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St. Vincent  All Born Screaming

A clearly cathartic album that further proves Annie Clark to be a brilliant and multifaceted musical force. Print edition only Mojo

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

St. Vincent  All Born Screaming

On All Born Screaming, Clark sounds more at home than she has in a while, but all planets inevitably die — perhaps the next one she lands on will finally be her own Exclaim

Cloud Nothings  Final Summer

Yet another solid rock record from a reliable group who are very good at this sort of thing Exclaim