St. Vincent
All Born Screaming
Taut, funk-fuelled and innately human
The Irish Times
Pet Shop Boys
nonetheless
Nonetheless feels airy and welcoming, qualities that have sometimes eluded its more recent predecessors, it resonates emotionally in ways that befit elder statesmen who can look to the future while comfortably acknowledging the past
The Line Of Best Fit
Pet Shop Boys
nonetheless
The duo work with James Ford on this lush, impressive collection that continues upholds their status as pop greats
NME
Pet Shop Boys
nonetheless
Tennant takes on a new performance persona that gloriously mixes Butlins Red Coat, stern children’s fiction headmaster and Frankie Howerd
The Arts Desk
Pet Shop Boys
nonetheless
This album is for listeners like me for whom their songs have provided the soundtrack for getting ready to go out after the disco nap, for whom their songs have commented on life’s compromises
The Quietus
Pet Shop Boys
nonetheless
There any many other fine moments here; these are merely what moved this writer the most. Taken as a whole, this is an utterly brilliant, dependably polished listen, and one that is unquestionably up there with the best moments in this duo’s storied career
Clash
Pet Shop Boys
nonetheless
One of their best albums in years finds Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe harking back to their past in melancholic reflection
musicOMH
Pet Shop Boys
nonetheless
Neil Tennant spins intoxicating tales of dancefloor liberation and queer trailblazers
The Independent
St. Vincent
All Born Screaming
St Vincent Returns with an authentically Badass album that is cinematic, innovative and transformative
Northern Transmissions
Melvins
Tarantula Heart
This album rocks. It has an experimental, and maybe sometimes uncomfortable aspect, here and there, but despite the fact that it is totally unique in the Melvins catalogue, it’s one of the most Melvins-y things they’ve ever released
Punk News
Taylor Swift
The Tortured Poets Department
Each of the record’s 31 tracks unfold as a specific set piece filled with anecdotes, some more cleverly worded than others
DIY
St. Vincent
All Born Screaming
With album seven, Annie Clark has peeled away the layers of artifice to reveal her most unique identity yet: herself
NME