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The Smile
Cutouts
Cutouts cement The Smile’s place as a serious, long-term project whose output is impressive in quantity and quality
XS Noize
Caribou
Honey
Snaith's work is meaningful, and it pushes music forward in a way that's genuinely exciting
Exclaim
Coldplay
Moon Music
It’s forgettable at its best and infuriating at its worst, a fact that may end up uniting music appreciators across the globe, just not the way Coldplay intended
Sputnik Music (staff)
Snow Patrol
The Forest Is The Path
It’s too often drowned in uninspired instrumentals, but just beneath the surface of The Forest Is the Path there is a damaged and beautiful writer calling on decades of craft to find his truest voice
Spectrum Culture
Sophie
Sophie
The greatest and most emotional run is that of the last four tracks, which takes on a new meaning of “forever”
The Line Of Best Fit
The Hard Quartet
The Hard Quartet
With its 50 minute runtime there’s some fat that could have been cut: ‘North of the Border’ and ‘Heel Highway’ in particular feel superfluous. For the most part though The Hard Quartet effortlessly assume the role of an elder statesmen supergroup
Loud And Quiet
The Hard Quartet
The Hard Quartet
A shaggily delightful album of casual guitar kicks
Rolling Stone
The Hard Quartet
The Hard Quartet
The Hard Quartet reject no idea on their debut, and the results are usually familiar, strange, and fun, and at its strongest, the album reframes the individualized sounds of all four powerhouses as something new
All Music
The Hard Quartet
The Hard Quartet
Stephen Malkmus, Matt Sweeney, Emmett Kelly, and Jim White’s classic-rock comfort food retains the willful eccentricity and goofball impulses of its creators.
Pitchfork
The Hard Quartet
The Hard Quartet
The quality and variety of songwriting on this self-titled debut album raises it above a stoner jam session
The Guardian
The Hard Quartet
The Hard Quartet
A delectable-sounding record slathered in guitar magic: what’s not to like?
Print edition only
Mojo
The Hard Quartet
The Hard Quartet
Inspired frenzy and astonishment cannot be faked. It’s often best to be unaware of a need, and then just grab it when it appears. The same idea is applicable for this record, it’s a compelling work that just takes over, in the best possible way
Clash
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