11 November 2026
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Indie rock / shoegaze from Deerhunter guitarist Lockett Pundt on his second solo outing
7.4
A record that manages to balance incredible layers of complexity with smart pop sensibility and come out sounding lush and instant, truly brilliant in both senses of the word Read Review
In fully realizing its comparatively modest ambitions, it's one of the strongest indie rock records of the year so far Read Review
An impressive lesson in subtlety, class and restraint Read Review
Pundt proves he can walk the tightrope between listener-friendly anthems and cerebral digressions into edgier terrain with aplomb Read Review
Pundt seems to joyfully celebrate the full spectrum of contemporary-retrospective guitar pop Read Review
There is a prevailing, bleary charm in its warmest moments that make it well worth investigating. Print edition only
Pundt’s exquisite entanglements of vivid pop, lucid electronics, and straight-up rock and roll demand to be heard Read Review
A warm embrace that’s hard to resist Read Review
Lotus Plaza may have just levelled up with Deerhunter – and I can’t think of a higher compliment than that Read Review
Spooky Action at a Distance might be more low-key than some of Pundt's other work with and without Lotus Plaza, but it's still a great showcase for his winsome songs Read Review
The sound of an artist who’s surpassed the seemingly inescapable limiting insularity of his own solo project, and to say that this is in itself impressive would be an understatement Read Review
"Meditative” is probably the best way to describe the 44-minute trajectory of this album. The songs sprawl until Pundt finally decides that he’s ready to move ahead Read Review
As a whole, Spooky Action feels like a mostly great demo: In many ways, we’ve heard all these songs before, in slightly tighter fashion, on the last two Deerhunter albums Read Review
Pundt's seamless coagulation makes the familiar unfamiliar. Print edition only
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Lotus Plaza: Spooky Action At A Distance
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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