9 November 2026
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Debut album of electronica / bass / indie dance and samples from the London-based multimedia collective formed by filmmakers Roman Rappak and Adam Ainger
7.0
A unique effort that’s far from just another synth album Read Review
This debut album deserves to take them to a new height of recognition: it’s a superbly mainstream-accessible set, and distinctive of design too Read Review
An album where the musicians’ evident curiosity about what they can do with all the technology they have at their disposal coincides with the abundance of natural talent required to write songs that stick in your mind Read Review
In producing a record of surprising depth Breton have avoid the trap WU LYF fell for of creating a band that worked far better as a PR/marketing stunt than it actually did as a band Read Review
It’s pretty damn pop, occasionally thunderously dubsteppy, often dipping in the same waters as r’n'b, and is shot right through with an electro spirit Read Review
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The future looks exciting if these guys are involved Read Review
Combining a cinematic nous with an unerring sense of melody, the dark pop of Other People’s Problems perfectly captures a zeitgeist moment Read Review
Should appeal to mass audiences and serious music fans alike. While Breton haven’t chosen to take a calculated path, they’ve set off on their own adventure Read Review
Provides far more ecstasy than agony Read Review
All corrosive guitars,callow vocals and beats jutting at awkward angles. Print edition only
It's broodingly impactful stuff, only hampered by the kind of self-parodically indie-kid vocals that remain in a permanent state of posturing ennui Read Review
There’s enough interesting sonic detours to suggest that these agitators of sound are more than just another over-hyped gimmick band Read Review
Samples are cut and chopped, the bass judders with the insistence of dub, the vocals are drawled, electronically treated and incomprehensible Read Review
Whatever Other People's Problems is trying to say is lost beneath the fact that it's so sonically muddled and abrasive Read Review
Like a dubstep Bloc Party, London collective digitizes post-punk for tuneless über-angst Read Review
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Breton: Other People's Problems
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.
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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