer gives Seventies songs an enticing folk-rock groove, with guest turns from Noel Gallagher and Robert Plant The FT

U.S. Girls  Scratch It

On Scratch It, U.S. Girls experiment with the sonic topography of Nashville to further explore the emotional landscape of vulnerability and materiality PopMatters

Reneé Rapp  Bite Me

Hell-raising rocker parties her troubles away on her uproarious second album Rolling Stone

The New Eves  The New Eve Is Rising

Post punk grit and grainy folk might be its kindling, but the fire that follows is all of its own making and certainly not one for beard-stroking analysis or categorisation. Indeed, the maps of contemporary British underground music may need some redrawing, because The New Eves just nudged the compass a few vital, exciting degrees God Is In The TV