Taylor Swift
Red (Taylor's Version)
It proves you can take a masterpiece and make it sound even better
Under The Radar
Arca
Kick ii, iii, iiii, iiiii
The transgressive icon wraps up her Kick quintet in typically enigmatic style with some highly collaborative and enormously creative new sounds
The Skinny
Arca
Kick ii, iii, iiii, iiiii
It can be pretty disquieting, and not just because of the relentlessly shrill and penetrating high frequencies deployed throughout
The Arts Desk
Arca
Kick ii, iii, iiii, iiiii
A data dump of this size could be read as a declaration of musical mastery, but Kick’s power only grows in its occasional crudeness. It’s an unpolished outpouring of feeling that resists cohesion at every step
Loud And Quiet
Adele
30
Warm and mature, fun and relatable, and just as masterfully produced and performed as ever before, it’s just very Adele
Spectrum Culture
Elbow
Flying Dream 1
On their ninth album, Mancunian mainstays Elbow ditch their traditional largesse in favor of something more restrained and lush, and, in turn, give us something truly special to carry us through winter
Spectrum Culture
Arca
Kick ii, iii, iiii, iiiii
As a fully-formed whole, KICK is vibrant if not somewhat scattered. As a jumping-off point for more fractal-like expansions, though, it is explosive, with potential only really conceivable to Arca herself
Exclaim
Arca
Kick ii, iii, iiii, iiiii
The Venezuelan producer explores her upbringing and spiritual worldview with this boundary-busting new collection
NME
Elbow
Flying Dream 1
It’s a stunningly beautiful album, with Garvey’s signature vocals at the forefront and the band’s talented instrumentation on display
Northern Transmissions
Arca
Kick ii, iii, iiii, iiiii
The fourth volume of the producer's Kick series concentrates on her music's hyperreal sensuality and vulnerability
All Music
Arca
Kick ii, iii, iiii, iiiii
With four new works, the Venezuelan producer delivers a pentalogy that can mesmerise and terrify
Evening Standard
Arca
Kick ii, iii, iiii, iiiii
Four new albums of extravagantly warped electronics offer listeners a lot to take in – and her most pop-focused music to date
The Guardian